>>2321810Is right. Most of these brand name backpacks are overpriced recycled designs with a few fancy straps and flaps over the top. It really is the same old tube sack with a dome cover over the top and some metallic frames. There is very little innovation or super advanced material use going on that justifies what they charge for them.
They hire a factory in China or southeast asia, give them a few extra bucks for superficial quality and redundant fabric stength and then slap a sticker price thats 3-10 times higher than a noname option. Rest of the budget is spent marketing it to saps with fancy graphics that they're buying hardcore, authentic, rugged packs, that absolutely cannot be sold for less than triple figures.
