I would not have actually believed a knapsack with wheels would in fact work for backpacking, however when I saw the web website for the “Wheelpacker”( TM), I was amazed. You use a frame that connects you to a wheeled pack. It began me believing about what other backpacking developments are simply waiting to be marketed.
Inflatable Frame Backpack
With frame-less knapsacks we frequently put folded sleeping pads in the pack for cushioning versus our backs and some assistance for the load. The knapsack might then double as a foot-bag/pad for sleeping.
Taking this concept even more, I think of a self-inflating knapsack that folds out into a sleeping pad. The knapsack “frame” would be the pad, in a “U” shape for some rigidness in the pack. Self-inflating sleeping bag pads are as light as 14 ounces now, and frame less loads 12 ounces, so the mix might most likely be made to weigh simply 20 ounces.
Wax Paper Food Bags
Put backpacking food in wax-paper product packaging rather of plastic. The bundles then function as emergency situation fire-starters, considering that wax paper will normally burn even when damp.
Pillow/Waterbag
When I require to bring more water I utilize the plastic bladders from boxed white wine. They are light, strong, and I pump up the bag with air to utilize as a pillow too. To market a dual-purpose water container/pillow, it simply requires a soft detachable covering of some sort.
Coat Backpack
Why not a frame-less knapsack with a coat that is a part of the pack? It is something like using a big coat over a knapsack, however with the weight-savings and stability that come from integrating them.
Backpacking Game
Print a chess/checkers board on a coat or knapsack, and you have a carry-along video game that weighs absolutely nothing additional. Great for investing hours in the camping tent suffering the rain. Stones or pine cones might work as checkers if you do not bring the pieces.
Backpacking equipment concepts and developments keep popping into my head as I compose this. Many are based upon the concept of “double function” products. They might work, some might not, however it is an amusing dosage of motivation from a knapsack with wheels.
With frame-less knapsacks we frequently put folded sleeping pads in the pack for cushioning versus our backs and some assistance for the load. Taking this concept even more, I think of a self-inflating knapsack that folds out into a sleeping pad. The knapsack “frame” would be the pad, in a “U” shape for some rigidness in the pack. Why not a frame-less knapsack with a coat that is a part of the pack? It is something like using a big coat over a knapsack, however with the weight-savings and stability that come from integrating them.