Post pics of your old Karrimor back packs!

[Dan00001]

The Trail 35 is a great little backpack and if it was £2, a bargain! I gave one to my niece and she loves it. As a user, the Alpinistes with modern buckles (as opposed to the older metal buckle you have to thread the webbing through) are some of my favourites. I do really enjoy using the older packs, but they are less convenient. I took an old Karrimor Lynx on a Cardiff Three Peaks event to raise money for CBMRT and whilst the event was not in any way a race, it was a timed event with checkpoints so I wanted to put in a half decent effort. I really struggled to get food and water out of the pack whilst on the move and trying to unthread the straps whilst hanging off one shoulder was frustrating.

 

[Dan00001]

Here is another Alpiniste I own. It doesn't really get used much as it's in such good condition I want to keep it that way, plus I have well used Alpinist which I use often on walks and twice a month for dogsbodying that I don't mind getting even more well used.

This is an interesting one, I think, because it has a floating hood for when you need to carry extra large loads.

 

[Megatramp]

Yeh, £2! Charity shops rule.

I like the metal buckles and the older style with no pockets, more like a kit bag. It's the webbing ladder that runs along em that appeals to me, so they don't shiggle about off road.

 

[Dan00001]

I took the Hot Earth to the climbing gym today so thought I'd get a pic of it. I also bought a chalk bag made by a Welsh company who make them from recycled scraps from other pieces of equipment.

 

[Danceswithhelicopters]

Walking into a hut in the Hammastunturi Wilderness in Finland and my friend turns up with this Karrimor Jaguar 6 I believe in KS100e fabric.

1981 he reckons!

 

[Dan00001]

Walking into a hut in the Hammastunturi Wilderness in Finland and my friend turns up with this Karrimor Jaguar 6 I believe in KS100e fabric.

1981 he reckons!

That is lovely. 1983 they had plastic side release buckles as can be seen on page 9 of this catalogue from 1983 so it's almost certainly pre 1983.

https://larsonweb.com/catalogs/karrimor83/karrimor1983.htm

 

[Dan00001]

Karrimor Jaguar 7 from the 80's in pretty good condition. A Vinted bargain.

 

[Dan00001]

I recently picked up this Karrimor Hot Earth. It's the same colour as my much bigger Aiguille Alpine Equipment backpack. I used this Hot Earth recently on a training day with mountain rescue and found it very comfortable. As I was concentrating on the activities at hand I forgot it was even on my back.