Popped into the outdoor pursuits shop in Blackburn and picked up for a song a about 45 litre Macpac bag. I've just replaced my bushy daybag and it's quite robust and heavy for its size and not especially well suited to go with my lightweight walking kit so I've been looking for something light and without the bells and whistles.
What it is is the Macpac UK rep gets samples of kit, sometimes in non standard colours or with new features to take to the shops to get feed back before they go into production. So what I've got is, I think, a roll top Macpac in three shades of green with lots of interesting little details that as far as I can make out never went into production. It has the generic Macpac markings but no model name or volume, no hand book and was possibly made in NZ rather than China.
It's very well made, has a removable thick wire frame which would reduce the weight even more, has a internal waterbag pocket and tube vent. There's a large map pocket on the front and a smaller one on the roll up collar. Pics would help.
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I've had a good poke about and not found a production version. I don't think I've bought a pup. I'm tempted to tape up the water tube vent as with the seams all taped it's the only place water can get in once the lid is rolled up. Then again air needs to escape somewhere or I may pop the thing! The external pockets on either side and on the waist belt all have sewn in drain holes.
The back length is nominally size two but when I test fitted it in the shop it seamed plenty long enough for me, my other macpacs being size 3s although I have the adjustable ones set as short as they go. I'm six foot with relatively short legs by the way.
I'm hoping it will be weatherproof enough not to need a drybag liner, further lowering the weight I'm hauling.
The belt is on the short side ( rather than me being too fat of course ) but the design means I can take the two sides off the buckles and swap in longer pieces of 1.5inch webbing without much faffing.
OK not really bushy but it is green!
ATB
Tom