Tag: lightweight backpacks

In recent years, thanks to the ultralight backpacking scene, we have many high-performance, lightweight fabrics to choose from. But keeping up with R&D trends and off-the-shelf lightweight fabric options is dizzying. We’ll run through some of the main fabrics currently in play and get thoughts from pack makers Gavin Hess from Apocalypse Equipment (and THR) and Matt Zia from Otterbody Threadworks.