Mountainsmith Bugaboo Backpack

These packs are just as durable and stylish as they have been for the last 20 years. Love this product for 1,000's of uses!

I've had my first bugaboo since the early 90's and have used it as a travel pack, backcountry skiing pack, hiking day pack, ultralight backpacking, hauling rock climbing gear, and several times to train for and take the arduous wildland firefighter "pack test". It can carry 50 pounds without breaking a sweat and poles, skis, snowshoes, ice ax, raingear and ropes all attach well to the outside. Only flaw I've noted is that the outside pocket sometimes gets opened by the way the compression straps pull. I'm buying another.

I've owned a Bugaboo since 1996. This pack rocks and I take it everywhere I go. I liked it so much that when I saw them on Sierra I bought two more. Not that my pack needs replacement, but one for my wife and one for my son.

Looking forward to using this pack on the Appalachian trail.

I have 5 mountainsmith packs of different sizes and I love them all. They are very tough and well made and very,very comfortable to carry. I carry a mountainsmith lumbar daypack with strapettes every day.

I bought this for my Daughter as she is starting her life with Girl Scouts. I think that it will be a great starter pack for her.

Very good backpack. I would like more pockets for the important little stuff. It is definitely for men, or rather taller people find it comfortable. For the women in my family the lower strap is too low on the hips and the upper straps are not comfortable on the shoulders.

This appears to be very well made. Great deal at the discounted price.

I used this bag for shorter backpacking trips and found it to be a superb combination of size and fit. It really sits well on your back and hips for scrambling and climbing. Because it is wider and flatter than most internal frame packs, it doesn't pull your center of balance back much at all. Where it absolutely shone was on an 8 month trip around South and Central America. It held up to all kinds of busses, backpacking in Patagonia and Guatemala, beaches in Panama and Ecuador and on and on. It does a MUCH better job of keeping the weight close to you than in most travel specific packs. That means you have better balance and it is much more comfortable. Because it zips up, it is a much better option for travel than most mid-sized outdoor packs. The outside pouch that snaps on has been great as well. It is very flat, in keeping with the weight distribution model, but I've found you can fit a fair amount into it and tie the straps to make it a backpack. After all of that, it is still in great shape.

Nice pack, well made, comfortable fit. I have had several Mountainsmith packs over the years and I've enjoyed them all. This pack was just a bit too small for the gear I need to carry. I returned it for a refund. As always the customer service and return process with Sierra Trading Post was flawless.