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Guide 34+8L Backpack
Balanced option for paddlers who want a high-confidence all-round setup with strong value retention.
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Product Breakdown
The Deuter Guide 44+8L Backpack: A rugged and versatile pack for mountaineering and climbing. Made with durable materials, adjustable straps for a perfect fit, and ample storage options. Carbon-neutral and PFAS-free.
Deep Dive
Why We Like The Deuter Guide 44+8L Backpack:
The Deuter Guide 44 + 8L Backpack is perfect for carrying moderate to heavy loads, making it an ideal choice for mountaineers and climbers. Its advanced design ensures that it can carry everything needed to conquer any summit. The innovative Alpine Back System ensures that the load is distributed close to your body's center of gravity, providing excellent balance. The Vari-Flex hip fins move with you, maintaining agility whether you are climbing, hiking, or skiing.
The backpack features ergonomically designed S-shaped shoulder straps with adjustable stabilizer straps on the shoulders and hip fins, allowing for a customizable fit. It provides easy access to your gear with a J-shaped front zipper opening to the main compartment, a convenient hip-belt pocket, and external attachments for your rope, goggles, trekking poles, and ice axe.
The Deuter Guide also includes useful features such as a stowable rope strap, an adjustable sternum strap with a signal whistle, and a removable lid that adds an additional 8 liters of storage space.
Product Details:
Specs
Material: 420D nylon
Volume: 44 + 8L (2685 + 488cu in)
Support/Suspension: Alpine System, Delrin U-frame
Shoulder Straps: padded, sternum strap
Waist Belt: removable VariFlex hip fins
Hydration Compatible: 3L Reservoir Included
Access: top, side
Pockets: 1 lid, 2 zippered hip fin, 1 zippered bottom
Gear Loops: yes
Trekking Pole Carry: side straps
Ice Axe Carry: yes
Weight Capacity: 13 - 33lb
Dimensions: 28.7 x 11.8 x 11.4in
Claimed Weight: 3lb 3oz
Activity: climbing, mountaineering, backpacking, backcountry skiing, backcountry snowboarding
Manufacturer Warranty: limited lifetime
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