A backpack is actually a cloth sack except that it is carried over your shoulders. The backpack is used when the load that you have to carry in your hands are too heavy to be carried for a long time. There is the one shoulder strap backpack and the two shoulder strap backpack. The one shoulder strap backpack is smaller and suited to carry smaller loads. The two shoulder straps backpack is meant to carry heavy loads. The use of a hip belt can assist in transferring the load to the hip. This comes in useful when the loads are more than 22 lbs. The hips are able to endure more load than the shoulders.
Backpacks are popular with the younger generation, particularly students. Backpacks are used to carry books. They are referred to as bookbags or schoolbags. All that the students need to carry with them can be carried in these backpacks and its pockets and compartments. Backpacks are part of the standard gear in the military in many countries. These backpacks are tough with capacity to bear up to 100 lbs of equipments. Backpacks may have padded pockets and compartments inside as well as outside them. These can be used to carry safely such delicate items as cameras, cables and laptops. There are backpacks with wheels located at the bottom and extendable handle at the top. Backpack with wheels comes in useful when the load is heavy and the ground is even for wheeling the backpack. This could be the case on smooth pavements, platforms of train stations or airports. This releases the strain on your shoulders.
There are three types of backpacks. The frameless backpacks are the most popular and are also the cheapest. The external frame backpacks are for carrying heavy loads. But they are stiff because of the frame. The backpack with internal frame is more flexible and gives you free movement. You can use this to carry moderate to not so heavy load. The Osprey Argon 70 Pack is a backpack with internal frame which are available in five torso sizes. It has a compartment to carry sleeping bag. The harness and combos are moreover gender specific.
Travelers are known to prefer backpacks. This is particularly in favor with travelers who go for outdoors trekking or hiking. Backpacks have also become common in urban use. Their popularity comes from their compactness and ability of the backpacker for free mobility.
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A backpack fitted with pocket(s) that are suspended on the wearer"s front side (chest) and loaded in such a way that the load in the front and the load in the back are about equal is called a bodypack. The majority of the load on a bodypack is carried by the hips.
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