A Backpack With Wheels?

I wouldn't have believed a backpack with wheels would really perform for backpacking, but when I saw the internet website for that Wheelpacker, I was impressed. You put on a frame that attaches you to a wheeled pack. It can even go more than logs and rocks. It started me pondering about what other backpacking innovations are just waiting to become marketed. Here are a few of the things I came up with. Steal these ideas, please.

Inflatable Frame Backpack

With frame-less backpacks we frequently put folded sleeping pads within the pack for cushioning in opposition to our backs and some support for that load. Why not just have the component of the pack that rests in opposition to the user's back again inflate. Using the exact same technologies used for lightweight self-inflating sleeping bag pads, it would only add about six ounces. The backpack could then double as being a foot-bag/pad for sleeping.

Taking this idea additional, I envision a self-inflating backpack that folds out right into a sleeping pad. The backpack "frame" could be the pad, in a "U" form for some rigidity within the pack. Self-inflating sleeping bag pads are as light as 14 ounces now, and frame much less packs 12 ounces, so the combination could most likely be produced to weigh just 20 ounces.

Wax Paper Meals Bags

Place backpacking meals in wax-paper packaging rather than plastic. The deals then double as emergency fire-starters, because wax paper will usually burn up even when wet.

Pillow/Waterbag

When I have to carry much more water I use the plastic bladders from boxed wine. They're light, powerful, and I inflate the bag with air to use as being a pillow also. To marketplace a dual-purpose water container/pillow, it just requirements a soft removable covering of some sort.

Jacket Backpack

Why not a frame-less backpack having a jacket that is a component of the pack? It can be folded out of the way, and also the pack would have regular shoulder straps. When wearing the jacket, although, it would stabilize the pack, keep you warmer, and make it simple to push through major brush, because it wouldn't catch on things as effortlessly. It is something like wearing a large jacket more than a backpack, but with the weight-savings and balance that come from combining them. It could be known as a "Jacket Pack-it."

Backpacking Sport

Print a chess/checkers board on a jacket or backpack, and you have a carry-along sport that weighs absolutely nothing extra. Fantastic for spending hrs within the tent waiting out the rain. In the event you do not carry the pieces, stones or pine cones could perform as checkers.

Backpacking gear ideas and innovations keep popping into my head as I create this. Most are primarily based on the idea of "dual purpose" items. They may perform, some may not, but it's an entertaining dose of inspiration from a backpack with wheels.