For our last publication of 2019, I wanted to get at the story of our good friends at Flowfold. They’ve supported TPP from the very beginning, even partnering with us for our very first limited collaboration. James Morin, Flowfold’s COO, sat down with us to chat about textiles, manufacturing business models, and of course, puppies.
I’ve had my eye on the work coming out of dyborg.gear ever since I stumbled across some of their simple, yet attractive Dyneema zip pouches on Instagram. Every piece that comes out of dyborg.gear, from the zip pouches to the tri-zip backpacks are designed, cut, and sewn by Eva, out of Hamburg, Germany. After learning
Ultralight hiking packs are seemingly everywhere nowadays, and that would have never been the case if it weren’t for the dedicated thru-hikers dissatisfied with off the shelve offerings. Brandon McIntyre and Ashley Thick were two of those people, and that led to them starting Superior Wilderness Designs. Everything that comes out of SWD’s Michigan based
Although Jeff Graves might not be the pack-junkie household name the likes of Dana Gleason or Jack Barley, if you happen to stumble upon the Provision Handmade Gear Instagram you’ll be treated to a plethora of duffles, pouches, and even the occasional backpack that’s made to order in his vegas-based home workshop. When I first
My first correspondence with Chris Elfering, founder of Bond Travel Gear, was an email titled “Order Cancellation”. Bond gave The Perfect Pack members a smoking deal on in stock items and I made an impulse purchase that the next day I thought I would regret. By that time, my Attache 13 had already shipped and
One of the most versatile releases of the last 12 months, the ATD1 from Attitude Supply has grabbed a lot of attention – partly for its extreme expansion/compression capability, but also for being designed and manufactured in Italy, with some killer materials. When I reviewed it during the preproduction phase, I found a bag with
After reviewing Remote Equipment’s first release last year, the Alpha 31 has remained a firm favourite within my collection. The pack was funded successfully on Kickstarter and the full production run has gone on to sell out through Remote Equipment’s website, leading to a surge of ‘in search of’ requests through the collectors’ forums (including
Alpha One Niner’s Evade is an old favourite here at The Perfect Pack: our editor Nathan appears on the bag’s product page, and it featured as our very first review. The pack scored well but, like so many others, wasn’t quite perfect. After taking in heaps of feedback from different sources, a new revision – the Evade 2.0
The Perfect Pack’s Jon recently had a long distance conversation with Boris Fridman, owner and lead designer of Sarma Custom Made, based in Haifa, Israel. He has had a long-term involvement with both the military and civilian pack market there, and recently expanded Sarma’s capabilities with a new, full-spectrum workshop. Although his enterprise is currently
The build quality and attention to detail of the Cub Ruck shows not only was the pack built to handle an energetic young adventurer, but with a parent’s mindset of necessity and safety. Because the Cub Ruck has a lot of details and features specifically in a pack for kids, I reached out to the
