Hiking Backpack & Gregory Backpacks at Fantastic Prices!

We offer high quality Hiking Backpacks for all your sports gear and adventures. Backpack design has certainly changed to provide the most comfort and function. Gregory Backpacks offer many enhanced features that make hiking a pleasure. Improvements in body mapping technology, lightweight load bearing suspension, hip belt padding, and ergonomic shoulder straps makinig hiking long distances easier. Hiking Backpack designs have paved the way for greater comfort on the trail. Whether you're on an expedition carrying a 70 liter load, or mountain biking with a hydration pack, you'll appreciate the benefits of the new era of hiking backpacks design and comfort.

Here are Tips for Taking Measurements and ensuring a proper fit.

0. Place a piece of masking tape on your 7th vertebra: the bony protrusion at the base of your neck between your shoulders.
0. Next, find the point at the small of your back that is exactly level with the top, or shelf, of your hipbones. Slide your hands (fingers forward, thumbs behind you) down your sides until they rest directly on top of your hips. Your thumbs will point toward your spine. Have a smeone ensure that your thumbs are on the same horizontal plane across your spine.
0. Place another piece of tape on the spine at the point where the imaginary horizontal plane would cross.
0. Using a soft measuring tape, place one end on the 7th vertebra (1) and follow the contour of your spine to the tape mark on your lower back (3). 

**Write down the measurement in inches (in the United States) or centimeters.

Proper Fit Tips for Hiking Backpacks:

1. Hip belts: Women with straight or narrow hips will have little trouble with standard hip belts. Individuals (men or women) with more curve to their hips will need a woman's style waist belt to be most comfortable.

2. Hip belts should cup your hips and be sized so when cinched tightly, there is still a bit of webbing left and the pads do not touch.

3. Shoulder straps: They should anchor to the backpack just below the 7th vertebra and near the crest of your shoulders. They should wrap comfortably, but securely, around the shoulders and the strap padding should end no closer than 5 inches below your armpit for comfort.

4. Sternum straps: Meant to keep your shoulder straps from sliding off your shoulders under a load. They are not meant to support weight and should never be pulled so tightly that they restrict breathing.

5. Load-Lifters: These should form a 45-degree angle from the frame or top of the pack to a point at or above your clavicle to be comfortable.

We hope these Backpack measurement, sizing and fitting tips will make selecting your next hiking backpack much easier.

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