New Pod Sacs For 2010

With stateside pack specialists Osprey and Gregory both upping the ante, it's good to see hardcore British pack brand Pod joining the party with a range of stunning looking new packs for 2010.


Pod built a reputation for indestructible Sheffield-made technical packs, but is now part of the Rab stable and aiming to build on that reputation with the new Granite range of packs. Like all Pod packs, they use top fabrics, triple-stitched construction, bar-tacked joins and attachment points that are part of the structure of the sac.


The Granites use fabrics which are so tough that the base reinforcement nylon actually wore out the abrasion testing pad at Leeds University, so that's tough. Generally the fabrics have been specially sourced and are Nylon. Buckles and fittings are top-end Duraflex items and very, very strong.

Prices range from £40 to £140 and they'll be in the shops early next year.

More about Pod at www.podsacs.com