Osprey Packs Atmos 65 Backpack (Spring 09)

Providing optimal ventilation without sacrificing comfort or support, the newly redesigned Osprey Atmos 65 Backpack carries your load closer to your back so you can log the miles like never before. This lightweight pack design certainly isn't the lightest on the market, but it the most comfortable and superbly detailed. Built with gender specific BioStretch Harness and Hipbelt for a secure fit and the AirSpeed Suspension system, the Atmos 65 can comfortably carry a load of up to 50lbs, making it ideal for week-long adventures as well as short weekend trips. Plenty of pockets keep you organized and dual hipbelt zippered pockets keep must-haves at your finger tips.

• 210D Twill Velocity Cordura®, 160D x 210D Window Ripstop Cordura®
• Airspeed Suspension system with LightWire Alloy Frame and 3D tensioned breathable mesh back panel with side ventilation
• Gender specific BioStretch™ Fixed harness with mesh covered perforate foam and slides adjustable sternum strap
• Gender specific BioStretch™ built-in hipbelt with mesh covered perforated foam and ErgoPull closure
• Hydration compatible, backpanel sleeve with hanger and dual side hose exits
• Floating top pocket
• Zippered sleeping bag divider with removable divider
• Front stretch woven pocket
• 2 side stretch woven pockets with inner or outer compression
• 2 zippered hipbelt pockets
• Stow and Go™ trekking pole attachment
• 2 ice tool loops with bungee tie-offs
• Removable sleeping bag straps
• Volume: 3800cu in / 62L (Sm), 4000cu in / 65L (Med), 4200cu in / 68L (Lg)
• Weight: 3lb 6oz / 1.53kg (Sm), 3lb 9oz / 1.63kg (Med), 3lb 13oz / 1.73kg (Lg)
• Comfort range: up to 50lb / 23kg

Reviews - Osprey Packs Atmos 65 Backpack (Spring 09)

T - 04/13/2009

Great Pack
Comfortable and roomy this pack is breathable and very high quality not to mention light. A great purchase.

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James D.vonLintel - 03/27/2009

Nice fit!
All the structures are quite nicely arranged, and rooky enough. I like the torso constructure with the webbing. I also like the color. The adjustable strapes are quite beneficial. The waist belt is the neatest with the areated construction.

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Unnamed Shopper - 04/08/2008

A great organizer bag
The tall version really fits my 6' 2" frame well, hip belts snug down securely and the belt pockets take a small a camera, sunscreen, lip balm and a half pound bag of trail mix. The option for hydration bladder inside or outside (in mesh area) works well and increases the internal volume, which is limited for rigid objects due to the curved suspension system. Don't expect to get any size bear proof container inside this bag. I used it all winter, with snowshoes, ice ax and crampons strapped to the outside and with loads up to 29lbs the bag and I traveled comfortably up 6000 foot peaks on 8 hour, 12 mile hikes. The front shovel pocket is roomy enough for wet rain gear and the top pocket ideal for gear that is needed quickly, like goggles, shell mitts and headgear. The compression straps and front pockets allow smaller loads to be carried on day trips without the bag appearing oversize for your summer day hike, and at 3lbs 12 oz its no burden to take it along. A very robust bag that shows no signs of wear and tear after squeezing past countless spruce trees bushwhacking in New Hampshire.

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Unnamed Shopper - 01/08/2008

PERFECT!
This was bought for our son for Christmas. As a 3rd yr college student, when he gets a chance to getaway, he loves to go hiking, camping, rock-climbing... the usual live rough and rugged attitude stuff... Anyways, he put that pack on his back and it did not come off all day Christmas Day!!! He said it felt like part of him! He used it the following week to go to a 5-day conference and it carried all he needed instead of a big ole' suitcase or gymbag. THANKS for a GREAT Value too!!

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Sizing Chart

All Osprey packs, save the transit bags, are available in multiple sizes to fit a range of torso lengths. To find your torso length, have a friend measure your back along the spine from the level of your iliac crest (the top of your hipbones) to your C7 (the knobby bone at the base of your neck).

To determine your hipbelt size measure around your hips, not your waist. A properly fitted hipbelt rides centered over the hipbones and needs to be very snug; after all it will be carrying the bulk of the pack's weight. The padded portion should wrap well around your hips, leaving a gap of 3 to 6 inches between the tips of the pads when securely tightened.

Nearly all Osprey hipbelts use an exclusive ErgoPull design. It creates mechanical advantage to provide extra leverage in cinching down the hipbelt. The ErgoPull design also draws tension along the top and bottom of the belt, not through the center, so it distributes pressure more evenly over the padding and relieves direct pressure on the hipbones.

Step 3 - Harness

Osprey Crescent & Luna, Aether & Ariel and Waypoint packs offer interchangeable shoulder harnesses. Harness sizing usually corresponds to pack size, but your best bet is to try one on. A properly fit harness should terminate 2 to 3" beneath the armpit. Webbing should not touch the body. By breaking the hook and loop connection and sliding the harness up and down the backpanel the torso length can be adjusted up to 3". (see illustration).

Once you have the correct size pack, harness and hipbelt, and the torso length set properly, it's time to put some weight in the pack (20 to 30 pounds of well distributed weight will do) and dial in the fit. First, snug down the hipbelt and harness. Connect the sternum strap (A) - position it about 2 inches below your collarbones and snug it down lightly. Finally, tighten the load lifter straps to draw the load solidly against your back. The lift straps (B) should come off your shoulders at a 45 to 60 degree angle in Osprey's ReCurve and Ethereal Suspension packs. In other models these straps serve more as compression straps and ride flatter; they may even angle downwards.

In a good fit, there should be no pressure points and no gaps between your body and the pack. With Osprey's ReCurve packs, final tweaking may involve custom fitting the aluminum stays to your back.