Best BlackWolf Backpacks / Rucksacks
Incredible bag, absolutely love it – I've had this bag for 5 years and it's been through a lot (including a big crash that took me to hospital), excellent airflow, quality materials,… Read more
durable stitching, and great, thoughtful pockets. I'm using it for a bikepacking trip from Edinburgh to Rome in December, thanks to its light weight and it fits my 3 litre water bladder. So good. Plus the rain cover is fluro orange, so I'm super visible on the roads!
Broke with very little use due to a design issue – I bought the 75L Grand Teton 10+ years back for an overseas trip for a few weeks, and it was fine - but I didn't use the straps. Then half way… Read more
through day 1 of the second use (and day 1 of a 5 day walk) the harness bars punched through the fabric such that they no longer gave any support (exactly as described by another reviewer) causing the pack to basically collapse. Unfortunately the design of the harness puts the force directly on a seam and with a decent amount of weight the fabric tears out from the seam and the bar pops through. My pack has plastic stoppers on the end of the harness bars so they were not as sharp as seen in the photo from the other reviewer, but it was not adequate to stop the bars breaking through and ruining the pack.
Bought two of these bags from reputable retailer. A main consideration was the 3 year manufacturer's warranty. The "protective corner bumpers" on… Read more
both bags started to fall apart after the first trip. The material under then started to wear on both bags. Faulty stitching inside and out led to other issues on both bags. When they were returned to the retailer, our claim for repair or replacement was rejected by BlackWolf on the grounds that such damage was "wear and tear" and therefore not claimable under the 3 year warranty. BlackWolf stated that after about 90 days, damage was classified as wear and tear. BlackWolf was not able to give one example of a defect that could be claimed under the 3 year warranty without failing the 90 day wear and tear test. So, forget about the advertised 3 year warranty. In practice, unless there are failures within 90 days, and these aren't caused by the usual knocks and bumps of travel, BlackWolf won't honour any claim. The bag was good to use, while it lasted. One should buy it as a one or two trip bag, with the idea of throwing it out soon after, when it starts to fall apart.....