Osprey Packs Talon 44 Backpack

Osprey Packs Talon 44 Backpack

Ideal for ultra light backpacking, adventure racing, and climbing, the Talon 44 Backpack is Osprey's lightest multi-day pack. It still manages to squeeze in plenty of functional features, including a torso adjustable, reinforced suspension, AirScape padded backpanel, and plenty of useful pockets. The Osprey Talon 44 is designed to comfortably carrying loads up to 30 lbs. and includes an easy access hydration sleeve that accommodates reservoirs up to the large, 3-liter size. Although typically reserved for larger, heavier packs, the Talon 44 includes a zippered sleeping bag access for quick packing and unpacking.

• Key fabrics: 70 denier x 100 denier Nylon shadow check (main pack body), stretch woven Nylon with lycra (front and side pockets), 160 denier x 330 denier Nylon shadow box (high abrasion and tension areas)
• Torso adjustable suspension includes an aluminum headrail with composite side struts and an AirScape backpanel consisting of ridge molded foam and air channels
• Mesh covered, perforated shoulder harness with stretch energy gel pockets. Includes an elastic, stretch sternum strap
• Mesh covered, perforated hipbelt with zippered stretch mesh pockets to keep small essentials handy
• Top loading access to main compartment
• Zippered, floating top pocket with internal stash pocket and key fob
• Zippered sleeping bag access is quite convenient
• Spacious stretch woven front pocket holds all sorts of gear and clothing
• Stretch woven side pockets offer versatile carrying capacity
• Easy access hydration slot with sewn-in hanger holds up to a 3-liter bladder
• Adjustable webbing strap secures your rope underneath the top pocket
• Dual quick and easy ice axe attachment and tool tie off points
• Upper and lower side compression straps for load stability
• Sleeping pad straps
• Blinker patch for safety in low light conditions
• Tow loop for adventure racing use
• Capacity: 2,500 cu. in. (42 l) in size small, medium, 2,600 cu. in. (44 l) in size medium, large
• Weight: 2 lbs. 5 oz. (1.05 kgs.) in size small, medium, 2 lbs. 7 oz. (1.11 kgs.) in size medium, large

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Reviews - Osprey Packs Talon 44 Backpack

ShannonCole - 2008-11-13

Great Pack. The best I've ever owned!
Seriously, I find a new pocket on this guy everytime I use it. Tons of useful loops and straps all over.

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Chris Rowlands - 2008-08-29

Awesome
outstanding pack, im sticking with Osprey forever.

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Matthew Machles - 2008-02-19

The best pack I've owned
This is by far the sweetest pack I've ever owned. I'm a big Gregory guy, but I'd have to say that this is much lighter than my Shasta, with a lot more convenient pockets and storage. Even the Gregory G-Pack is sweet, but this one has much more to it. I took my Gregory on a month long camp trip to New Zealand, but I needed somthing about half the size and lighter, and this pack was exactly what I was looking for for my short, multi-day trips around the hills of Asheville, N.C. Everything about this pack is sweet, especially for the price. I'd highly recomend it.

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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.