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A Backpack With Wheels?

A backpack with wheels and the other
backpacking  gear  ideas  it  inspired.Pillow/Waterbag
I wouldn't have thought a backpack withWhen I need to carry more water I use the
wheels would actually work for backpacking,plastic bladders from boxed wine. They are
but when I saw the web site for thelight, strong, and I inflate the bag with air
"Wheelpacker"(TM), I was impressed. You wearto use as a pillow too. To market a
a frame that attaches you to a wheeled pack.dual-purpose water container/pillow, it just
It can even go over logs and rocks. Itneeds a soft removable covering of some sort.
started me thinking about what other
backpacking innovations are just waiting toJacket  Backpack
be marketed. Here are a few of the things I
came  up  with.  Steal  these  ideas, please.Why not a frame-less backpack with a jacket
that is a part of the pack? It can be folded
Inflatable  Frame  Backpackout of the way, and the pack would have
normal shoulder straps. When wearing the
With frame-less backpacks we often put foldedjacket, though, it would stabilize the pack,
sleeping pads in the pack for cushioningkeep you warmer, and make it easy to push
against our backs and some support for thethrough heavy brush, because it wouldn't
load. Why not just have the part of the packcatch on things as easily. It is something
that rests against the user's back inflate.like wearing a large jacket over a backpack,
With the same technology used for lightweightbut with the weight-savings and stability
self-inflating sleeping bag pads, it wouldthat come from combining them. It could be
only add about six ounces. The backpack couldcalled  a  "Jacket  Pack-it."
then  double  as a foot-bag/pad for sleeping.
Backpacking  Game
Taking this idea further, I imagine a
self-inflating backpack that folds out into aPrint a chess/checkers board on a jacket or
sleeping pad. The backpack "frame" would bebackpack, and you have a carry-along game
the pad, in a "U" shape for some rigidity inthat weighs nothing extra. Great for spending
the pack. Self-inflating sleeping bag padshours in the tent waiting out the rain. If
are as light as 14 ounces now, and frame lessyou don't carry the pieces, stones or pine
packs 12 ounces, so the combination couldcones  could  work  as  checkers.
probably  be  made  to  weigh just 20 ounces.
Backpacking gear ideas and innovations keep
Wax  Paper  Food  Bagspopping into my head as I write this. Most
are based on the idea of "dual purpose"
Put backpacking food in wax-paper packagingitems. They may work, some may not, but it is
instead of plastic. The packages then doublean entertaining dose of inspiration from a
as emergency fire-starters, since wax paperbackpack with wheels.
will  usually  burn  even  when  wet.



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