Best Backpacks With Daypacks Included

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I am writing this text about best backpacks with daypacks inspired by a question I have received from a visitor in my another post. So, I realized it could be useful to have such information in one place because I have many backpacks with detachable daypacks described and scattered on this site.

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What is a backpack with a removable daypack?

You might have been in situations where you needed a small pack together with the big one you were using. Imagine, you arrived somewhere with all your stuff in the big pack, and then you want to take a walk around but you need a few things with you. This can be anywhere, in the camp or in the city. So, carrying the big pack does not look so great; besides, you would first have to remove all the unnecessary stuff from it.

So, is there a solution for this?

Yes, there is: a backpack with an integrated daypack. This can be a hiking, backpacking, or travel backpack which has a small pack that can be detached from the big pack, and it can be used as a daypack or a summit pack, but this is not all.

Below I present several of them. You will be surprised to see how clever and ingenious design of these small daypacks can be. I use the terms ‘detachable daypack’, ‘removable daypack’, and ‘integrated daypack’, and they imply several different possibilities. Typically, what you can see is the following:

I must say, not all of such daypacks look really comfortable and useful. Some are very small, and some of them look cheap. But in general, they are:

• Carried as normal packs on the back, so they have the usual dual shoulder straps.
• Carried diagonally, on the back, which means they have only one strap.
• Carried around the waist, so here again, you have only one strap.

Below, I give the list of packs in alphabetic order. Ranking them is pointless, they are all very different in size and in purpose, and the corresponding daypacks are also completely different as you will realize.

 

I give these packs with short descriptions, all are presented in detail in my full separate reviews so please follow the links to read more.

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1. Deuter AViANT Voyager 65+10 pack for men

This Aviant Voyager is from a new series from Deuter, and it is here because of its included daypack stored in the sleeve on the front. So this daypack is a fully functional pack with a padded harness, one internal sleeve for computer, one side pocket, and one top zippered pocket. See how it looks in the picture:

The main pack is full of great features. So you have an adjustable shoulder strap, a steel frame, and incredibly great padding on the hip belt and on the shoulder strap. It has three access points, from the top, from the front, and from the bottom through its zippered compartment with a zippered divider.

The pack also comes with a transportation bag stored in its bottom pocket, and it doubles as a rain cover as well.

Note that this series includes also a women-specific Deuter AViANT Voyager 60+10 SL pack for women.

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2. Deuter Quantum Pack

This pack is described in detail in my separate text. So what you have here is a travel or backpacking pack with a classic example of a daypack attached through buckles to the front of the pack. The big backpack is in two sizes 70+10 and 60+10 SL version for women, see it in the picture above.

The daypack looks like a real fully-functional pack, with its padded shoulder straps, internal water sleeve, etc.

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3. Granite Gear Blaze 60 – 2019 Version

So this Blaze 60 is a new version of the well-known pack which they launched for the season 2019. This pack is with a lid and the lid is the reason for having it here in the list. Namely, the lid is floating and removable, and you can combine it with the removable hip belt and use as a lumbar pack. This is shown in the picture:

But you can also attach the lid to the chest and use it together with the main pack as a chest pack. The pack is a top-loading type and you also have a front zippered entrance point, no bottom compartment. This is an ultralight pack and the volume/weight ratio is VW = 44 L/kg. But this is also a pack with a fully adjustable shoulder harness and hip belt.

Note that the pack is without a metal frame so you have a polycarbonate frame instead. There are 6 pockets in total, and those on the sides are so large that you can put 2 bottles in each of them.

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4. Gregory Paragon 68 Pack

In this case, you have something unique: there is a hydration bag that is removable and equipped with straps, and you can use it as a summit or day pack. The Paragon 68 is the largest pack from the Paragon & Maven series by Gregory, and the two largest packs both have this daypack. This is a particularly versatile and nicely built lightweight series with all features needed on the trail, and I have included it in my list of best backpacking packs for men.

Note that they have introduced this same design in many of their other series. So you will see it also in:

• Zulu 65 backpack.
• Amber 60 pack for women.
• Stout 65 pack for men.
• Baltoro series for men.
• Deva series for women.

So I give here Paragon 68 just as a representative, the daypack design is the same, although all these packs are very different. The daypack is rather thin, but it comes with two shoulder straps and a drawcord closure on the top, and you carry it as a small backpack.

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5. Mystery Ranch Stein 62 Pack

The Stein 62 is an exceptional pack for many reasons, but it is here because of its unique lead which doubles as a daypack. So to use this lid as a daypack, you should actually detach the harness from the main pack and then use it as a harness for this small pack. The resulting daypack is a truly functional and technical pack and I do not think you will see something like this on the market, see how it looks below:

Yet another peculiar feature here is that the frame is not metal but a carbon fiber. The harness length is fully adjustable and the padding is huge and comfortable. The pack is built in 4 different sizes, so finding your perfect size and fit should not be an issue. There are three access points, top, side, and bottom. Now, the bottom access is again something unique, you have a roll closure.

The pack is a load-hauling tool, designed to carry loads of up to 75 lb (34 kg). Please read more in my full review.

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6. Mystery Ranch Terraframe 80 Backpack

This pack is here because of its lid that doubles as a daypack. But there is much more. It is built from an incredibly durable Cordura fabric, and its frame is a carbon fiber construction. The pack is with a capacity-expanding overload design as shown in the picture.

The meaning of this is that you can move the pack away from the body and put some bulky stuff in between it and the frame. With all this, it is suitable for loads of up to 150 pounds (68 kg).

You have an adjustable torso length, and it comes with high quality YKK zippers. The backpack weighs 6.1 lb (2.77 kg).

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7. Osprey Aether AG 60 Pack

So here I give this Aether AG 60 pack because of its ingenious daypack, but in fact, the same design you have in all packs from the Aether & Ariel AG series which Osprey launched in 2017.  You have it also in Aether AG 70 and Aether AG 85 and in the corresponding women-specific packs Ariel AG 65 and Ariel AG 55.

First a bit about this pack, it deserves it because this is one of the best packs on the market. You have an adjustable harness and it also features a moldable hip belt, which means that the foam used in the construction becomes molded due to your body heat and it fits perfectly your figure. The hip belt and the harness are interchangeable, and in addition to this, you have 3 different sizes of the pack within this 60-liter size, they build it in 57, 60, and 63 liters size.

You have a floating lid and the top entrance, plus the side entrance and the bottom compartment with a removable divider. Now, this top lid is important for this text. It is removable and it transforms in a fully-featured daypack, one of the best of that kind. Please read more in my full review.

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8. Osprey Aether Plus 85 Backpack for Men

The day pack which you have in this pack is the same DayLid day pack described in the other Osprey’s packs here in the list. So there is no need to say more about it. I would focus more on the main pack because this is one of the best that you will find on the market.

This is a pack with a fully adjustable harness, and this includes the torso length, the shoulder straps padding, and the hip belt padding. You have 3 access points, from the top, from the bottom, and from the front. It comes with a rain cover, and you have numerous pockets, 9 in total.

The pack also comes with Osprey’s famous Stow-on-the-Go attachment system and much more. They build it in two sizes, so the weight of the 85-liter version is 6.229 lb (2.8 kg).

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9. Osprey Ariel Plus 70 Pack for Women

This pack is from Osprey’s completely new series and it is here because of its removable lid that transforms into their famous DayLid Daypack. The name may look similar to several other Osprey packs here in the list but this is a separate series with many great features that you normally have in the packs of this brand.

The pack has 3 access points, from the top, from the front, and from the bottom. You have a rain cover included. The harness is completely adjustable, and this applies to all the elements, the shoulder harness, the hip belt, and the torso length. There are 9 pockets, and it comes with their Stow-on-the-Go pole attachment. They build it in two sub-sizes, 68 and 70 liters volume. The weight of the 70 liters pack is 5.797 lb (2.63 kg).

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10. Osprey UNLTD AirScape 68 Pack for Men & Women

The picture above shows the main pack in its lidless use. On the right is this same lid transformed into a very nicely designed daypack. The daypack itself is the same design that you can see in several of Osprey packs here in the list.

But the main pack is something extraordinary. Here you have features that cannot be found in any other pack on the market. You have a industry-first 3D printed Fitscape Lumbar with Carbon DLS Technology.

The pack has a dual access point, a rain cover and a transport sack are included. The frame is a high-carbon stainless steel. The design includes a Fit-On-The-Fly harness adjustment for torso length, and a Fit-On-The-Fly hip belt adjustment. The fabric is also state-of-the-art.

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11. Osprey UNLTD AntiGravity 64 Pack for Men & Women

This pack is here because of its removable lid shown in the picture. The lid is designed to double as a lumbar pack and it is equipped with a hose port so this is a hydration lumbar design.

On the other hand, the main pack Osprey UNLTD AntiGravity 64 Pack for Men & Women comes with an industry-first 3D printed Fitscape lumbar with Carbon DLS Technology. It offers a fully adjustable harness, so you have their Fit-On-The-Fly harness adjustment for torso length, and Fit-On-The-Fly hip belt adjustment.

The pack comes with a rain cover, and a transport sack. They build it separate for men and women, and you have two sub-sizes for each.

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12. Osprey Xenith 75 Pack

This Osprey Xenith 75 pack has exactly the same lid design as the Aether pack presented above. So here again it transforms into the DayLid daypack which you have seen above.

But the Xenith 75 itself is a different pack so here I just present a few of its features. So this is a huge backpack but it is still the smallest in the Xenith series. You have and adjustable torso size, and the harness and the hip belt are both interchangeable independently. This is what they call the BioForm design, heat-molded (by your body heat) for a perfect fit.

You have 3 + 1 access points to the main compartment, it comes with a bottom compartment with a removable divider, and you also have the Stow-on-the-Go trekking pole attachment system. The pack has 9 pockets in total, plus an external hydration sleeve. It is built in 3 different sizes.

The Xena series for women is with the same features as the Xenith packs for men, so they have the same daypack, one example is the Xena 70 pack. Please follow the link to read more.

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13. Teton Sports Grand 5500 Pack

The Teton Sports Grand 5500 is a part of their black series, and this is the best they have built so far, a pack full of incredible features. So this is a 90-liter backpack with 4 access points, top, front, side, and bottom. You have an expandable collar under the floating lid, and also a huge U-shaped front entrance. Note that the divider between the bottom compartment and the main compartment is with a zipper and it is removable.

The pack itself is with a 1000 mm waterproofness rating, and you have an adjustable harness supported by two aluminum stays. But it comes with a poncho included instead of the usual rain cover, with a 2000 mm rating. The weight without the poncho is 5.2 lb (2.36 kg).

It has 7 pockets and the most important for this text is its large front pocket because it doubles as a daypack. So this is why I included it here in the list. This daypack is not particularly big but it is very useful, you can carry all your valuables in it while leaving the big part in the room or in the camp.

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14. Thule Guidepost Backpack

The Thule Guidepost is a model that has been on the market for many years already. It is built in several sizes that include 65, 75, and 88 liters and they also have the corresponding women-specific packs. This is a pack with several great features and one of them include the customizable TransHub suspension system and a pivoting hip belt.

The harness is fully adjustable and you also have an ingenious adjustment system for shoulder straps which can be moved within 3 different positions (for small, medium and size body). The hip belt has 30 degrees rotation movement up and down and it is also easily adjustable and interchangeable.

Of importance for this text is its removable lid which converts in a 28-liter daypack which you can see in the picture above. Note that they have different color options for the daypack, not all are in the yellow color which you see here.

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Summary

Good luck in searching for your ideal backpack with an integrated daypack. Have you used any of these packs? Do you know a good example which you think should be included? Please let us know, there is a comment box below. Have a nice day.