The Minimal Pack-Ultralight from Outlier

Introducing a new compactable backpack from Outlier made from ultralight hyper light mountain gear.





From Outlier:

This adventure started with the material. In one of our many fabric hunts we stumbled across something very different, almost alien. Nonwoven Dyneema – insanely lightweight, fully waterproof and many times stronger than steel.



When we encountered the elegantly pared back nonwoven Dyneema packs of Hyperlite Mountain Gear, we became one of their very first customers and then started about what we could make together. The result is the Minimal Backpack.

The premise was simple; what was the simplest and lightest pack we could make that was still suitable for daily use? Nonwoven Dyneema is an insanely expensive material, even by Outlier standards. It’s also extremely difficult to sew, so producing a simple yet highly functional design is crucial to making this stuff work.



Thankfully Mike St. Pierre of Hyperlite has been working with the material over the past few years and has even built a small factory in Biddeford, Maine. By the time Outlier got involved most of the hard work was done. We settled on a slightly heavier, all black version of nonwoven Dyneema simply because we love the way it looks and wears over time. A roll top backpack, 2!¡that’s highly water resistant and packs down to fit into a jacket pocket.

The bag sells for. $168.00 and is available at their on-line store.



Although pricey, these seems like a great bag for riding to work when you don’t want to feel like carrying a bag. The material sounds amazing too, ultralight and water proof.