Granite gear blaze ac 60 - Granite Gear Blaze A.C. 60 Backpack

Granite Gear is not widely known in my country and I based the purchase simply on the pack winning the Backpacker Magazine 2011 Editor's Choice Award. After a few trips it does not disappoint me and I knew why it won the award. Yes it has a very simple design (some would say boring) but it serves a lot of purposes. It can pack a lot of things inside and the body can easily be expanded to provide more space. It is very light too. I also like the molded foam pad that provides comfort to my back especially when carrying heavier load. The downside would probably be the absence of top lid which can easily be fixed with the line-loc lid.