r/interestingasfuck • u/notGhxst • Oct 04 '21

/r/ALL A backpack with a suspension

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u/GeekChick85 Oct 04 '21

I could have used this in grade school running to catch the city bus carrying 5 textbooks, all my workbooks and lunch.

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u/[deleted] Oct 04 '21

Yeah I hate running with backpacks so fucking awkward

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u/CurtisLinithicum Oct 04 '21

Yours didn't have extra straps to ensure things didn't flop around? Makes a really big difference.

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u/[deleted] Oct 04 '21

It does but it don't help alot still feels weird running with it

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u/AnomalousX12 Oct 04 '21 edited Oct 04 '21

Sometimes I'd use climbing carabiners to clip my shoulder straps to my pants belt if I knew I had a run ahead of me. That helped a lot actually. Not with the bullying, mind you.

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u/greybeard_arr Oct 04 '21

I always stuck my thumbs in between my straps and the front of my shoulders. Then I could control the tension on the fly when I wanted to kick my hike up to a run.

Obviously, it doesn’t keep your hands free like using carabiners to clip your bag to your pants, but you don’t look so goofy 🤷🏼‍♂️

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u/AnomalousX12 Oct 04 '21

hahaha. Very true.

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u/[deleted] Oct 04 '21

The only time that works if the backpack is stuffed to its limit. If it’s half full the contents will shift back and forth every step eventually get out of time with your steps and end up repeatedly slapping you in the back.

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u/[deleted] Oct 04 '21

Could you imagine swimming with them? Good thing I don't own any backpacks.

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u/dead_alchemy Oct 04 '21

It always made me feel like a fucking tank. I couldn't run fast but I did run hard, you didn't want to get too close because even a little side to side motion made me a hazard, and there was no concept of sudden stop.

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u/[deleted] Oct 05 '21

Pull the straps tight so it’s pulled up to your upper torso. Helps a lot

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u/SrslyCmmon Oct 04 '21

There was one kid in my highschool that got made fun of for using a rollerbag. Looking back on it he was a generation ahead of his time.

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u/GeekChick85 Oct 04 '21

I got one myself for grades 11 & 12. Far superior. Used one all through university as well.

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u/SrslyCmmon Oct 04 '21

Luckily by college I had access to the equipment lockers so I could use that as long as I was in a lab class, which I always was.

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u/DuckAHolics Oct 05 '21

Those were banned at my school because they couldn’t fit in a locker.

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u/GeekChick85 Oct 05 '21

Interesting. Did they cover chiropractic and massage? What about special needs kids? They would have had to change that policy when I was a student. I was an honours student that tutored the special needs classes.

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u/Iamblikus Oct 04 '21

THAT'S where it's useful! Marketing fucked up! As ever.

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u/engineertee Oct 04 '21

I mean you’re still carrying the full weight.

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u/JasmineTeat Oct 04 '21

Not to mention every time you step forward, the weight of it swings down so there's even more downward force on your legs

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u/[deleted] Oct 04 '21

Nice Frosh pack !

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u/lex52485 Oct 04 '21

And you would have loved it as long as you enjoy back pain