X Course 28 is a new ski-pack from Lafuma for winter 2008/09. As it’s name suggests it’s a 28 liter backpack and it weighs 930 grams.

Lafuma has gone for a “girlie” look on their new Naïa backpack for female, I think it looks good but I don’t think you will see me with one. Appart from the unusual look for a hiking backpack it has a new type of opening, it opens as trunk. The backpack will weigh 5 lbs 7 oz and hold 50 liters.

French backpack maker Lafuma has presented a new backpack, the Xlight40+5, available for the summer 2008. The backpack is a light weight trekking pack weighing 2 lbs 15 oz (1332 grams) in medium and 3 lbs 1 oz (1389 grams) in large. The pack has will have a volume of 2440 + 300 cu in (40+5 liters).

Inside the pack there is a dual compartment with a removable separator, there is also a number of pockets: zippered, waterproof camera carrying pocket, with a zippered mesh pocket for documents, outside front pockets, zippered stretch side pockets, two-way open mesh side pockets and zippered mesh pocket on the waist belt.