
Overall rating | (84 reviews) |
Get ready for your next bikepacking adventure! As a key item in your bikepacking setup, the ORTLIEB Seat-Pack comes with Velcro straps to enable convenient and secure mounting to your seat stem. Projecting backwards from the seat stem, your Seat-Pack also serves as a rear fender. The spacious, waterproof Seat-Pack keeps its contents (e.g. an extra set of clothes) safe and dry. Depending on how long you plan to be away and your Seat-Pack model, you can conveniently adjust the volume of your pack from 8 to 16.5 liters or from 7 to 11 liters by adjusting the roll closures on the sides. An additional valve allows you to quickly and easily compress your soft gear for a more compact fit. Your Seat-Pack also serves as a replacement backpack when you’re out on a day trip, no matter whether you ride a hybrid bike, a mountain bike, a road bike or an electric mountain bike. The Seat-Pack is available in two sizes.
Thanks to its elastic drawstrings on the top it offers additional space for items you need to be able to access quickly (not on 11l slate version).
The smaller of the two models needs only six centimeters on your seat stem. That’s why the more compact model is ideal for smaller frame sizes, full suspension bikes and adjustable seat stems.
Overall rating | ☆☆☆☆☆ |
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Now I have gained experience from one week of travel and I am a little disappointed with the product. I expected that for this money I would get a really finished and polished product, but this is not the case. Attaching the bag to the bike feels really easy and also it is quite difficult to attach it in a way that would feel sturdy even when empty. There is no bag that comes off the bag, which I already knew when I bought it, which of course makes packing difficult, as the bag has to be already attached to the bike. If you pack the bag loose and try to attach it to the bike, there is no way I want to get it back in place afterwards, at least not on my own bike.
If you pack the bag full, which naturally makes it long, or put something heavier in it, the back of the bag starts to hang and get caught in the tire. Of course, you can buy some support straps for the bag as an accessory, which I hear make the bag at least somewhat usable when fully loaded. Without straps, the bag can't really hold any weight at all, and it can't be loaded to its full capacity.
Plus the waterproofness and the air release valve.
I don't think it's value for money and I wouldn't buy it again.
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A high-quality bag that was easy to attach to the Canyon Grizl 7 default saddle with straps. With a size S frame and saddle position, I couldn't get the bag at the right angle for the upper seatpost strap to fit snugly into the tube. We'll see if it stays in place when fully loaded.