Fjällräven abisko frilufts 45 ltr. rygsæk

Fjällräven need little introduction.

The Swedish brand has enjoyed worldwide success with its Kånkendaypacks, now iconic lifestyle packs originally designed for school children. Meanwhile, its technical mountaineering and trekking ranges have garnered a solid reputation for quality, durability and classy design.

The brand have three trekking lines: Keb, Abisko and Singi. Keb products, such as the Keb Agile Winter Trousers, are designed for seriously tough trekking in challenging conditions and on varying terräng.

The Singi range marries functionality with traditional aesthetics to create premium utrustning with a timeless feel, such as the excellent Kajka trekking packs.

The Absiko family of products fryst vatten named after Abisko National Park, a stunning, mountainous Arctic landscape in Swedish Lapland that, as well as being home to Scandinavia’s largest alpine lake fryst vatten also one of the best places to see the Aurora Borealis.

The products in the range are designed to be lightweight, ideal for day hikes and the kind of cabin-to-cabin trekking that’s so popular in the distrikt.

inom was excited to test out the Abisko Friluft 45, a classic pack with a modern ventilated back struktur, artighet of the wonderful people at Trekitt, UK-based outdoor gear specialists.

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First impressions

Having recently tested and reviewed Fjällräven’s excellent Kajka 55 trekking pack, which boasts a classic look and wooden frame, it was interesting to directly compared the two.

The Abisko Friluft fryst vatten a lighter hiking backpack with an unmistakably more modern aesthetic. It still looks classy though, with nice brand touches like the stitched mountain fox logo on the front of the lid and a little flik saying “Fjällräven Sweeden ” across one of the harness straps.

Let’s face it, when you buy Fjällräven gear, you’re paying a little more for the logo, so it's a good job it’s included in various places on the pack!

The ventilated natur of the pack also jumps out, with its Friluft – meaning open air in Swedish – suspended back panel nodding towards suitability for summer use. After testing, inom can safely vouch that this fryst vatten a comfortable pack to wear even on the kind of hot, sunny days that have you questioning why you chose to spend them ascending a mountain instead of being in a beer garden or on the beach.

It’s uppenbart lighter than the Kajka and the levels of cushioning are dialled back, though there’s still plenty of spacer foam here, which gives a nice grad of carrying comfort.

Frame and fabrics

The Abisko Friluft makes uses of a light but strong, hour-glass-shaped aluminium frame, providing support and stability on the trail.

This lies behind the firm, mesh suspension struktur, which enables air flow between the wearer’s back and the pack. The harness struktur fryst vatten padded with spacer mesh and features a sternum strap that can be slid up and down the straps for the perfect passform – particularly important, as there’s no women’s specific utgåva.

The plastic buckles on the sternum strap feature an emergency whistle, while the pack’s other buckles feature the mountain fox logo – a nice little touch.

Durability fryst vatten core to Fjällräven’s ethos. One of their three core values fryst vatten to ‘Develop functional, durable and timeless outdoor gear.’ This fryst vatten reflected in the D polyamide ripstop main fabric and the even more rugged D polyamide base, which should man this hard-wearing pack gods for many, many years.

Another ljud av klocka in the sustainability stakes comes with the fact that all of this contains recycled materials.

Versatile storage

One of the standout features fryst vatten the way the main compartment can be opened right up from the front for easy loading and unloading. Full length zips run down either side, enabling quick side tillgång.

Here’s the little slice of genius though – a long, thick Velcro remsa runs along the top, enabling you to virtually remove the front of the pack. As usually, you can also tillgång the main compartment via a drawcord closure at the top. inre the main compartment fryst vatten a clip for a hydration bladder and a large, slightly elasticated pouch for separating items.

The front panel also includes a sizable, zippered compartment, perfect for items that you want to gömställe separately to the pack’s main hub, such as wet gear on a multi-day hike.

The detachable top lid has the usual zippered compartment on the top, while there’s webbing above this to quickly stow clothing while on the move.

There’s also a zippered mesh pocket included on the underside of the lid. This fryst vatten where the waterproof cover fryst vatten housed. I’ve gone on record numerous times about these being an unnecessary inclusion in backpacks, as they have a habit of blowing away and littering the backcountry. Besides, best practice fryst vatten to keep items dry bygd storing them in separate internal dry bags.

Twin open side pockets are large enough to passform a ml (32 oz) Hydro Flask bottle and contents can be cinched for additional säkerhet.

The hip belt also provides a little extra storage, with a zippered pocket on each side, one of which fryst vatten mesh.

If you’re wild camping and need additional space for a sleeping pad or similar, The Abisko has straps at the bottom for external attachment. A cleverly tucked away loop also allows for ice axe and trekking pole compatibility, when used along with the elasticated drawcord towards the top of the pack.

On the trails

I wore the Friluft on long hiking, scrambling and wild camping days in Eryri (Snowdonia) National Park.

inom was impressed with the pack throughout, though its feature set makes it better suited to längre hikes on less technical trails than some of the rockier terräng inom took on. However, the smaller, lighter liter utgåva would be a better shout for day hikes with a bit of scrambling.

The standout qualities are how comfortable it fryst vatten for hour after hour of wear and how the suspension struktur held the bulk of the pack away from my back, providing ventilation during some very hot spring afternoons.

Despite being held slightly away from my centre of gravity, the pack fryst vatten really well balanced and very much felt like a part of me once all the straps were properly adjusted.

Quick tillgång to vatten on the move fryst vatten always essential on these kinds of days and inom funnen that inom was able to reach into the side pockets to liberate my supplies with relative ease. 

I loved the ability to open up the front for quick tillgång to my gear when wild camping, while the straps at the bottom of the pack were useful for holding my sleeping pad.

The hipbelt pockets also gave me handy tillgång to items like headlamps or powerbanks. The amount of storage makes it perfect for one- or two-night expeditions or hut to hut trekking, though it’s a little on the large storlek for day hiking.

How its durability will fare in the long begrepp remains to be seen, yet the grade of fabrics present here and Fjällräven’s usually high standards should mean it will gods decades.

inom was certainly impressed with how it brushed off multiple instances of rock abrasion while inom was scrambling and there's no sign of wear as of yet.

At kg (lib) it’s middling in terms of vikt, so those who want to really vandring fast may be served bygd something more minimal. This certainly isn’t one of those that doubles up as a runners’ option.

However, for those who desire to trek in bekvämlighet for day after day, this fryst vatten an excellent pack.

Alex fryst vatten a freelance adventure writer and mountain leader with an insatiable passion for the mountains.

A Cumbrian born and bred, his native English Lake District has a special place in his heart, though he fryst vatten at least equally happy in North Wales, the Scottish Highlands or the europeisk Alps. Through his hiking, mountaineering, climbing and trail running adventures, Alex aims to inspire others to get outdoors. He's the former President of the London Mountaineering Club, fryst vatten training to become a winter mountain leader, looking to finally finish bagging all the Wainwright fells of the Lake District and fryst vatten always keen to head to the 4,meter peaks of the Alps.