Osprey Packs Kestrel 68 Backpack
Description
For longer trips and extended backpacking, the Osprey Kestrel 68 Backpack offers convenient features and handy tech for the journey. Featuring easy sleeping bag access and an AirScape™ backpanel with LightWire™ framing for a comfortable carry, this large capacity pack can go the distance. With an adjustable harness to make fitting a breeze, take the Osprey Kestrel 68 Backpack on your next adventure.
Specifications
- Fabric: 210D x 330D nylon shadow box, 420D nylon pack cloth, nylon spun mesh
- AirScape Backpanel
- Hipbelt pockets
- Ice Ax Loops and Bungee
- Sleeping Pad Straps
- Stretch Woven Front Pocket
- Stretch Woven Side Pocket
- Torso Adjustable Harness
- Zippered Top Pocket
- Zippered sleeping bag access
- 4000 cubic inches (S/M), 4200 cubic inches (M/L)
- 65 liters (S/M), 68 liters (M/L)
- Dimensions: 30.7 x 15 x 11.8 in, 78 x 38 x 30 cm
- Weight: 4 lbs, 1.82 kg (S/M), 4 lbs, 3 oz, 1.91 kg (M/L)
Also Available
Conifer Green, Fire Red, Talus Grey and Tarn Blue.
Available sizes, while supplies last, include size s/m and size m/l: s/m, m/l.
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Sizing Chart
Osprey Packs Sizing Chart
Step 1 - Pack Sizing
All Osprey packs, save the transit bags, are available in multiple sizes to fit a range of torso lengths. To find your torso length, have a friend measure your back along the spine from the level of your iliac crest (the top of your hipbones) to your C7 (the knobby bone at the base of your neck).
Step 2 - Hipbelt Sizing
To determine your hipbelt size measure around your hips, not your waist. A properly fitted hipbelt rides centered over the hipbones and needs to be very snug; after all it will be carrying the bulk of the pack's weight. The padded portion should wrap well around your hips, leaving a gap of 3 to 6 inches between the tips of the pads when securely tightened.
Argon Series
Xenon Series
ReCurve suspension and BioForm CM™ A/X components| Torso Length | Pack Size | Hip Measurement | Hipbelt Size |
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| > 22" | XLarge | > 36" | XLarge |
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| 20-22.5" | Large | 33-37" | L or WL |
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| 18-20.5" | Medium | 30-34" | M or WM |
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| 16-18.5" | Small | 27-31" | S or WS |
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| <16.5" | XSmall | < 28" | WXS |
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Aether Series
Ariel Series
AirScape suspension and IsoForm CM™ components| Torso Length | Pack Size | Hip Measurement | Hipbelt Size |
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| > 20" | Large | > 36" | XLarge |
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| 18-20.5" | Medium | 33-37" | L or WL |
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| 18.5"- | Small | 30-34" | M or WM |
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| - | - | 27-31" | S or WS |
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| - | - | < 28" | WXS |
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Atmos & Aura Series
AirSpeed suspension with built-in components
Exos Series
AirSpeed suspension with built-in components
Stratos Series
AirSpeed suspension with built-in components
Kode Series
Built-in Components| Torso Length | Hip Measurement | Pack Size |
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| > 20" | > 33" | Large |
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| 18-20.5" | 30-34" | Medium |
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| < 18.5" | < 31" | Small |
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Kestrel Series
AirScape backpanel and adjustable harness with built-in hipbelt
Talon Series
Torso adjustable harness with built-in hipbelt (fixed harness on Talon 11 and 5)
Manta Series
Built-in harness and hipbelt
Raptor Series
Built-in harness and hipbelt| Torso Length | Hip Measurement | Pack Size |
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| > 19" | - | M/L |
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| < 19" | - | S/M |
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Variant & Mutant Series
Variant & Mutant suspension and hipbelt
(Variant 28 & the Mutant 38 have built-in hipbelts)| Torso Length | Hip Measurement | Pack Size |
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| | >36" | XLarge |
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| > 20" | > 33-37" | Large |
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| 18-20.5" | 30-34" | Medium |
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| < 18.5" | < 31" | Small |
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Waypoint Series
Waypoint Suspension and torso adjustable Waypoint Harness| Torso Length | Hip Measurement | Pack Size |
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| > 20" | > 33" | Large |
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| 18-20.5" | 30-34" | Medium |
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| < 18.5" | < 31" | Small |
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ErgoPull
Nearly all Osprey hipbelts use an exclusive ErgoPull design. It creates mechanical advantage to provide extra leverage in cinching down the hipbelt. The ErgoPull design also draws tension along the top and bottom of the belt, not through the center, so it distributes pressure more evenly over the padding and relieves direct pressure on the hipbones.
Step 3 - Harness
Osprey Crescent & Luna, Aether & Ariel and Waypoint packs offer interchangeable shoulder harnesses. Harness sizing usually corresponds to pack size, but your best bet is to try one on. A properly fit harness should terminate 2 to 3" beneath the armpit. Webbing should not touch the body. By breaking the hook and loop connection and sliding the harness up and down the backpanel the torso length can be adjusted up to 3". (see illustration).
| Men's | SM | MD | Large | XLarge |
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| Women's | WXS | WSM | WM | WL |
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Step 4 - Overall Fit
Once you have the correct size pack, harness and hipbelt, and the torso length set properly, it's time to put some weight in the pack (20 to 30 pounds of well distributed weight will do) and dial in the fit. First, snug down the hipbelt and harness. Connect the sternum strap (A) - position it about 2 inches below your collarbones and snug it down lightly. Finally, tighten the load lifter straps to draw the load solidly against your back. The lift straps (B) should come off your shoulders at a 45 to 60 degree angle in Osprey's ReCurve and Ethereal Suspension packs. In other models these straps serve more as compression straps and ride flatter; they may even angle downwards.
In a good fit, there should be no pressure points and no gaps between your body and the pack. With Osprey's ReCurve packs, final tweaking may involve custom fitting the aluminum stays to your back.
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