Timeline for As a tall female should I be looking at male or female backpacks?
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| Apr 13, 2018 at 16:50 | comment | added | Willeke♦ | @JackAidley, Maybe I should have said I have never found a pack I would want to buy or even borrow which had chest straps. So I never had the chance to work out whether they would work for me. | |
| Apr 13, 2018 at 11:20 | comment | added | Graham | @Ricketyship It doesn't need too much curve on the padding to route it round the side of the breasts - it's maybe half an inch of shaping on the pads, and another half-inch from the attachment angle at the shoulders. As a guy, I can very much feel that difference if I put on a "female" pack - the strap goes very obviously along the gap between my pecs and my shoulder muscle, instead of over my pecs. As per Willeke's comment on her pack, this also puts the straps in the right place for a chest strap. | |
| Apr 13, 2018 at 10:55 | comment | added | Graham | @AzorAhai No, they are synonyms for the same article. "Rucksack" is the British English word; "backpack" is American and Australian English. It's not quite so clear-cut these days though, and Brits will use them interchangeably (it's not as country-specific as "pavement/sidewalk"), although perhaps "rucksack" is more common here. As an aside though, British English did pick up the words "backpacking" and "backpacker" from Australians touring Europe with their backpacks, without also picking up "backpack" as the most common usage. (Which says everything about how English picks up words! :) | |
| Apr 13, 2018 at 9:41 | comment | added | Jack Aidley | @Willeke: Saying you've never had any problems with the fit and that you've never been able to use chest straps is self-contradictory. Not being able to use the chest straps is a problem with the fit. | |
| Apr 13, 2018 at 5:45 | comment | added | Ricketyship | @AzorAhai I believe Graham meant both of them to be the same. It would be nitpicking to say they are different. | |
| Apr 12, 2018 at 19:40 | comment | added | ab2 | @Azor Ahai Here is an article on the difference, which I did not find very helpful. I think it may be mainly a linguistic difference. | |
| Apr 12, 2018 at 18:37 | comment | added | Azor Ahai -him- | Is a rucksack technically distinct from a backpack? | |
| Apr 12, 2018 at 16:54 | comment | added | Ricketyship | @Willeke Also, if one has a bigger bust, I don't see how a small curve in the strap can help. Theoretically it should be good, but practically I see no way just a small curve in the strap helping in fitting the backpack well. | |
| Apr 12, 2018 at 16:52 | history | edited | Ricketyship | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
Grammatical changes.
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| Apr 12, 2018 at 16:51 | comment | added | Willeke♦ | Being a female with quite a bit of meat on the chest to be in the way, I have always used male/unisex packs and have never had any problems with the fit. I have never been able to use chest straps though. | |
| Apr 12, 2018 at 16:48 | history | answered | Graham | CC BY-SA 3.0 |