For a super ultralight weight fastpack at a super reasonable price, grab the Gossamer Gear Murmur Hyperlight Backpack.

• Weight: 12.7 oz
• Price: $185
• Materials: 30d/70d Nylon
• Frame: Frameless, foam sit pad back panel
• Load Capacity: 20 lbs
• Internal Volume: 28L
• External Volume : 8L
• Pros: Super ultralight. Good external storage. Good value. Surprisingly water resistant.
  
• Cons: Frameless. Minimal weight transfer to hips, low load capacity. Delicate.

 

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Features

Gossamer Gear Murmur 36 Hyperlight Backpack is the super ultralight version of Gossamer Gear’s go-to frameless-with-sit-pad-back-panel ultralight pack design. This fastpack combines highly water resistant 70d Robic Nylon with 30d Cordura to achieve massive weight savings.

The result is functional and durable enough, so long as you are careful not to drag it over abrasive surfaces. Used intelligently, it can last for many hundreds, if not thousands, of miles.  Used sloppily, roughly, or incorrectly, and it will not last long at all. If you’re hard on your gear, don’t buy this pack. You know who you are…

Affixed to the roll top pack body are ultralight micromesh external pockets. Like the body materials, this mesh sacrifices ruggedness for weight savings, so be gentle. That said, we love to see the full size rear pocket for storing handy items like a rain jacket, snacks, or a map. Polish off the pocket suite with a pair of complimentary hip belt pockets and you have all the external pockets you need.

The back panel is an external foam sit pad, slotted into mesh holding ports which creates a modular 2-for-1. This style is common in the fastpacking backpack space, and more comfortable than it would appear.

Verdict

The Gossamer Gear Murmur 36 Hyperlight Backpack is a super ultralight fastpack (just 12.5 oz) with great external pockets all for reasonable price. Sure it’s a bit delicate, but that’s par for the course in this elite weight class.

 

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