Patagonia is no stranger to making quality outdoor gear. The issue is that the brand sometimes fails to recognize the potential of its offerings beyond their intended purpose.
For instance, the brand dropped a fishing accessory bag earlier this year that turned out to be a stellar, versatile EDC travel bag.
While a travel-specific version of the iconic Black Hole was also recently launched, the brand has just dropped another surprisingly travel-friendly pack … one that wasn’t designed with jetsetting in mind.
It’s called the Patagonia PowSlayer Backpack, and it might just be a dark horse pick for the best travel bag of the year.
From snow to shore
It needs to be said that, as its name suggests, the PowSlayer was designed with snowsports in mind. As such, it has a bunch of exterior mounts, like axe loops and a helmet hauler, and internal pockets for snow gear.
The thing is, those features can be used for a bunch of other stuff. For instance, the helmet system can be repurposed for stashing your travel jacket, and the axe loops can hold over-ear headphones or other gear you need easy access to during travel.