ZULU 40 hiking backpack

The Gregory Zulu 40 hiking backpack is a lightweight, well-equipped backpack made from tough materials. An ideal backpack for lightweight hikes lasting one to several days. It has a suspended mesh back panel that stays fairly close to your back and a hip belt that wraps comfortably around your waist.

 

Carrying comfort with excellent ventilation

The main feature of the Gregory Zulu 40 hiking backpack is its suspended mesh back panel, which stays fairly close to your back. It combines good airflow between your back and the pack to reduce perspiration with the comfort of even load distribution across your back and hips. The well-padded, wraparound hip belt further enhances carrying comfort.

The Zulu 40 hiking backpack features:

• Suspended mesh back panel and metal frame
• Height-adjustable back panel with a hook-and-loop system
• Well-padded ergonomic shoulder straps covered with breathable mesh
• Well-padded, wraparound hip belt covered with breathable mesh fabric
• Load-lifter straps
• Height-adjustable chest strap
• Carry handle

 

Storage

The Gregory Zulu 40 hiking backpack has a main compartment accessible from the top and through a U-shaped suitcase-style opening, giving easy access to all the contents. 

The Zulu 40 hiking backpack features:

• A hydration bladder sleeve in the main compartment, with a hose outlet
• A fixed lid with a zipped pocket on top and another underneath containing a removable rain cover
• Two generous zipped hip belt pockets
• Two stretch pockets on the sides of the pack for water bottles, for example
• An open stretch front pocket with clip closure, holding rainwear or a map.

 

Equipment and accessories

The Gregory Zulu 40 hiking backpack is well equipped and made from tough materials.

• Multiple compression straps
• Pole and ice axe holders with adjustable, highly durable loops
• Safety whistle on the chest strap
• Multiple attachment loops
• Removable rain cover

The Zulu 40 hiking backpack also comes in a larger, even better-equipped version, with a removable lid, bottom compartment divider, bottom opening and tent attachment straps: the Zulu 55 hiking backpack.

 

Other features:

Main fabric: 400D ripstop polyester, 40% recycled, PFC-free.

Pack base: PFC-free 420D nylon.

EVA foam shoulder straps and hip belt.

The model offered is size Medium-Large