Salomon Advanced Skin Backpack (12 Set)

I run 13 miles each way to and from work and needed a more comfortable pack for carrying my work clothes, phone, wallet, etc. and this pack has been fantastic. It’s light, fits comfortably, carries a very surprising amount of gear, and doesn’t shift around as a run. It’s smaller and sits higher on my back than I’d anticipated, but it seems like that works to it’s advantage, as it keeps a smaller profile while running and keeps the weight up higher on my back.

The mesh fabric stretches extremely well and shows no signs of wear after I stuff it with all of my gear. Full of clothes, food, and liquids it feels like a part of my body, in that it doesn’t shift from side to side or rub at all, unlike the much cheaper High Sierra Gamma hydration pack I’d been using. That pack had an internal frame that didn’t ever seem to stop moving, even with the chest and waist straps buckled. This pack manages to stay snug without being overly tight or preventing stretching.

I have only two minor complaints. First, that the soft flasks are a little tough to reach without pulling them up to my mouth or bending my neck forward quite a bit. It would be nice if they reached a little closer somehow, but that’s not a big deal, because I love the flasks for their lack of shifting and that they compress as you drink from them. The second complaint is that the pockets on the back are not as easily accessible while running as other reviewers seemed to suggest. If I need to get much out of the main pockets, I have to take the whole thing off. That’s not a bad thing, just not what I’d been led to believe by some reviewers.

I’m planning on taking it for my unsupported 100 miler in a month and a half and I’m confident it will perform very well.

It is good thing

4 days of usage, threads are already coming off, 1 plastic hook to tie the bag is already broken. Solomon website does not have email where I could email photos of issue I have.. Whom do I complain ?? I have now tried to contact supplier of Amazon, let’s see..
I am already in India for a race and to acclimatise for run in next month.. Wonder who will help me out..

I am a muscular guy: 6’2″, 218 lbs, with little body fat and do a lot of trail running. My biggest challenge is staying cool enough and hydrated enough, because my core temp heats up so easily and I sweat like crazy: When I overheat..I basically die – totally wipes me out. In the summer I usually use a fanny pack for water just so I can run shirtless to help with my body temp, but I am limited to how much water I can carry around my waist because of how fanny packs bounce all over the place when loaded with water.
This vest looked promising. I can carry 2.5 Liters of water with it fitting nice and snug. The 500ml soft bottles in the front fit and work well and a 1.5 liter bladder in the back fits just fine. I used it for the first time climbing a local mountain range on an early, but warm summer morning..and had a terrible time with the vest being so warm – I know the materials are about as thin and vented as possible, but I seriously had a harder time because it raised my body temperature so much more compared to using the pain-in-the-butt-bouncy fanny pack.
A few weeks later fall weather arrived with much cooler temps and this running vest is marvelous not dealing with warmer temps – I can run all day with it while carrying quite a bit of essential gear on the trails. Wore it without a shirt on a 13 miler and had zero chaffing from it – very impressed with that. I’m still learning how to access all the pockets while on the run without being an Houdini, and keeping things dry that I do carry from all the sweat my body puts out (by the end of a good run, the entire vest – I’m talking 100% of it AND whatever is in the pockets are totally soaked in sweat). I’ll try dyneema fabric pouches to hold clothing or something similar while using this vest to keep things dry.
So there ya have it: I knocked off a star because of how it DOES substantially raise my body temperature, but other than that its a great running vest. Looking forward to the cooler 9 months of the year using this vest!

I love the product so much for my ultramarathon race. If come with hydration bladder will be the best and I won’t mind to pay for it. I will recommend this product to all my running friends who wish to get it.

I received 250ml soft flasks instead of 500ml. Disappointed!!!.