Overall, the shoulder straps, chest strap and hip belt kept the heavy load comfortable hiking uphill and downhill, and I didn’t feel any pressure points. The hip belt is contoured, with decent padding, and when I hiked with the bag fully loaded, the belt sat very comfortably on my wide hips. The chest strap uses a magnetic buckle that takes a minute to get used to, but this design is being used more and more on outdoor gear, so I feel like it’ll become commonplace and intuitive after a few hikes. Gregory has been making hiking backpacks for decades, so it’s no surprise the frames of the Citro 24 H2O and the Juno 24 H2O are very wisely constructed: The shoulders of the June 24 H2O were very comfortable, with great padding and a female-specific curvature that you don’t see on unisex packs. The design also features cinching straps to hold your hiking poles when you don’t need them.Ĭhest and hip straps dial in the fit and comfort on the Juno 24 H2O. On the many, many hikes I’ve taken over the years, hip belt pockets are one of the best features of a well-made daypack, as they allow you to store a phone, chapstick and doggie waste bags for quick access without having to take your pack off. This pack even has two zippered pockets on its hip belt that are big enough to hold an iPhone. It also has two mesh pockets, one on either side, that can hold a skinny water bottle if you don’t feel like filling up the hydration reservoir on shorter hikes. The top of the pack has a padded, zippered pocket that’s ideal for fragile accessories like sunglasses or camera lenses and a medium-sized mesh pocket that clips shut, which is great for sunscreen, trail maps, dog bowls or anything else you need to secure but keep handy.
Then, this daypack has a ton of external storage. (And with 24 liters’ worth of stuff, this is more helpful than you might think.) That compartment is also thoughtfully designed, with a durable zipper that goes all the way down one side so you can get to the gear at the bottom without having to root around or pull top layers out.
The Gregory Juno 24 H20 (and the accompanying men’s Citro 24 H20) is the perfect mid-capacity daypack: It can hold 24 liters’ worth of supplies, mostly in its large, single internal compartment.
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