Echo Mountain Hip Pack

★★★★★

Comfy and Ample Storage

Bought to take in bike rides with my toddler son. Can put his water in the holder and with him on a seat behind me he can grab it if needed. Perfect amount of storage for child necessities (snacks, wipes, emergency diaper) and room for keys/wallet. Could definitely see using this for other purposes as well.

★★★★★

More than just a Fanny pack.

Excellent pack. A number of pockets for storage, bottle holder, handles for carrying pack,expandable body, which can be tightened, wide waist strap & back padding. Large Velcro outside pocket More than just a normal pack. Well worth the money.

★★★★

Love the purse handles!

Bought this for a month long hiking trip. Overall a good purchase, BUT needs a couple of improvements. Capacity was good and easy access. I really liked the “purse handles” they were convenient when not strapped on waist. Adjustable waist strap does not “lock in place”. So while hiking it tends to loosen up and sag. I ended up using a safety pin to secure it, but design needs an update. The other issue was water bottle holder didn’t work well for me. I purchased one from Columbia made to fit in the holder,but didn’t care for it and returned it. I ended up just using a refillable plastic one but it was too small for the holder. So while climbing my leg hit the bottom of the bottle and even with the top elastic band on it the bottle would fall out the bottom. Partially bc the loosened waist strap allowed it to set lower being too close to leg when climbing, the other reason was the single strap in the bottom of the bottle holder. If this was designed with either 2 cross straps on the bottom or a fill mesh bottom it would prevent any size bottle from falling out. Overall I would purchase again it was very durable, but hoping the manufacturer reads this and makes a couple of improvements!