Granite Gear is a leading brand in outdoor hiking bags, and its products have repeatedly appeared in the pages of the authoritative outdoor magazine Backpacker in the United States, and its VaporTrail, Nimbus Ozone series and Blaze 60 backpack have all won the Backpacker "Editor's Choice" award. With its lightweight design and scientific carrying system, the Granite Gear professional backpack is favored by the US military, and military orders once accounted for nearly 40% of the turnover.
In order to improve the comfort and durability of the equipment, the Granite Gear mountaineering bag is often targeted for technological innovation, and the industry's first 3D backpack inner skeleton was launched by Granite Gear, which has been used by many well-known brands such as Archaeopteryx. In terms of design, the shape of the Granite Gear mountaineering bag is closer to the cylinder, without any redundant compartment, and some models directly cancel the top bag.
Granite Gear has also done a very good job in lightweighting, it should be said that the concept of lightweight was first proposed by Granite Gear, which had just entered China in 2004, at that time, the brands were still simply more weight-bearing, and did not care too much about the weight of the backpack, so professional hiking bags were generally around 3kg. The Granite Gear made the backpack 2kg without sacrificing durability and loading capacity, and the 58L version of the ALPINE VAPOR series weighed only 1.19kg, which was unmatched at the time.
Granite Gear's mountaineering bags include outdoor series, urban commuter series, travel trolley case series and military tactical bag series.
In contrast, the outdoor/urban commuter series backpack is its traditional main product line, but due to the obvious shrinkage of the Granite Gear market in recent years, the trademark right to use its urban commuter series daily bag has been sold to Fujian Xiangxing (the outdoor series and the military series are still made by Granite Gear itself), that is to say, the pure bloodline Granite Gear backpack is actually only left with these two series, and it can only be purchased overseas, The products currently on sale in domestic e-commerce are all from Fujian Xiangxing.
The outdoor series is mainly positioned in mountaineering and hiking all kinds of outdoor sports, the capacity is generally larger, generally above 30L, and the price is more than 1500 yuan, but compared with Archaeopteryx, its cost performance is still significantly higher.
Blaze AC60 is a very popular outdoor series, the design is very simple, the main body is cylindrical, the maximum load is 16kg, the whole bag uses the latest Air Current carrying system, the length of the back plate can be adjusted, the thickened and widened shoulder straps and a variety of specifications of the belt make it possible to match the user's figure to the greatest extent, the flexible 3D alloy back plate can support the backpack as a whole, the air passage between the back and the backpack can continue to discharge the heat and sweat from the back, and the back is very comfortable. It is suitable for long-term hiking, and the price is only about 1600 yuan, which is very cost-effective in professional mountaineering bags.
However, Fujian Xiangxing also acquired Granite Gear's technology, some factories and designers, quality and design are not too fast, but the casual style is somewhat in conflict with the original professional positioning, which has also caused dissatisfaction with some old users, and has a certain impact on the brand reputation, but the price has also dropped, you can buy one for four or five hundred yuan, if the requirements are not high, the urban commuter series can still be bought to try.
