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by Mike McNamee Published 01/10/2014

The author wearing the f-Stop Tilopa in Malibou blue. Note how snuggly the Manfrotto 190 tripod sits to the back.

The f-stop Mountain Series While researching bags we made many visits to the f-stop website.

Paul Gallagher has been using the largest of their range for some 30 months and remains a big fan. At 62 litres it takes a huge amount of kit, with room to spare for clothing - and, bearing in mind the time Gallagher spends inside the Arctic Circle, the clothing payload is not insignificant!

Personally I can do most of what I need in the hills with about 37 litres and so the second and third of the f-stop line fit the bill: the Tilopa at 48 litres and the Loki at 37 litres.

This made for an agonising choice (bearing in mind a purchase, not loan, was planned for a new bag!) between the larger, under-employed version, or the slight stretch for the smaller Loki. The Tilopa was thus chosen as it can still be carried on to aircraft with a bit of strap tightening and the extra space for a laptop is occasionally useful.

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