Gourdon Reviews

I own both the chilli and stealth versions of gourdon! I cant explain how much I rate them! Perfect sac to take to the climbing gym, but equally at home in the mountains! My perfect day sac in all ways, its never let me down and I doubt it ever will!

I had a Stealthy G25 for well over 6 months and use it for my daily commute (10 miles) into central London. Quite simply – it’s probably the best value thing I’ve ever bought. I love it! I have however cut off the waist belt and the little handle loop on the top which I find unnecessary.
It’s great when other people complain of wet shirts in the morning when my stuff is perfectly dry!

However, it is winter now and I seem to be dressed head to toe in black with a black rucksack, which may not be the most sensible option. Cue today’s purchase of a G25 in Chilli – slightly more visible. (I couldn’t bring myself to go the whole hog and get an orange one).

Not sure I want the window in it – more things to go wrong, but if it’s half a good as the Stealthy then that’s ok with me.

Hi I have had a G30 for 4 months now, I use it for cycle commuting, its great the best bag on the market. This doesnt mean it can’t be improved, I think a reflective strip across the bottom of the bag would be a great cycle safety feature and maybe a cycle version of the G—could be in hi viz yellows, greens and oranges ?

Don’t mind not having a window but outside mesh pockets are great for water or juice…and D ring inside for keys would be a bonus

No worries Nick , coming round to it too! pockets make up for it..

Just bought the G20 for commuting, fell running and adventure racing. To make it the perfect replacement for my much loved OMM 20L sac these are my suggested developments:

1. Whistle on the chest strap (required in races)
2. waist belt pockets (for food / compass etc)
3. tab for light on back or at least some reflectives
4. internal d-ring for keys etc

Sorry Claire but it was the lack of window that finally made me purchase the sac.

**** the G20 window campaign***
Thanks Richard!Jay please take it back to your designers… you will have 2 buyers for the reasons already stated; anyone else??

Hey Richard,

There are a number of designs of each of our products and we know people love all of them, however, we have chosen to change the Gourdon 20 to be more of an all-rounder, therefore more people would like a bag without a window for everyday commuting and other activities.

Hope this clears things up,

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*** Bring Back the G20 Wndow Campaign ***

A Gordon20 with window + pockets just went for almost £40 (incp&p) on ebay last night.  That’s nearly twice the price of just buying a brand new one from Alpkit.

The Gordon’s are great but they are narrow & it can be a bit claustrophobic trying to find stuff buried at the bottom.  Please bring back the window on this model.  People are obviously prepared to pay for it. 

I use my Gourdon 20 everyday for a short bike commute. Love the pockets the size and the transparent window, so yes, an old one! the window is perfect in the winter to slot a flourescent strip in without having to stick one one. Is there any chance of a window returning in the 20? not that it needs replacing just yet though