A very good back pack that fits in between my other Ospreys. However, the compartment for the water tank collect and traps water. Would be a good idea to make a drain in future bags.

Perfetto

Just completed the Camino de Santiago with the Talon 33. 7 days on the trail carrying 11kg of kit. The pack easily swallowed up; 2 pairs of shorts, 2 pairs of leggings, 4x T Shirts, spare socks and liners, sandals, wash kit, 2x lightweight towels, sleeping bag liner, spare trail scarf, small camera, knick-knacks, energy bars plus 2x 1 Litre water bottles and a 2 Litre Osprey bladder plus some odds and ends. No idea why people say this is a day pack - I cant imagine what they would need for a day. My Talon 11 is my day pack and I usually take a jet boiler in that !!! People often say the Talon packs should have a rain cover but I think they are missing the point – the Talons are a super lightweight pack for people who are moving fast and light. I find rain covers pretty useless most of the time as the rain gets down the back of any pack and gets into the gear. I only use a rain cover for day hiking when I am not carrying any critical gear – for duration/distance I prefer dry bags inside the pack which also helps to keep the gear organised and structured with different colour dry bags indicating what’s inside (dirty gear, clean gear, critical gear etc.). People also often moan about top loading drawstring type packs but if you pack sensibly with inner bags it makes perfect sense to have the pack operate like this. At your destination you just whip out all the inner bags, select what you want and then repack the rest.
I picked the Talon 33 for the Camino because it’s the maximum size you can get away with for carry-on baggage (yes I know people get away with bigger packs but airlines can refuse and be picky about such things on the day) and I knew from my other Talon packs that these would be lightweight and durable. Personally I would have preferred a framed pack for this trip and would have liked one of Ospreys AG packs but didn’t want to risk it ending up in the hold and having its frame busted - I did discuss it with Ospreys customer service advisors and they gave good advice on this – great service again from Osprey.
The Talon 33 was great – it was as comfy as anything can be with 11kg inside it, didn’t make my back too sweaty although your bound to sweat a bit in 30’ of heat when your covering miles– like my Talon 11 it dried out super fast at rest stops. It did all I wanted of it – carried all my gear with reasonable comfort and after a week out on the trail it still looks brand new. The top of the pack has a neat zipped storage space which holds an amazing amount of gear and its perfect for the stuff you need to access fast and frequently. Its got nice sleek lines and was able to carry everything inside the pack nice and securely. My only minor quibble was the compression straps that wrap around the lower edge tend to snag and need a bit of messing with to get them tight and snug. Few bits of kit are ever perfect but the Talon 33 is as good a bit of kit as I have used so far – it looks good and works well, like all Osprey kit it looks ludicrously fragile bit is actually as tough as old boots and its super lightweight – once its on and tight it moves with you very well like a shell and doesn’t exhibit any tendency to shift about and risk putting you off balance. Thanks Osprey for a great product.

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Being narrow, it's hard to access the bottom things inside of the backpack. You have to organize things well from the inside so you will not have trouble accessing them when you are on the road.