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If you've ever tried to run with a backpack or headlamp, you'd know it's a giant pain. Headlamps bounce up and down (no matter what sort of straps you have), of
by chroma 11y ago
If you've ever tried to run with a backpack or headlamp, you'd know it's a giant pain. Headlamps bounce up and down (no matter what sort of straps you have), often becoming dislodged. It's enough of an annoyance that I don't use a headlamp when running at night.
Backpacks also bounce around, and their inertia messes with your running form. If you use a chest strap to secure the pack better, you'll have a harder time breathing. And there's the problem of sweat. By the end of the workout, your backpack is going to be sweaty and gross. Unless it's waterproof, things inside will be as well.
- semi-extrinsic 11y agoWhen I lived closer to work I used to run every day both ways, 12km in total, so 60 km per week. (Nowadays I run with my child in a jogging stroller, so I don't need a backpack, and it's a hilly 8km one way so I don't do it every day.) Now I always wore a backpack with a chest strap like you said, and I never had a harder time breathing than normally. It wasn't a giant pain. And I didn't have problems with getting the things inside the backpack sweaty. For reference, this is a 13 liter standard cheap daytrip backpack. If you want to get fancy, Salomon do a vest-like backpack that has a good rep in ultrarunner crowd, with literally no bounce whatsoever. My experience with headlamps is more limited, but have you tried the type with the battery pack not on your head? The key to reducing bounce is reducing sprung weight.