The Backpack!!! Supposedly one of the two most important gear for The Trip

Today we spent most of the day looking at backpacks for The Trip (by the way, did anyone else realise that there are only 4.5 months left as of today??), walking for what felt like ages, spending more than 2 hours in one shop, before finally coming home and dying in the sofa.

How will we walk for full days once on the trip?
And how will I carry a backpack for several hours, when my lower back started hurting after 10 minutes with a pack only weighing 3 kilos?
And did anyone actually understand what the movie 'The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus' was all about???? We for sure did not!

Anyway, this post was supposed to be about backpacks.

So, we have not yet made our choices. But out of the ones I have tried so far (a couple a few months ago, and 5, I think, today), these 2 are my clear favorites at the moment:

The 'Deuter Traveller SL 55 + 10 L'




















The Traveller is 55 litres plus 10 liters in the removable Daypack, 3 kilos heavy and light grey. Its advantages is that the Daypack is a lot better, smarter constructed, with ventilated back, hooks to hang it from the front of the main pack, and Camelbag drink-system. And well the 55 litres is bigger, and the material a bit sturdier.


And the 'Deuter Transit 50 L'



















The Transit is 50 litres plus a 12 litre removable Daypack, 2.2 kilos, and the one in the shop is dark green. The Daypack is not as nice, but the main pack's advantages is that it is lighter - allowing me 800g of other stuff compared to the Traveller, it is almost 100 chf cheaper, and well it's smaller - but that means it will force me to pack lighter.

Any comments on which one to go for? Or other suggestions?

I want around 55 litres, as light as possible, no wheels, with hidden straps for flying.

One of the two most difficult choices so far...