Torso and Hip Belt Sizing Info

All backpacks are custom made to your dimensions, so accurately measuring your torso and waist are essential to ensure a good fit.

Things you need

• Fabric measuring tape. You need something flexible to get the most accurate measurement.

• Help: You can measure your torso by yourself, but it is much easier to get an accurate measurement if a friend measures your torso for you.

Torso Measuring

• Step 1: Locate your iliac crest

  • Your iliac crest is the shelf of bone around your waist created by the top of your pelvis, usually close to inline with your belly button.

  • Measure from the point where your iliac crest intersects with your spine.

• Step 2: Locate your c7 vertebrae.

  • Tilt your head forward and feel for the bump at the base of your neck. That is your c7 vertebrae.

• Step 3: Measure from iliac crest to c7.

  • Stand up straight, look forward, and have your friend use the fabric measuring tape to measure your spine from your iliac crest up to your c7 vertebrae.

  • That measurement is your torso length and determines the distance between the hip belt and the shoulder straps on your backpack.

Waist Measuring

• Step 1: Locate your iliac crest

  • If you did the torso measurement you should be a pro at finding your iliac crest by now.

• Step 2: Measure the circumference around your body at your iliac crest.

  • That measurement is not your pant size.

  • This is where you will wear the hip belt.

  • This is your waist measurement and determines the size of the padded hip belt.