Osprey Savu Lumbar Hydration Pack (2020 Model)

great bag. Keeps my back from sweating on an all day ride.still has the room for essentials.

Great pack for the price. Large capacity. Easy to access storage pockets.

Beats a back pack with a stick!!

Just as advertised, we’ll made

Savu pack is fantastic Osprey quality and versatility. Inner pockets have enough storage for typical MTB kit and the small side pockets are great for keys/small men’s wallet. Phone specific pocket is also great. My only complaint is associated with how water bottles sit and their retention. The bottles barely sit over the bottom straps whose purpose is to help keep them from falling out of the bottom of the pack while riding. Due to this you have to make sure the top elastic retention strap is positioned well around the bottle body/lid to keep it from falling out while riding. Seems like a simple design fix, but definitely needs addressed by Osprey. Other than that I love the pack. Stays in place with very little movement, even down rough terrain and jump lines.

I use this one on MTB rides. I do jumps and drops. This pack feels secured. I use it with two 21oz bottles. I keep my phone in there, as well as multitool, CO2 cartridge and nozzle, and few other things. Still have plenty of room left. I just dont want to overload it and feel it pull me down. But at this time I have everything I wanted to have with me on a ride, and it feels great. I can almost forget Im wearing it. replacing bottle into the holder takes some getting used to. They are just tight. But that means they are secure. Its a great hip pack!

My only disappointment has been that the magnet has come off.

Felt I needed to write a review of this pack to clear up some of the reservations I had before purchasing it. A few one star reviews complain about the support straps that hold the water bottles in place and keep them from slipping out of the bottom. It seems these people are missing the snap buttons that make it accept the water bottles or if you unsnap them it lets the bag flatten out if you arent running any. If these buttons arent snapped the bottles would definitely slip past the strap. Snapped together and it makes a perfectly sized water bottle holder!

Great light weight and compact Had to modify to hold 1 liter water bottle

I had a lumbar pack with just one giant zip pocket made of a very light ripstop. It served very well, but one giant pocket made it hard to get to the small items I like to carry (chapstick, small pocketknife, nail file, pen) because theyd wiggle to the bottom every time. I am doing a lot of hiking and biking these days, so being able to carry a water bottle is very important. I like to keep gatorade in my bottles, so a bladder isnt really the best choice. I debated between the Savu and the bladder model of similar size, and ultimately decided to get this one. I wanted more zip compartments or pockets so I could organize my things better. I tried the bag the first time yesterday on an all-afternoon mountain biking trip with the family. I was very pleased with how everything worked. I loaded it up with two smaller water bottles, 3 granola/clif bars, my keys, a tissue pouch, my wallet, chapstick, nail file, pocket knife, smartphone, a printed map, a pen. There was still room for more stuff if Id needed a multitool, for example. Throughout the day I was able to locate my things without difficulty and the weight on my belt area was no trouble. Everything felt very secure. I tested the bag with two very large water bottles--1 Liter each, that fit into an ordinary bike cage. They fit just fine into the pockets, though they were tall enough to touch my back near my shoulder blades while standing. If Id been bent over in riding position they probably wouldnt have touched me, but I didnt need that much gatorade. The smaller bottles stayed put in the snap pockets and never tried to slip through, even when riding over some rough stuff. Overall, very pleased with the performance of the bag. It does exactly what I wanted.