Review by Michael Smith (Veshengro)
rPET Onya Bags & Backs are the same as the “ordinary” Onya Bags at the same price but made from recycled plastic bottles. This Onya Back is no exception.
Made from rPET (recycled PET or Polyethylene Terephthalate, in other words, recycled plastic bottles) and easily stuffs into it's own key-ring sized pouch.
Initially, I must say, I have had some problems as to getting an “Onya Back” back into its stuff sack without getting the webbing straps all in the way, but it worked out OK in the end. The trick is not to start stuffing from where the little sack is connected to the bag but the other end, so to speak.
Recycled Polyethylene Terephthalate (rPET) is what you get if you recycle old plastic bottles (from your fizzy drinks and bottled water habit) into fiber.
Not only are the rPET bags reusable bags, keeping plastic out of landfills and the environment but they are also made out of recycled material.
The Onya Back packs are colorful and attractive and have comfortable, easily adjustable shoulder straps, as well as a practical handle.
The closure is a simple zip-up one and mobile phone,iPod or radio can stow neatly inside the little stuff sack, which hangs inside the bag, when the bag is in use. A direct headphone porthole in the Onya Back allows for headphones of iPod or MP3 player to be threaded to the outside.
The Onya Back is the ultimate lightweight with about 90g empty and also incorporated a useful front pocket.
This is a most useful little rucksack to have with you when you are cycling and suddenly, at the spur of the moment, maybe, need to do a little shopping. This way you have the stuff on your back rather than having to hold on to bag or bags at the handlebars.
The only thing that, in my opinion, could do with improvement is the carabiner. Replacing it with a more reliable one might be a good idea. It might add a few cents too the cost but would definitely improve things.
The Onya Bags and Backs are available in many “green” stores on terra firma and on the Web. They can also, obviously, bought from Onya directly online.
The general retail price is 12.50 GBP.
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