Osprey Seral Hydration Waist Pack Review

Osprey Seral Hydration Waist Pack Reviews

Review score: 9.1/10 – Updated November, 2024

Latest Price: £64.86 – Save 35% (RRP: £100)

Take a look now to discover what makes Osprey Seral Hydration Waist Pack worthy of a review score of 9.1 out of 10.

Osprey Seral Hydration Waist Pack Review


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Osprey Seral Hydration Waist Pack features

Osprey Seral Hydration Waist Pack specs

Osprey Seral Hydration Waist Pack
Spec 1

Colour: Slate Blue

Other Bags found with this Spec: 2

Spec 2

Size: One Size

Other Bags found with this Spec: 255

Feature 1

Airmesh ventilated hipbelt

Other Bags found with this feature: 2

Feature 2

AirScape™ extra-thick ridged-foam lumbar panel

Other Bags found with this feature: 2

Feature 3

Magnetic hipbelt bite-valve retainer

Other Bags found with this feature: 1

Feature 4

1.5L Hydraulics™ Lumbar Reservoir included

Other Bags found with this feature: 1

Feature 5

Dual zipped hipbelt pockets; Scratch-free sunglasses and electronics pockets

Other Bags found with this feature: 2

Feature 6

Internal tool organisation and mesh pocket with key clip

Other Bags found with this feature: 2

Feature 7

LED light attachment point; Reflective graphics

Other Bags found with this feature: 2

Feature 8

Glove-friendly buckles and clips

Other Bags found with this feature: 1

Feature 9

Side compression straps

Other Bags found with this feature: 19

Feature 10

Capacity: 7L; Weight: 0.37kg

Other Bags found with this feature: 1

Price

£64.86

Number of Reviews

2

Review Score

4 / 5

Average score in category: 4.3/5

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Quality

Quality is without doubt one of the most important factors that we consider when buying bikes, parts, accessories or clothing. As you’d imagine it’s especially important when buying Bags. Let’s take at a look at the sort of things you can look at when trying to ascertain the quality of Osprey Seral Hydration Waist Pack.

The first thing is material. Looking at what Osprey Seral Hydration Waist Pack is made of will give you a really good idea of the quality overall. Take a look at the specs above and you should be able to see the material. It’s then up to you to decide if it meets your expectation.

Similarly you’ll also want to spend some time looking at the features too. Again the table above, listing the features will give you a really good overview. However you should think about the sort of features that you’d expect when buying new Bags. It’s worth writing a list of the “must-have” features so that you don’t end up compromising and missing some important features, or alternatively end up buying an unnecessarily high specced product.

There’s also a lot of merit in checking out the brand of the product and looking at the various brands that are selling Bags. Brands like Osprey are of courses extremely well respected in the cycling community so you know you’re getting a fantastic product with them. But if you’re undecided on your product you should write up a list of brands that you’d be happy to buy. It’s a great way of filtering and narrowing down the number of products when you’re searching.

Next up you’ll want to think about the price and use that as a guide to set your expectations of the quality. If you’re buying the cheapest of the options in the Bags category you should probably expect it to not be of as good quality as the most expensive. It sounds obvious of course. But this is where you can get a bit clever and use your combination of features, specs, materials and other factors to work together to get a really good quality product at the best price. We often draw up a list of “must-haves” and use these as filters when shopping online so that you’re only seeing products that meet your criteria. You can then sort by Price>Low to get the best deals.


Comparing Prices

Price, as you would imagine, is the most popular reason for someone buying one product over another. It is the single most important factor in choosing the majority of products we buy. The same goes for Bags.

It’s at this stage of the buying process, when you’re looking at different options, that you should set a budget. Do some research to understand how much roughly you can expect to pay for the sort of level of product that you’re looking for. Then match that to your own personal circumstance and how much you can afford to spend. This will really help you in narrowing down the right product for you.

Price of Osprey Seral Hydration Waist Pack

So the first aspect of price that we’re going to look at is the price of Osprey Seral Hydration Waist Pack.

We run regular scans across the web to find the best prices for the products that we review, from a range of cycling retailers. The best price we managed to find Osprey Seral Hydration Waist Pack was over at Chain Reaction Cycles where the price was £64.86 in our latest search.

Based on this price we’ve scored it 9.8 out of 10 for price.

Average price of Bags

Next we wanted to look at how much you can expect to pay, on average, for Bags.

We found 605 in the Bags category over at Chain Reaction Cycles. We looked at the average price of the products within this category and found the average is £56.84, making it above average at £64.86.

It’s sometimes helpful to look at how much the prices can vary. Especially when setting yourself a budget, or when trying to understand just how much you could spend on Bags. We found that the most expensive product currently available was £559.99, whilst the cheapest we managed to find was £1.75.

With 605 products available we worked out that 194 cost more than Osprey Seral Hydration Waist Pack and 410 were cheaper.

Cost of Osprey products

At Chain Reaction Cycles we found 157 products from Osprey, of which 139 were in the Bags category.

For now though we’re looking at Osprey branded products in all categories. The average price of these products was £73.60 making this product below average.

You’ll also be interested to know that the cheapest Osprey product we found was £4.99 and the highest price we could find from them was £233.31.

Of the 157 from Osprey, 92 were more expensive than Osprey Seral Hydration Waist Pack and 64 were cheaper.

How much are Osprey Bags?

We then wanted to get a bit more specific and only look at Osprey products that are listed in the Bags category.

The average price of the 139 products that match this search was £76.93, with the cheapest coming in at £4.99 and highest price was £233.31. With the average being £76.93, Osprey Seral Hydration Waist Pack comes in below average.

86 products that meet this search were more expensive than Osprey Seral Hydration Waist Pack and 52 were cheaper.


Osprey Seral Hydration Waist Pack Reviews

Reading reviews is an amazing way of getting a good feel for a product without actually being able to try it or see it first.

There are two different types of reviews, and we also recommend reading both.

1. Expert reviews – In the cycle industry there are loads of really reliable trusted resources for expert reviews. For example if you’re looking to buy a new bike, BikeRadar Bike Reviews are great.

2. Customer reviews – these are probably your best resource for information. There’s no finances or influence involved, they’re purely just honest reviews from customers that have bought and used the product. The reason we love customer reviews so much is because no matter if their view is good or bad, there’s a very good chance that it will be honest and unbiased.

Our best advice is to head over to Chain Reaction Cycles and read the Osprey Seral Hydration Waist Pack reviews there.

Based on what we’ve seen in terms of reviews for Osprey Seral Hydration Waist Pack, it really does look like a great buy. So for the review score, we’ve scored it 8.4 out of 10. The average review score for all products in the Bags category at Chain Reaction Cycles is 4.3 out of 5.

Owner reviews, as we say, are one of the most important pieces of research that we can do before we buy. So, with that in mind, if you do go on to buy Osprey Seral Hydration Waist Pack or another similar product, like Osprey Ace 38 Rucksack reviews or Osprey Poco Child Carrier reviews we’d love you to leave a review in the comments below. It will really help future buyers just like you, when they’re looking to buy Bags.


Brand

As we said in the pricing part of the review, brand is a really important consideration, but especially so when looking to buy Bags. But as you’re probably already aware, you’re on to a great choice if you do go with Osprey, as they’re a fantastic brand, making amazing products.


YouTube Video of Osprey Seral Hydration Waist Pack

Below we’ve embedded a video from YouTube where we’ve searched for Osprey Seral Hydration Waist Pack reviews.


Summary

Overall, we’ve been hugely impressed by the quality, price, reviews and features of Osprey Seral Hydration Waist Pack. We’d say that as long as it fits your budget and meets your expectations in terms of features/spec…it’s a really strong contender. That’s why we’ve scored it a massive 9.1/10 overall.


Further product details

  • Product ID 1: 25678987039
  • Product ID 2: 773636UK
  • Brand: Osprey
  • Model number: 5-261-1-0
  • RRP: £100
  • EAN: 845136079205
  • Description: Seral Hydration Waist PackThe Seral Hydration Waist Pack from Osprey is a high-performance hydration lumbar pack that comes with an impressive 1.5L Hydraulics™ Lumbar Reservoir as well as a comfortable foam back panel and numerous organisation pockets.Made with ventilated Airmesh and featuring an integrated AirScape™ extra-thick ridged-foam lumbar panel, Osprey’s Seral Hydration Waist Pack has been built with comfort at its core. Perfect for everything from trail runs to bike rides, it is complemented with a magnetic hipbelt bite-valve retainer alongside an internal organisation tool, multiple handy pockets for valuables and a 1.5 Hydraulics™ Lumbar Reservoir.Ensuring you are always safe when on the go too, it is finished with an LED light attachment point and reflective graphics to help with visibility in low lit areas.Features:Airmesh ventilated hipbeltAirScape™ extra-thick ridged-foam lumbar panelMagnetic hipbelt bite-valve retainer1.5L Hydraulics™ Lumbar Reservoir includedDual zipped hipbelt pockets; Scratch-free sunglasses and electronics pocketsInternal tool organisation and mesh pocket with key clipLED light attachment point; Reflective graphicsGlove-friendly buckles and clipsSide compression strapsCapacity: 7L; Weight: 0.37kgBuy Osprey Hydration Systems from Chain Reaction Cycles, the World’s Largest Online Bike Store.
  • Full Category: Accessories > Bags
  • Savings percentage from RRP: 35%
  • Size: One Size
  • Unisex
  • 35.14
  • Adult

Other options for Bags

As you’d imagine there are so many options out there when buying Bags. 605 in fact.

A few of our other favourites that we spotted when researching Osprey Seral Hydration Waist Pack included,
Osprey Daylite Kids Rucksack reviews, Osprey Jet 12 Rucksack reviews, or we really liked the look of Osprey Savu Hydration Waist Pack reviews as another alternative.

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