Osprey Tropos Rucksack Review

Osprey Tropos Rucksack Reviews

Review score: 9.2/10 – Updated May, 2024

Latest Price: £83.27 – Save 17% (RRP: £100)

Take a look now to discover what makes Osprey Tropos Rucksack worthy of a review score of 9.2 out of 10.

Osprey Tropos Rucksack Review


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Osprey Tropos Rucksack features

Osprey Tropos Rucksack specs

Osprey Tropos Rucksack
Spec 1

Colour: Sentinel Grey

Other Bags found with this Spec: 2

Spec 2

Size: O/S

Other Bags found with this Spec: 21

Spec 3

Gender: Unisex

Other Bags found with this Spec: 2527

Feature 1

AirSpeed™ trampoline suspended mesh backsystem

Other Bags found with this feature: 1

Feature 2

Front panel organiser pocket

Other Bags found with this feature: 10

Feature 3

LED light attachment point

Other Bags found with this feature: 25

Feature 4

Padded laptop and tablet sleeve with direct zip access

Other Bags found with this feature: 5

Feature 5

Sternum strap with emergency whistle

Other Bags found with this feature: 37

Feature 6

Vertical centred zippered pocket

Other Bags found with this feature: 2

Feature 7

Zippered scratch-free sunglasses and electronics pocket

Other Bags found with this feature: 20

Feature 8

Weight 1.22kg

Other Bags found with this feature: 1

Feature 9

52 x 25 x 30cm

Other Bags found with this feature: 1

Feature 10

34L volume

Other Bags found with this feature: 1

Price

£83.27

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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 Tropos Rucksack.

The first thing is material. Looking at what Osprey Tropos Rucksack 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 Tropos Rucksack

So the first aspect of price that we’re going to look at is the price of Osprey Tropos Rucksack.

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 Tropos Rucksack was over at Chain Reaction Cycles where the price was £83.27 in our latest search.

Based on this price we’ve scored it 9.6 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 £83.27.

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 132 cost more than Osprey Tropos Rucksack and 472 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 above 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, 66 were more expensive than Osprey Tropos Rucksack and 90 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 Tropos Rucksack comes in above average.

62 products that meet this search were more expensive than Osprey Tropos Rucksack and 76 were cheaper.


Osprey Tropos Rucksack 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 Tropos Rucksack reviews there.

Based on what we’ve seen in terms of reviews for Osprey Tropos Rucksack, it really does look like a great buy. So for the review score, we’ve scored it 8.3 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 Tropos Rucksack or another similar product, like Osprey Fairview Trek 50 Rucksack reviews or Osprey Fairview Trek 70 Rucksack 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 Tropos Rucksack

Below we’ve embedded a video from YouTube where we’ve searched for Osprey Tropos Rucksack reviews.


Summary

Overall, we’ve been hugely impressed by the quality, price, reviews and features of Osprey Tropos Rucksack. 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 9.2/10 overall.


Further product details

  • Product ID 1: 25520936561
  • Product ID 2: 760466UK
  • Brand: Osprey
  • Model number: 5-022-1-0
  • RRP: £100
  • EAN: 845136088238
  • Description: Osprey Tropos Rucksack Osprey’s Tropos Rucksack is a high end everyday design, ensuring expert practicality and comfort on any excursion.ComfortOffering comfort to the commuter, Osprey’s Tropos Rucksack features an AirSpeed™ trampoline suspended mesh backsystem for an even flow of air across the back, keeping you cool and fresh throughout the day. A removable webbing hipbelt and sternum strap also stabilises the load, keeping it close for comfort. FeaturesThe padded laptop sleeve is suspended away from the edges of the pack, meaning you won’t damage anything when placing your pack down on the floor. With direct zip access, you will also breeze through airport security on any business trip. When static, an integrated kickstand keeps the pack upright by itself, meaning you won’t have to prop it up when accessing the 34 litre capacity. A front organisation pocket also provides easy access to the essentials while a scratch-free zippered pocket safely stores phones or sunglasses.  Additional features include a vertical zip pocket for access to gloves and jackets and mesh side pockets for stowing water bottles on warm summer days. Features:AirSpeed™ trampoline suspended mesh backsystemFront panel organiser pocketLED light attachment pointPadded laptop and tablet sleeve with direct zip accessSternum strap with emergency whistleVertical centred zippered pocketZippered scratch-free sunglasses and electronics pocketWeight 1.22kg52 x 25 x 30cm34L volumeBuy Osprey Baggage from Chain Reaction Cycles, the World’s Largest Online Bike Store.
  • Full Category: Accessories > Bags
  • Savings percentage from RRP: 17%
  • Size: O/S
  • Unisex
  • 16.73
  • 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 Tropos Rucksack included,
Osprey Farpoint Trek 55 Rucksack reviews, Osprey Farpoint Trek 75 Rucksack reviews, or we really liked the look of Osprey Fairview Wheels 36 Bag reviews as another alternative.

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