V Top Strap

$9.95 USD Weight 0.49 oz / 14 g
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The strap held my bear canister very well for my trip to the Adirondacks where a bear canister was required. Great product.

– Glen F., ★★★★★

Our V Top Strap adds additional stability when you’re carrying heavier items on the top of your backpack. It is a little bit more secure than the standard, single top strap.

It can be used to carry a bear canister so long as the canister can squish into your gear as shown. Alternatively, a canister can also be carried standing vertically inside the pack.

The V Top Strap is modular and can be added or removed from your pack as necessary. Our normal, single top strap is also included when you add this option.

These Top straps are not compatible with the Nero backpack.  If you need a V Top Strap for your Nero, you'll can purchase one specifically designed to work with one here.

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DS
04/06/2025
David S.
United States

V Strap works great. Should be on these packs by default

This works very well. Having the dual lines of contact with whatever item(s) you want to strap to the top of your pack makes things more than twice as secure as the single strap. Ideally, I would prefer to only have one point of adjustment, and I think a free moving buckle would allow for that. I have two complaints. The first is a minor annoyance. I wish the buckle slid more easily from side to side so that the length of the other ends was less important. It's a single strap that runs through the buckle/clip, but there is friction. I wish it moved freely so that pulling tension on one side of the other end of the V would put tension on the other side too. The buckle prevents the tension from sliding through to the other side. This means I have to tension and loosen both straps when I need to undo the strap and access the pack. The other complaint is more annoying to me and it really applies to the Zpacks backpack system in general. This works so much better than the single strap that the V should be the default. Because it's not, it means more cost to the customers (and that seems to be Zpacks underlying strategy, maximize profits) and waste, because I now have a single strap that is just sitting around and will likely never be used.

MN
01/24/2025
Michael N.
United States

My new go to gear

Outstanding ultra light gear. Wish I would have discovered it sooner.

H
12/05/2024
Henry SVG verified by SHOP
United States

Worked as expected!

KR
09/26/2024
Kent R.
United States

V strap

With the addition of some extra equipment I needed a way to add it to the top outside of my Arc Haul pack. The V strap was perfect, held e writhing securely and doubled as a clothes hangar to help dry out some damp clothing. Nice!!

J
09/19/2024
Jeffery SVG verified by SHOP
United States

Very happy with it