Every day at the foot of Mont-Blanc, DECATHLON's dedicated hiking and trekking teams go off the beaten track to surpass your expectations. While the technical details may vary depending on the sport, the objective remains the same: to enable everyone to experience emotions, challenge themselves, recharge their batteries and enjoy the mountains. To achieve this, the design teams follow 5 main creation steps: from the observation phase to the field tests, everything is thought out and then developed to create the perfect backpack to take on all your journeys. So, ready to play?
Our backpack product managers begin their work by observing you. They keep an eye on your sport activity, and an ear to the ground listening to what you really want. They try to understand what drives you and spot the smallest details that are not found in the field. Some models are even developed in collaboration with our passionate customers.
Welcome to our designers' playground. Finding the right shape for your sport, the details that will simplify your adventure, the perfect size to achieve your goals, the pockets, the straps, the components... the list is long, but it all has to fit into one backpack! Of course, the teams look for solutions that have the least environmental impact, are durable and repairable. The most common spare parts are available if necessary.
Finally, before it comes to life, it takes shape thanks to the prototyping phase in our workshops. Remember the designers' first sketches? Based on these drawings, the prototypists build up the volume, checking the feasibility and the various possible assemblies. It's rare for the first prototype to be the final one. 1, 2, 3 versions... we don't count just until we find the model you'll have on your back.
You can be sure that your belongings will be protected from the rain thanks to a hydrophilic membrane, and you don't have to worry if you fall thanks to the Ripstop technique that limits tears and snags... you can trust your backpack and, above all, our choice of materials.
The backpack is now yours! Once it's been validated by the testers and the design teams, it's ready to go! It's now available in store, ready to accompany you through the mountains and on the trails. But don't think we're just letting it loose in the wild – we carefully analyze all of your reviews so we can use your feedback to improve our future products.