More outdoorsy take on the popular RAINS commuter pack
This 'Trail' version is very similar to RAINS's standard roll-top city backpack, with a few little tweaks for an outdoorsier crowd. Most obviously, they've switched out the metal clip closure for side-mounted buckles with adjustable webbing straps. They've gone for a sportier two-tone design rather than the monochrome look of the original, and what might not be immediately obvious is that they've also bumped up the capacity from 13 to 19 litres – giving the Trail variant a bit more scope for use as a weekend daypack. Apart from that, it's the same Scandi-style high-performing pack that's proven itself on a thousand and one rainy Danish cycle commutes – complete with padded back panel and straps, plus an adjustable sternum strap. The big thing with RAINS stuff is their brilliant PU-coated polyester fabric, which is super-durable and waterproof
- Roll-top opening with compression snaps
- Side-mounted webbing straps with buckle closures
- Single main compartment
- Front pocket with coated zip
- Padded mesh back panel
- Adjustable padded backpack straps
- Webbing carry handle
- Adjustable chest strap
- Made in durable & waterproof PU-coated polyester
- Designed to withstand light to moderate rain
- Measurements (H x W x D): 47 x 36 x 13 cm
- Volume: 19 L
- Weight: 898 g
- Material: 100% polyester with polyurethane coating
- Lining: 100% polyester
- Water column pressure: 8000mm
There can’t be many outdoor brands gracing the runways at Paris Fashion Week, but RAINS is one of them. Fear not though – stylish as they are, the unisex jackets and bags from this up-and-coming Danish company are firmly rooted in heavy weather and Scandi heritage.
The Danes know a thing or two about rainwear, after all. Copenhagen gets an average of 170 rainy days a year, and since time immemorial, the classic rubberised cotton slicker has been the nation’s wet-weather armour of choice. When RAINS co-founders Philip Lotko and Daniel Brix Hesselager met at one of Denmark's largest textile and design schools, they wanted to take this Viking icon and turn it into something more contemporary. They started out in 2012 with a rain poncho, and quickly expanded into a range of raincoats and water-resistant bags – all in their signature ‘neo-Scandinavian’ style.
They’re textile designers at heart, and that’s where RAINS really shows its class. The specially developed matte-finish PU fabrics are lightweight and waterproof, with ultrasonically welded seams and ventilation carefully designed in.
Fashionable this stuff might be, but fast fashion it certainly isn’t. RAINS’s commitment to ethical and sustainable working stretches from the conditions in their partner factories to their transport logistics and even the lighting in their offices and shops. And at the heart of that, of course, are products that are built to last. If you do eventually manage to wear them out, RAINS will even trade you store credit when you return them for recycling.
