West Yorkshire meets Manchester in a collaboration that makes a lot of sense. Elliker – named after a wildlife site on the edge of the Dales – builds functional, recycled-polyester bags for people who'd rather be outside. Hikerdelic – born out of Manchester's Proper Magazine – has spent years crossing the streams between late-80s acid house culture and the Lakeland fells. Together, they've produced a trio of technically capable bags dressed in Hikerdelic's signature diamond ripstop aesthetic: two colourways of recycled polyester woven into a grid pattern that looks as good at a rave as it does halfway up a ridge. Our curation covers a 1-litre sling for bare essentials, a 13-litre tote that handles daily carry and sudden downpours equally well, and a 23-litre daypack built for long days out with a laptop inside. All three use PFC/PFAS-free DWR, YKK zips throughout and Elliker's daisy-chain webbing system for clipping on extras. Function from one side of the Pennines, character from the other.
