u/tinytriceratops2025

Hi, I just received my order of Osprey Astronova 23L backpack, I was looking for a good quality city backpack for university (with a 16'' laptop sleeve) and this one is allegedly made for campus.

I also read how Osprey is surprisingly ergonomic and has a good back ventilation, so I was excited to try it out. However as soon as I unpacked this backpack and put some weight into it I felt how much pressure the outside edge of the straps has on my shoulder bones. The strap itself is also quite rigid, so it doesn't adapt to the shoulder groove well. You can see on the last photo the pressure point where the skin turned pink after I wore it for around 5 minutes with 4-5 kilograms inside.

Does anyone have this problem? Is this because the backpack is "unisex", therefore made for men's wider shoulders? Do you get used to this type of pressure or is it better to return it? And where can I find something that would fit?

For information I'm 176 cm tall and weigh 54 kilograms.

I measured my shoulders and they're not particularly narrow (37 cm biacromial width), so I'm not sure why the problem comes up. It happened with another backpack from Decathlon before, so I had to give it to my father.

Hi, I just received my order of Osprey Astronova 23L backpack, I was looking for a good quality city backpack for university and this one is allegedly made for campus.

I also read how Osprey is surprisingly ergonomic, so I was excited to try it out. However as soon as I unpacked this backpack and put some weight into it I felt how much pressure the outside edge of the straps has on my shoulder bones. The strap itself is also quite rigid, so it doesn't adapt to the shoulder groove well.

Does anyone have this problem? Is this because the backpack is "unisex", therefore made for men's wider shoulders? Do you get used to this type of pressure or is it better to return it?

Image description: backpack shoulder straps on shoulders.

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