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How are the countries eligible for shipping for the Alpaka Japan Edition determined?

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I’m an Alpaka Lover who’s currently using the Hub Pouch V1. I've recently become obsessed with Velcro patches. The configuration I want is a version of the Hub Pouch Pro with Velcro, but I heard there are no plans to release it yet...

So I did a little more research and found that there are two products in the Hub Pouch series that come with Velcro for attaching patches. There was the Alpaka Hub Pouch Hook & Loop Edition, released a few years ago, and the Alpaka Hub Pouch V2 Japan Edition, released this past July.

The Hook & Loop edition was discontinued. and since I heard the Japan Edition was likely to be restocked, I planned to wait and buy that one. However, I was told that the Japan Edition can only be shipped to “specific countries,” and they cannot accept any orders—including individual requests—from countries other than those listed.

It stated that shipping was only available to Japan, Singapore, Malaysia, the Philippines, Vietnam, Thailand, Indonesia, Hong Kong, and Taiwan. I’m curious about the criteria for these “specific countries.” I really want to buy this....

Is it really impossible to ship the Japan Edition worldwide? (I live in South Korea, the country closest to Japan. I really want to buy Japan Edition)

I'm going to upload a photo of the Hub Pouch V2 Japan Edition. Isn't it cool?

u/No-Software1289 — 4 days ago
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Why is there a hole in this compartment on my Alpaka Metro 12L ?

Hi everyone,
I have purchased a Metro Backpack 12L from Alpaka a couple of weeks ago. I'm really loving this bag so far. It's lightweight and it perfectly matches my work EDC needs.

However I came across a really weird hole at the bottom right of this interior compartment. At first I thought it was a stitching issue, as this hole is absent on the adjacent compartment. But actually when looking closer, it looks like it's by design.

I think it's the compartment they say could fit a water bottle. I don't really get what's the purpose of such a hole in there though, any idea?

Thanks!

u/Total-Leadership-731 — 9 days ago