What is the Deuter Women's Guide Ultra 24 SL Backpack?
The Deuter Guide Ultra 24 SL is a streamlined, ultralight backpack designed for women's body shapes and tough alpine environments. Whether climbing, mountaineering, or skiing, this pack is built to carry your gear efficiently. Its thoughtful features enhance comfort and ease of use in challenging conditions.
What is it made of?
The Deuter Guide Ultra 24 SL is crafted from 50D Dyneema Composite fabric and 420D PA FD Ripstop. Dyneema fibres, known for being stronger than steel at the same weight, offer exceptional resistance to abrasions, moisture, UV rays, and chemicals, ensuring the pack withstands the harshest alpine conditions. This material is incredibly tough and lighter than water, helping reduce overall pack weight without compromising strength.
The 420D PA FD Ripstop fabric adds further protection by reinforcing the backpack against tears, punctures, and general wear, making it a reliable choice for harsh environments.
Additionally, the pack features durable aluminium buckles and hooks designed to perform in various conditions, including extreme cold, heavy rain, and rough terrain. Aluminium is corrosion-resistant, ensuring long-lasting performance in wet or humid environments and withstanding freezing temperatures without becoming brittle.
The Deuter Guide Ultra 24 SL's IPX4 water resistance rating makes it well-suited for unpredictable alpine environments, offering reliable protection against rain, snow, and splashes. This rating ensures the backpack can withstand light to moderate moisture exposure, such as sudden downpours, mist, or snow spray, keeping your gear dry during challenging mountain conditions. While it's not designed for total immersion, the IPX4 rating provides peace of mind for mountaineers and climbers facing ever-changing weather.
Taped seams further enhance the pack's water resistance by sealing the stitching areas, preventing moisture from seeping through vulnerable points. This added layer of protection ensures that your gear remains dry even in damp conditions, making the backpack more reliable for high-altitude expeditions and unpredictable environments.
The Guide Ultra 24 SL is also ClimatePartner-certified, showcasing Deuter's commitment to sustainability. This certification ensures that Deuter actively reduces carbon emissions in production and offsets any remaining impact through certified climate protection projects.
What type of back system is used?
The Deuter Guide Ultra 24 SL features the Deuter Alpine back system, designed for comfort, stability, and ventilation in challenging outdoor environments.
This back system uses two flexible foam strips that run along the back panel's length, distributing the load evenly across your back and creating a secure yet comfortable fit. These strips allow airflow in between, reducing heat buildup and keeping you cooler during intense physical activity, such as climbing or hiking.
The female-specific design, optimised for the SL (Slim Line) fit, ensures that the back system accommodates shorter back lengths, narrower shoulders, and curved hips for maximum comfort. The padded hip fins and ergonomic shoulder straps work together to keep the pack stable even on rugged terrain while allowing freedom of movement. This system maintains close contact with your body, provides stability during technical climbs or alpine adventures, and prevents unnecessary strain during long treks. Despite its women-specific design, the SL series is often a great fit for men with slimmer builds as well.
What are its features?
The Deuter Guide Ultra 24 SL offers top entry with a roll-top closure. This entry provides quick access to your gear even while wearing gloves, making it easy to handle in cold or challenging conditions.
There's also a side entry zipper for more direct access, allowing you to reach gear without unpacking everything from the top.
Regarding storage and organisation, it features a front pocket with a zipper for quick access to essentials and pole and ice axe attachments on both sides, perfect for organising tools in harsh alpine environments. Additionally, there is a key clip for securing valuables and an internal compartment for better gear management. The external compression straps stabilise your load while webbing loops provide extra lashing points. This setup allows you to carry everything from ropes to climbing gear, keeping your load balanced and organised for your expedition.
The side compression straps are designed to secure and stabilise your load, helping to reduce pack volume by tightening and compressing the contents. This feature keeps your gear from shifting as you move and improves your balance and agility, which is crucial when navigating rugged or uneven terrain.
These straps help distribute weight more evenly by pulling the pack's contents closer to your back, reducing strain on your body. The straps are adjustable, allowing you to cinch down the pack depending on how much gear you're carrying. They can even be removed when not needed, providing flexibility for different load setups.
The Deuter Guide Ultra 24 SL has an SOS label and a whistle, providing essential safety features for alpine and outdoor adventures. The SOS label contains vital emergency information, offering quick reference on distress signals and first aid procedures, ensuring you have guidance during critical situations. The safety whistle, integrated into the sternum strap buckle, is easily accessible and designed for one-handed use, allowing you to signal for help in case of an emergency.
While the Deuter Guide Ultra 24 SL doesn't come with a built-in rain cover, its materials offer a solid level of water resistance, including an IPX4 rating that protects your gear from light rain and splashes. However, a separate rain cover is recommended for heavier rain or extended exposure to wet conditions.
Features:
- Deuter Alpine back system
- Female-specific SL design
- Roll-top closure for easy access
- Top-loader with roll-top closure
- Side access
- Detachable rope strap
- Side compression straps
- External compression straps at the sides – detachable
- Ice axe and ski attachments
- Two-way adjustable sternum strap
- Sternum strap buckle with one-handed operation
- Ergonomic, padded shoulder straps
- Padded grab handle
- IPX4 water resistance rating
- Dyneema ripstop fabric for durability
- Body fabric: ultralight and hard-wearing
- Taped seams
- Front zippered pocket and key clip
- SOS label and safety whistle