£30 DIY IKEA Ultralight Backpack - My First MYOG Backpack 

Mate, you hand stitched it!? Wow. I was admiring how good all the stitching looked... then you dropped that bombshell. Well done my friend

Damn bro this is sick! Good option for people that don't want to buy a $300 dollar backpack and like making stuff. Must be a conversation piece for sure ;)

Omg! I just left an IKEA bag at my local thrift shop. Also thank you for the framing idea. It is a God sent!

Absolute Genius ... however you will have to give it an ikea type name

We need to find you a sewing machine sponsor. -Amazing video!!! 👍👍👍

Amazing , respect to you for making it all by hand 👍

God damn. You hand stitched it! You mad man.

There is nothing more ikea than having to construct something after you bring it home from ikea 😂 ❤

That's a really cool idea mate.

Hand stitched?!?!!....Mind blown..... Amazing.

Brilliant Richard it came out well. Take care Cheers Karl

*crinkle in the woods* the new emergency whistle.

Farkin' sick mate!

I've got all the materials for my build in the post now, for me it's going to be about £40 for the project in total. Thanks for the inspiration! Not sure whether to include a padded hipbelt or not, but I've got enough materials for when I make the decision. I'm also going to attempt to use a 6 panel Z-Lite for the frame, I'll let you know how it goes. Thanks again!

You are some kinda special genius!

This is unbelievable. You sir, are an inspiration.

Great job. Very inspirational.

Ingenious! Brilliant work 👍

WOW! Good work! You have skills.

Looking forward to a review of how it went with this✌🏼️

Brilliant. Amazing. Congratulations. Perhaps IKEA will buy up your design and you will make your fortune.

So cool. Amazingly skillful.

you, sir, are amazing! This is so cool!

Great looking bag👍🏻

Impressive!

Who in the world could possibly give this a thumbs down?? Well done sir

i've seen a few packs like, you've done an awesome job ! get a sewing machine...i'tll open up a whole new world of making kit for you mate !

wow! amazing

That is a really nice bag! May I ask what type of handstitchs did you use?

Looks very tidy, I have seen something similar to this before, be interesting how it performs, and how the stitching holds up 👍

Great work!!!!!!

Absolutely awesome!!!

Awesome. I admire the work. I love-hate the ikea look.. :p it's awesome. Well done.

Epic man!

Sweet build Richard!! Any water resistance to those Ikea bags? Cheers from Detroit Michigan, love the vids!

太強了， 仲要係手縫， So amazing 😻

Brilliant!

Hi Richard. Thank you again for the inspiring video. I've finally bought the bag and I'm studying how to make it. I'd like to ask you if there are things you'd change if you'd make it again. For the load lifters, I've seen packs with very thin ones. Do you think it could work? The hip belt is wide to distribute weight? Thank you again for being so inspiring!

Nice thinking, after a few years, what's the report?

Genious!

holy cow bro you hand stitched that bad boy?!?! solid work dude hows the pack going a year later on?

wow. where can I buy it Richard? do yo send it to europe?

How to make it?

🔥🔥🔥

Next up: I had some free grass cuttings so I made some designer clothes

Please can you make me one? I'll pay of cause.

I just thrifted bag materials cz I'm broke and I was looking at tutorials. Thank God I found you. The fact that you hand stitched just gave me so much more confidence since I am a sewer so now I will approach the process with vigour! Thank you!

Impressive!

IKEA should buy your idea, recruit you and start the production immediately. This is a practical and good looking product with a big contribution to IKEA character.

Hand stitch is insane!!!! Amazing!

This is amazing. Great work Richard! I love that you incorporated the Ikea labeling from the bag into the pack :)

I wonder what the IKEA name would be lol

Mind blown! I commend you for your dedication to hand craftsmanship. Still can't believe this was done without a sewing machine!!! It's functional, sustainable, and not to mention fashionable 😍

do you have a pattern/instructions for this build? looks great!

like autumnself-deluded, through the metropolitan center of your choice. I even went so far as to draft a legal disclaimer, should i ever develop this product and take it to market. And I've taken the liberty of scripting an idea for a potentially viral ad campaign starring yourself as Yourself giving a quick product demo, but in a much more believable scenario that potential consumers will easily identify with. Below, I've added a copy of each for your approval. Here's my vision for the launch ad: "The Bookshelf Less Assembeled" - an interpretive adaptation of Robert Frost's "The Road Not Taken" Distant crunching approaches, slowly. Steadily the crunching of leaves underfoot reveals itself to be of a wholly different, bipedal origin. A hiker enters frame left. His whistling can be hear, though only faintly behind the deafeningly loud and viscerally accosting sound of what a 50L backpack made from IKEA bags would sound like. mama Bear: *snores*ZZZZZzzzzzzz Baby bear: mama! MAMA! What's that noise?! It's a monster mama! It's getting closer! Keep that hell-spawned Tyvek jimmy sock away from me! UGH It sooooo LOUD! mama Bear: hush hush now little cubbling, it's only a hiker. And he seems to be of the post-hipster era when they all were busy mastering crafts and small DIY hacks. I must say, that 510 Levi exclusive lad is keenly gifted with textiles because that bespoke IKEA backpack he has on is to die for! I MUST have it. baby bear: oh gag. Please, spare me the description of whatever wretched torture device is creating that racket. If I hadn't been born without eyeballs, I would have gouged them out at this moment, on principle. mama bear: more for me! *bounds off to fetch some take away" *crunch*crinkle*crunch*balling up 2000 sun chip bags*crunch*crunch* mama bear: ROOOOOOOOAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRR *screams for help even though it's already over*crunch crunch* *CRUNCH* baby bear: Thank you! maybe I'll get some sleep now, what an absolute knob, poor bastard. Did you by chance save any for me? mama bear: I asked if you wanted to come with me, and you said you wanted to stay here. Then you mumbled something or other about meatballs, but you know the rules: you only get to eat at their adult cafeteria if you help me look at furniture I'll try to assemble and inevitably return "undamaged." OOOooohh how much I love their swedish meatballs! It's not my fault he didn't wash the fabric before he sewed it together, I got excited, okay!? sheesh. so grumpy in the morning. Scene fades to black ***DISCLAIMER: NOT FOR USE IN REAL WOODED/FORESTED ENVIRONMENTS, AS DOING SO COULD RESULT IN ANNOYING A BOBCAT WHO HAS A GRUDGE AGAINST SUN CHIPS EVER SINCE THEY KILLED HIS FATHER THEREBY PROVIDING THE WEARER WITH COMPLIMENTARY ALBEIT UNINTENDED DISMEMBERMENT AND/OR DRAWING THE ATTENTION OF A FASHION-FORWARD BEAR WITH A PENCHANT FOR UPCYCLING AND HER CUB THAT WAS BORN BLIND BUT HAS AN EXCELLENT EAR FOR QUALITY FABRICS. USE THIS BAG AT YOUR OWN RISK. THIS IS NOT A TOY, ALTHOUGH NOT FOR HIKING EITHER. INTENDED TO BE USED AS A SUBTLE FLEX IN A MANCAVE OR ON YOUR GRAM. CHOKING HAZARD FOR INDIVIDUALS WHO SEE HOW FLY THAT SHIT IS AND ASK WHERE YOU BOUGHT IT THEN IMMEDIATELY DROWN THEMSELVES BECAUSE THEY CAN'T SEW. DO NOT OPERATE HEAVY MACHINERY WHILE LOOKING THIS DOPE. IT IS UNLAWFUL TO NOT PAY RESPECT TO THE WEARER OF THIS BACKPACK WITHIN A 3km RADIUS OF WHEREVER THIS ABSOLUTE BALLER IS DOING SOME STRAIGHT UP G SHIT, INCLUDING BREATHING. BATTERIES NOT INCLUDED***

Excellent Job!!! A similar weight pack easily cost over $200!

will the polytarp material break down in sunlight (UV) also how waterproof is it?

Dam good job Richard, very impressive!

How is it holding up, 2 years later? IKEA bag fabric is so good.

Do you have the stencil or like a tutorial

You sell this ??? IKEA gonna steal your idea

Great job on the video. Loved it. Awesome bag. Also i like what you did with your channel. You have my subscription would love to have your support as well. Thanks again. ATB Joe 😎 👊🏻

This is absolutely brilliant ❤

65 hours!? Hand stitched?! dude... you need to gt a machine asap. That should take 5 hours once everything is cut.

That's awesome . Well done .

Bravo , merci pour l’inspiration!

Damn cool 😎

Wow. I was watching and thinking to myself... wow thats quite a lot of work... then you said you HAND STITCHED IT. guhhh. mad patience to do that. looks great!

You should start a company.

that's really impressive. How does it hold up after 5 years? Have you tried with more weight?

Great video very interesting

Fucking legendary

this is cool. i love it.

Where to find the patter? It is phenomenal! Wow!

Thank you for providing me an idea for making load lifters. I was having a really hard time finding load lifter ideas that would work for my pack, and I think I can copy what you did just by looking at your pack and your materials. Cheers from Canada!

Absolutely superb and very clever Not to mention Patient, that is a cracking pack and so lightweight first time I have seen some one make there own pack, Brilliant, ATB, Les.

Do u have the video making your pack?

awesome, great.... but the color 🤔

good cinematography and cool backpack! I have one of those ikea bags around...

Fantastic! Do you still use it? The sound and image of your video are just perfect, too. Thank you for sharing!

My mouth is just hanging open. I am blown away that you did this. AND hand sewed it!!!!!??? Did you take an old backpack apart to figure out how it was constructed? You get my admiration.

Excellent work! Looks much better than my own hand-stitched IKEA backpack. I use a folded chunk of blue foam pad as the suspension, which doubles as a torso pad for my my sleep system.

Awesome nothing like diy gear

Holy crap! Hand stitched? This thing looks awesome!!

What a beautiful pack! You did an excellent job! I really like the idea of corrugated plastic for the frame - does it work well when you use the pack?

This is awesome!!! I carried 2 ikea bags at work full of diapers and wipes.. Sturdy and strong

Wow man awesome job I wish I could do something like this

My Dude! This thing is F'in AWESOME!! (even 3 years later ;) )

Nice backpack.. Good job man

Great build! Where did you get the corrugated plastic from? Thanks

Amazing work, I admire your dedication to this project.

What a cute idea.. 👏👏

Great job Richard.

This is brilliant! I remember seeing you post this on your Instagram while you were making it, and only now can I see what you've created. Congrats for hand stitching, that's quite an effort.

You sir are the man. I salute you! You have me thinking…

brilliant

Fantastic! Thanks for sharing!

great invention.

Wow! so inspiring! I now wanna go saw my own Ikea backpack!

its amazing man !!!! ❤❤❤❤