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Source: https://outdoors.stackexchange.com/q/8042
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<p>My daughter is going on a trip with me and we bought the backpack for the smallest torso size that we could find, it is a 37 liters Quechua backpack but after many tries fittings it up one of the following would always happen:</p>

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<li>Shoulder straps would bulge a bit up (no support from shoulders).</li>
<li>Shoulder straps would dig in to the front of the shoulders (and chest straps would press directly on her breasts).</li>
<li>Hip belt would rest a bit below the top of the hip bone (this time the weight was distributed on shoulders and hip, but since it was below the top line of the hips, I'm afraid the weight was being supported more by the buttocks).</li>
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<p>I live in Brazil, so buying another one online is out of question (it would take to long to arrive and if it didn't fit I wouldn't be able to return it). I have to either use it like that (I think the last option is the less troublesome) ou maybe pad the shoulder straps to add a bit of extra thickness, or something.</p>

<p>My daughter is 155 cm high, and her torso length is 42 cm.</p>

<p>What can be done that doesn't involve re-sewing stuff?</p>

<p>EDIT: Here is an <a href="https://imgur.com/a/IE9Qh" rel="nofollow noreferrer">album with photos</a> of the backpack and how it fitted. Notice the gap between shoulder and shoulder straps and the gap on the back portion of the hip belt. The shoulder straps are on maximum, the hip belt is tight enough. I also bend a little more of internal frame (an alluminum rod kind of U shaped) to better fit the back contour. On those pictures the backpack is not fully weighted (just about 5 kg).</p>