The end of my daypack saga - I hope!
I returned the Lowe Alpine Trail 35 unused to the seller, told them I was truly sorry to do it to them but I couldn't stand the orange colour inside it, I would never be happy with it.
What I now have instead is a Vaude Jura 30 which to me is a more pleasing olive-green colour but more importantly a neutral pale greyish colour inside. It was more money, probably because Lowe Alpine is an American company and the Pound is doing well against the Dollar, while Vaude is German and we all know how the Pound is faring with the Euro. The best price I found was on Amazon and I got the last one at the time. They said there were "more on the way" which turned out to be true when I looked, but they were £8.62 more than I paid.
Of course, the rain cover is orange, there was no getting away from that, but I've ordered an olive-colour one, also from Amazon. When it arrives I'll put the orange one up for grabs for free in the Forum.
First impressions of the Vaude: it's not quite as feature-rich as the Lowe Alpine one but I've no complaints there. Overall perhaps not quite as comfortable to carry by comparison, I certainly feel the shoulder straps could do with a bit more padding, but a big plus is that it is 270g (9.5 oz) lighter than the L.A.