Fly rods, bows, tripods, and of course, meat. What’s the best backpack for carrying hunters’ gear? For me, the EXO Mountain Gear 3500 gets high marks. Hunters hike, and hikers hunt. EXO Mountain Gear ...

The Gregory Citro H2O comes in three volume capacities: 24, 30, and 36 liters. It is a comfortable daypack with various useful features that keep you moving, including its own hydration pouch. The ...

When I first started getting into backpacking, around a decade ago, virtually all serious backpacks were external frame. Now it seems to be harder and harder to find good external frame packs. What ...

Backpacks today look nothing like the metal and canvas contraptions of the 1970s. Removable internal supports made of plastic have replaced external frames, and ripstop nylon now reigns supreme. No ...

In this column last month, I covered two major companies, Kelty and JanSport, who will introduce retro-style, external-frame backpacks in 2011. The article pitched external-frame packs as throwbacks — ...

My DH and i are leaving for Italy (rome, siena, montalcino) for the last two weeks of may. We plan on using our frame packs instead of suitcases. It just seems easier to carry something than try to ...