Packs

Maximize your carry-on allowance with a suitcase built for that exact job. After a year of travel, Gear Junkie reviews a spread of overhead-compartment-compliant suitcases.

Contributor T.C. Worley put a JanSport backpack to the test on Mount Rainier. The $280 Tahoma model is the company’s take on a “serious” pack…

Two major outdoors-products companies will unveil packs in 2011 that look like they were made in the 1960s. No gimmick intended.

New pack from The North Face touted to have “good karma” as an attribute alongside a hydration pocket and compression straps. Bonus: It’s made out…

The SealLine Pro Pack is like a roll-top dry bag on steroids. It has a backpack harness and a hip belt, too. Gear Junkie puts…

At $105, The North Face’s Chatter backpack is a good looking, functional pack — for work or play.

Applause to Belgian designers Quinze & Milan. A prototype couch mash-up includes zippers, labels, and straps from classic Eastpak backpacks.

In an attempt to go light and keep the air moving around your back and shoulders, Deuter launched its Spectro line that contains packs ranging…

This strange, crinkly “siliconized” Cordura nylon backpack stuffs down to a size smaller than a baseball.

JakPak is updating its integrated jacket/bivy product for spring 2010 to add features geared toward the avid adventurer.

Columbia’s lightweight Mobex packs, new this winter, are designed with the sport of adventure racing and other “fast and light” pursuits in mind.

Nemo Equipment repurposes and upcycles its old tents and scraps to create the Ditto line, which includes a wallet and a backpack.

The Mountainsmith Borealis AT pack has enough room to store essential backcountry gear as well as a full camera kit.

The claim has been staked: Osprey says the Kode packs are “the ultimate packs made for all snow-play activities.”