Packs

Rick Steves, a travel writer and television host, has spent one-third of his adult life living out of a suitcase in Europe. This review looks…

Designed for day-long excursions including mountain trekking, hiking, peak bagging, adventure racing, and the like, Gregory’s Z22 manages up to 25 pounds of cargo in…

There are three steps to building a custom TrailFlex Modular Pack System: 1) Pick a base harness; 2) Add backpack; 3) Select your components. This…

In 2008, Samsonite, the “world’s leader in travel” will launch a new outdoor bags collection, including hard-shell packs, duffels, daypacks, and a slash-resistant piece called…

I’ve been testing three messenger-style bags as of late, including an outdoorsy model from Gregory; the techy Ruckus by Pacific Design; and a large and…

In today’s New York Times (Nov. 23, 2006), Stephen Regenold—aka The Gear Junkie—wrote about so-called ‘frontpacks,’ which are packs with mesh pouches, zipper pockets, and…

Rolling wheel-equipped luggage, once a leathery genre of the business class, hit the mainstream years ago as airline travelers realized its ease and efficiency. I…

New this year, the Traction series, which includes five products geared toward students, travelers and businesspeople, is in the catalog alongside packs made to withstand…

In total, Aquapac makes 40 products, with designs to accommodate cell phones, GPS devices, MP3 players, radios and PDAs. The polymer cases are flexible like…

The rubbery roll-top dry bags popularized by river rafters and whitewater kayakers several years ago are gaining favor with hikers, hunters, backpackers and adventure racers.…

This minimalist day pack, which weighs 10 ounces and costs only $25, is made of lightweight and water resistant silicone-infused nylon. It has no frame,…

Mountainsmith is a company founded on the thought that frustration may be just as much a mother to invention as necessity ever was. In the…

Talk to any group of well-traveled people and the stories of surreptitiously lifted purses, picked pockets and swiped backpacks will eventually start to propagate the…

My requisite adventure gear — mountain boots, trekking poles, ice axes, snowshoes, crampons, climbing rope, tent, stove and all else — demand capacious luggage that…

The trunk space in my mid-size sedan rarely accommodates my weekend adventure gear requirements. To add some capacity, the Sherpak Elite from Seattle Sports Company…

Indigo’s Rox 18 is a pack made with climbers in mind. It has a unique bottom compartment the company calls a Café Pocket that lets…