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Nashville Pack Cutaway Review
The Nashville Pack Cutaway backpack is a roll-top 30 L frameless pack with a modular shoulder strap attachment system. Also discussed: The Nashville Pack Tiempo.
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Hyperlite Mountain Gear Versa Accessory Pack
Gear reviews from our staff and members, buy/sell used, shopping tools, and more about the Hyperlite Mountain Gear Versa Accessory Pack.
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Hyperlite Mountain Gear Pod Review
Hyperlite Mountain Gear Pods are clamshell design, waterproof stuff sacks designed to fit perfectly inside backpacks.
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ULA Equipment Kids Spark Backpack
Gear reviews from our staff and members, buy/sell used, shopping tools, and more about the ULA Equipment Kids Spark Backpack.
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Arc’teryx Aerios 45 Backpack
Gear reviews from our staff and members, buy/sell used, shopping tools, and more about the Arc’teryx Aerios 45 Backpack.
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Vargo ExoTi BOG Backpack Review
The Vargo ExoTi BOG backpack (2 pounds 9 ounces / 1.16 kg, MSRP $299.95) is a roll-top, external, titanium framed backpack with a removable 40-liter 70 denier primary compartment.
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YAR.gear Mountain Drifter 38L Review
The YAR.gear Mountain Drifter 38L (~18 oz / 510 g, MSRP $200) is a light and modular fastpacking pack that can accommodate heavier loads for short distances if need be.
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Nunatak Gear Bears Ears 50 Backpack Review
The Nunatak Gear Bears Ears 50 Backpack (MSRP: $330, ~28 ounces / 794 g) is an innovative frameless pack designed specifically to accommodate bear canisters. It features a unique water bottle storage system, optional shoulder-strap pockets, a removable foam back panel, a floating hipbelt, a large wrap-around exterior pocket, and a closed-cell foam pad attachment system.
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Atom by Atom Packs
The Atom is a simple pack with a clear mission – it has no frame, no hipbelt, no attempt at back ventilation, and not even padding in the back panel…
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Exped Lightning Backpack
Roll-top closure, compression straps, a single aluminum stay, and stretch side pockets. A simple, functional backpack that carries 20-35 pound loads well.
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Sea To Summit Ultra-Sil Nano Day Pack
There aren’t very many stowable ultralight packs on the market that can be used for stuffing gear in your main pack and a utility pack for day hikes from base…
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Red Paw Packs 28 L Flatiron Backpack
The Flatiron Pack 28 L is available in a variety of X-Pac and DCFH (Dyneema Composite Fabric Hybrid) colors and weights. It features a unique front entry zipper, Spandura outer…
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Mountainsmith Zerk Backpack
The Zerk is purpose-built for optimizing access to gear while wearing the pack. It offers one of the most unique shoulder, hip belt, and side pocket configurations of any pack…
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Osprey Exos Backpack
The Exos line of packs is one of the most popular on the market for those who want to try shaving some weight from their pack, but don’t want to…
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Osprey Levity Backpack
The Levity is Osprey’s entry into men’s ultralight packs. It retains a similar suspension as popular (and slightly heavier) Exos series, but uses a simpler design with lighter fabrics. If…
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Osprey Eja Backpack
The Eja line of packs is one of the most popular on the market for women who want to try shaving some weight from their pack, but don’t want to…
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Osprey Lumina Backpack
The Lumina is Osprey’s entry into women’s ultralight packs. It retains a similar suspension as popular (and slightly heavier) Eja series, but uses a simpler design with lighter fabrics. If…
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Granite Gear Virga Backpack
One of the most revered thru-hiking packs, the Virga has now been around for “decades” and continues to undergo revisions. Remarkably, its weight remains incredibly low by using a simple…
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Gregory Optic Backpack
There aren’t many Gregory packs we recommend, but it’s nice to see that this famous pack maker enters the lightweight pack category with an aesthetically clean and streamlined internal frame…
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Gregory Octal Backpack
There aren’t many Gregory packs we recommend, but it’s nice to see that this famous pack maker enters the lightweight pack category with an aesthetically clean and streamlined internal frame…
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