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Staff Picks 2020

Dec 24, 2020 by Backpacking Light

backpacking light staff picks - a photo collage showing all of the gear

Backpacking Light staff and contributors give their 2020 staff picks – their favorite backpacking and hiking gear of the year.

altra, big agnes, biolite, dirty girl, enlightened equipment, feathered friends, golite, Good To-Go, gossamer gear, GSI Outdoors, helly hansen, hoka, injinji, janji, klymit, minus 33, montbell, mountain safety research, Mountainsmith, msr, Nemo, Nemo Equipment, Nunatak, Outdoor Research, Patagonia, pstyle, Rab, RBH Designs, rogue panda, seek outside, ULA, vargo, vargo outdoors, zpacks

Osprey Lumina 60 Backpack Review

Dec 19, 2019 by Emylene VanderVelden

The Osprey Lumina 60 Backpack is a sub-2lb, internal frame pack that is gender specific and found in outdoor specialty stores.

backpacks, granite gear, Hyperlight Mountain Gear, Osprey, packing systems, ULA, zpacks

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Best Ultralight Backpacking Gear of 2015: Our Staff Favorites!

Dec 30, 2015 by Backpacking Light

Patagonia Kids Clothing, Best Backpacking Gear of 2015, Backpacking Light

This article summarizes our staff’s best backpacking gear of the year – the ultralight hiking, backpacking, and camping gear they pick as their favorites for their annual adventures.

black diamond, bluewater, buff, canon, helinox, hyperlite mountain gear, lawson outdoor equipment, lite outdoors, new feature, Oware, Patagonia, seek outside, spot, Staff Favorites, steripen, trail designs, ULA, vargo outdoors

Ultralight Adventure Equipment (ULA) P-1 Pack

Jun 25, 2003 by the Product Review Staff

Introduction ULA Equipment of Logan, Utah makes lightweight packs and shelters. This review focuses on their P-1, their mainstream frameless pack designed for carrying loads of up to 25 pounds. About the Pack The P-1 is a frameless, backpack with a single top-loading main compartment that uses a rolled or folded sleeping pad for load […]

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