Both the men’s and women’s backpack designs offer a high level of comfort even while carrying heavy loads. It can be hard to find a backpack that fits petite bodies, but the Gregory Deva pack seems to ...

If you’ve gone backpacking anytime in the last decade you’ve probably noticed that thru hiking backpacks are starting to get small—really small. The 70-liter external-frame packs of yore are quickly ...

Best Backpacking Packs The Expert: I started backpacking when I was in middle school in New York’s Adirondack Mountains, mostly as a tool to access some of the more distant peaks on the weekend, ...

Whether hiking the Pacific Crest Trail or waking up to utter silence and taking in the clear views of Norway’s teal lakes and glaciers, there are few activities that provide the stillness and the ...

Perhaps the most important test for a backpack cooler is its insulation. To assess this, I added a 5-pound bag of ice to each cooler and then left them in moderate temperatures (mid to upper sixties), ...