ECHO is recalling more than 67,000 backpack blowers and more than 6,000 replacement shoulder straps over a laceration and impact hazard. According to the recall, the blower's shoulder straps, plastic ...

Some 67,000 backpack leaf blowers are being recalled because they can expel plastic pieces, causing potential lacerations. About 6,600 backpack straps are also being recalled. The products are the ...

The StrapPack by Clakit solves the problem of getting access to your backpack without stopping. Backpacks are great for carrying things, but items in the pack are difficult to access without stopping ...

There are plenty of well designed backpacks out there, with excellent padding and wide shoulder straps—but many don't have sternum straps. Luckily, you can add one cheaply and get better support from ...

SAN DIEGO, CA – More than 92 percent of the children in the U.S. carry backpacks. Typically the backpacks are loaded with almost one-fourth of the child’s body weight (22 percent) and worn with only ...

In some professions -- such as the military, firefighting and mountain rescue -- the load of a backpack may equal as much as 60 percent of adult body weight. A new study finds that even light loads ...

I have no idea if it is my physique or the generosity of the companies that make backpacks for running and hiking, but I often end up with an excess of straps. This can be the shoulder straps, ...