In this column last month, I covered two major companies, Kelty and JanSport, who will introduce retro-style, external-frame backpacks in 2011. The article pitched external-frame packs as throwbacks — ...

For avid backpackers, the search for a lightweight pack that is both comfortable and able to carry a hefty load seems to be never-ending. Gear maker and retailer Kuiu believes it's come up with a ...

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 ...

The delivery of new pack frames from Puerto Rico are being delayed due to destruction caused by Hurricane Maria. (Cpl. Immanuel Johnson/Marine Corps) Hurricane Maria has delayed the fielding of about ...

Most of us really only need one internal-frame pack. Here's why it should be the Osprey Aether AG and not one of its super high-end, tech'ed out competitors. Backpacking, or carrying a backpack to ...

The Rapha Explore Frame Pack is part of the brand’s first complete system of bikepacking bags, launched in 2024 within ...