Reviewing the new Tortuga Setout Backpack
Here we are with Tortuga’s latest travel backpack, the Setout, the middleman of a broad lineup of packs going from light, to medium, to heavy. This one is right in …
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Peak Design Everyday Backpack Review
So I’ve been waiting on this one for a long time. This pack is about a year old at this point, and because it raised a small nation’s GDP on …
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Tortuga Homebase Backpack and Duffle Case review
Welcome to Tortuga’s long-awaited, lightweight alternative to their flagship Outbreaker Backpack, which has been kind of the gold standard in travel backpacks since…well, since Tortuga came along. But this is …
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Snapshot, Spring 2017: Plastic pollution, eco-friendly fabrics, and fancy buttons
Welcome to another entry in the ongoing series known as “snapshots,” where I blather incoherently about random new products that I think look kinda cool and you might want to …
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The Tortuga Outbreaker Backpack, thoroughly reviewed
Big news, in the world of travel gear obsessives: Tortuga has updated their flagship product, and they’ve been such a mainstay in the world of travel backpacks for the last few years …
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Standard Luggage Travel Pack Review
Everyone seems to be opening up their eyes to the value of travel backpacks lately. They’re a better option in a lot of cases than hiking backpacks, and offer a …
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Testing the Aer Travel Pack
The wonderful world of travel backpacks is getting better and better every day. Back several years ago I was going crazy with just one or two options, and then a perfect storm …
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Going modular with the Slicks backpack
Travel bags seem to be getting better all the time. Long gone are the days of unwieldy suitcases with fussy wheels, and oversized hiking packs with about as much organization as …
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Testing the Minaal Carry-on 2.0 Backpack
So a few years back, Minaal debuted with a massively successful Kickstarter campaign, funding a carry-on sized backpack designed for digital nomads and other lightweight travelers who only ever bring …
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