If your backpack's external frame died years ago or if you found a cheap ALICE pack on Craigslist without a frame, you can easily make one with around $3 worth of PVC piping and fittings. The only ...

Those $2 IKEA plastic bags at the checkout are near indestructible, and great for just about anything, especially if it’s heavy or otherwise awkward, but we never thought we’d see a full backpack made ...

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 — ...

The Wizard Works Osyth Partial Frame Bag is advertised as water resistant; while the fabrics themselves are waterproof, they ...