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For several years, I traveled exclusively with a top-loading backpack — the kind thru-hikers take on the Appalachian Trail — and I carried that thing everywhere. I stuffed its 65-liter body with ...

The best backpacks in 2025 All of the products below are either direct recommendations from our experts or NBC Select editors who have tried the bag themselves. We also included options that have at ...