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How a packable backpack became the best hiking backpack of 2021

How a packable backpack became the best hiking backpack of 2021

October 20, 2021

Over the past year, Gear Patrol, Popular Mechanics, and HiConsumption put hundreds of backpacks through rigorous testing, ultimately looking for the best hiking backpack of 2021. Matched up against some of the biggest companies in...

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