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 ...

Backpacks for women are a curious thing. Finding a backpack that fits my frame as a woman has been the bane of my existence. The bags are either too long and smack me in the back of my head, too wide ...

Taylor Fox is an editor at Travel + Leisure where she tests, researches, and writes about travel products. Taylor holds Master’s in Geography and Creative Non-fiction Writing and has been a writer and ...