The Osprey Tempest 30 is a super comfortable, women’s specific lightweight pack with an adjustable torso length that is good for a variety of adventures from day hiking to ultralight backpacking trips. It has all of the typical features and useful pockets …
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Leki Black Series FX Carbon Trekking Poles Review
Leki Black Series FX Carbon Trekking Poles are adjustable, carbon fiber, lightweight Z-style trekking poles that fold away into 3 sections for travel or easy storage in your backpack when they are not needed. The cork-gripped handles have a slight 8° angle, …
Read More »Osprey Renn 50 Women’s Backpack Review
The Osprey Renn 50 is a women’s-specific multi-day backpack with an adjustable and ventilated frame. Weighing just 3.31 pounds (53 oz), it’s lightweight, comfortable, and easy-to-use with plenty of pockets to stay organized. Priced at $155, it’s also surprisingly affordable considering how …
Read More »Hyperlite Mountain Gear Junction 55 Backpack Review
The Hyperlite Mountain Gear Junction 55 is a Dyneema DCF backpack designed for multi-day backpacking trips and thru-hikes. Weighing 32 oz, it has a total capacity of 65L, including 55L of main compartment storage and 10L of space distributed between its front …
Read More »Mystery Ranch In and Out 22L Backpack Review
The Mystery Ranch In and Out 22L is a lightweight and highly versatile packable day pack. Designed and built to be a fully functioning daypack, this pack is also light enough and packable enough to be your summit pack or “go” pack …
Read More »Deuter Rise Lite 26 SL Women’s Backpack Review
The Deuter Rise Lite 26 SL is a women’s specific winter backpack that’s ideal for winter day trips, such as skiing, snowboarding, hiking, climbing and snowshoeing. Being a women’s specific backpack, the torso length and width are designed for a smaller female …
Read More »Kuhl Klash Softshell Hiking Pants Review
The Kuhl Klash Pants are a comfortable yet durable, lightweight softshell pair of women’s pants perfect for active outdoor use in cool weather. They provide excellent freedom of movement and venting for scrambling on hot days, they dry quickly when they get …
Read More »Osprey Eja 58 Women’s Backpack Review
The Osprey Eja 58 is an ultralight ventilated backpack made for women. Weighing 2 lbs 8 oz, the Eja 58 is a women’s specific version of the Osprey Exos 58, which is the most most popular backpack used by thru-hikers and lightweight …
Read More »Deuter Futura Air Trek 45 +10 SL Backpack Review
The Deuter Futura Air Trek 45 +10 SL is an adjustable-length ventilated trekking backpack, designed to carry heavy loads over long distances. Its ease of use and multiple entry points makes it an ideal pack for traveling and long tour trekking and …
Read More »Gregory Facet 55 Backpack Review
The Gregory Facet 55 Backpack is a lightweight ventilated women’s backpack weighing 2 lbs 8.8 oz / 1.16 kg that is designed for backpacking and thru-hiking. It’s an internal frame backpack with a wire perimeter frame, a floating top lid, load lifters, …
Read More »Osprey Kyte 46 Women’s Backpack Review
The Osprey Kyte 46 is a women’s specific backpack that’s big enough for weekend backpacking trips, but nimble enough for long day hikes and peakbagging adventures. Being a women’s specific backpack, it has shoulder straps that won’t pinch or chafe your chest …
Read More »Gregory Octal 55 Women’s Backpack Review
The Gregory Packs Octal 55 is an ultralight backpack with a ventilated frame that helps evaporate back sweat and keep your shirt dry when hiking. Weighing 2 lbs 10 oz, it’s also one of a very small handful of female-specific ultralight backpacks today, …
Read More »Deuter Aircontact Lite 45 + 10 SL Women’s Backpack Review
The Deuter Aircontact Lite 45 + 10 SL is an adjustable frame backpack with great organizational features designed specifically for women. With a total of 55 liters of capacity, the Aircontact Lite is ideal for lightweight weekend and hut-to-hut backpacking trips where having …
Read More »Elemental Horizons Women’s Aquilo Backpack Review
The Elemental Horizons Women’s Aquilo Backpack (75L) is one of the first women’s ultralight-style backpacks made by a cottage backpack manufacturer. Weighing 43.8 oz, the Aquilo is a roll-top backpack with an adjustable length torso, another rarity amongst cottage gear makers, with …
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