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The 7 BEST Backpacks for Guys we've EVER TESTED
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Feb 12, 2025
We've tested out quite a few backpacks lately, and its finally time to rank them! You'll find brands like KNKG, Vessi, Able Carry & More on this list of our favorite backs for guys we've publicly reviewed. Thanks to the brands for giving these to us to check out. 1. Able Carry Thirteen Daybag (Paid Link): https://ablecarry.com/products/thirteen-daybag?variant=47332998611256 2. Alpaka Elements Pro (Paid Link): https://alnk.to/7BfVDJu 3. KNKG PLUS Backpack (Our Shop): https://shop.gear43.com/products/plus-backpack 4. Alpaka Metro Pro (Paid Link): https://alnk.to/7BfVDJu 5. Vessi Astoria Backpack (Paid Link): https://vessifootwearltd.pxf.io/PO0orR 6. Cotopaxi Torre 24L (Paid Link): https://fave.co/4gUVBKw 7. KNKG EDGE Backpack (Our Shop): https://shop.gear43.com/products/edge-backpack Read the article version here (we keep this up to date regularly): https://gear43.com/best-mens-backpacks#3-alpaka-metro-pro-backpack
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all right guys and welcome back to gear
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43 today we're going to be talking about
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the top seven backpacks that we have
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tested so far now we've been testing out
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a lot of backpacks in fact we have a
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bunch in the pipeline right now that are
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in testing however as of right now as of
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right today these are the favorite ones
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that we've tested out so far so stay
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tuned I do want to give you heads up
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that each of these backpacks was given
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to us by the respective brand so in this
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video I'm going to tell you the seven
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backpacks as well as what we liked and
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what we didn't like about each backpack
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and if it's right for you also don't
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forget that we do have links down in the
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description and the top comment if you
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guys want to purchase this for
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yourselves they are either paid links or
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links to the shop if it's something that
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we personally sell so let's get right
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into it all right so starting from
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number seven this is an interesting
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backpack as it does triple Duty as a
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backpack as luggage and a gym bag now
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Luke was actually the one that tested
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this one out as he used to be a gym
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owner and was super stoked to be able to
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try out this bag it is a backpack that
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is just completely just overbuilt it is
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a kind of a softsided but hard sided it
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has a back it's basically a backpack
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that has some structure to it and it is
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really really well laid out it has some
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really cool quick access pouches
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especially up top there's a kind of a
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quick access pouch that you can get to
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your most used stuff so you don't have
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to open up the full backpack for it he
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also really liked the shoe compartment
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which is on the base of the backpack and
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it's really easy to get to and the fact
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that it opens up like lug means you can
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actually use it as carryon or it allows
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you to just easily get to everything in
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the backpack as if it was luggage or of
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course you can get in through the top
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it's really just a super flexible
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backpack but it's super overbuilt I
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don't know if you've ever had a bag like
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this it seriously is overbuilt it's
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pretty crazy it has some really cool
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magnetic clasps anyways you'll just want
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to check it out it's pretty cool and
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this backpack is actually one we have on
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the shop so I'll make sure to link down
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in the description now number six is a
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Coto paxi T 24 L this is actually what
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that I personally tested out when cotxi
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had sent it out to me and I was super
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impressed in fact I actually did an
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overseas vacation with this backpack as
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my primary backpack I really did like
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its bright colors this was a bright
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orange backpack I felt like the straps
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were incredibly comfortable I was really
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really impressed with those and having
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an expandable main compartment basically
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you could pull on some tabs and allows
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the main compartment to kind of stretch
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and compact depending on how much stuff
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you need in there the lid on it just
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zipped really really well and worked
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really nicely it was super easy to get
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into it and I feel like that 24 L
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capacity worked really well for fitting
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everything that I really needed while
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still being able to fit under an
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airplane seat or just into any
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compartments that I really needed it to
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of course the downside really was the
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material even though it wasn't cheap it
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did kind of feel cheap it's just kind of
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that plasticky material that you know is
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nice but it just doesn't feel like it
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number five is the vessie atoria
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backpack this is one that Adam had
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tested out and he was really impressed
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with it if you are a minimalist this is
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a backpack for you it doesn't have a ton
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of pockets but it allows for Easy carry
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of a lot of different things he really
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liked the styling of it and found that
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the straps in just the back in general
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was extremely comfortable for a general
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day-to-day backpack he didn't love that
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you know it got dirty a little bit too
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easily it has a lack of smaller pockets
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for things like air tags and he found
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unfortunately that the little tags on
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the zippers tend to kind of break apart
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and then number four we have the alpaca
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Metro Pro backpack this is another kind
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of minimal backpack from alpaca and this
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was one that Luke had actually reviewed
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he found that it worked really really
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well on airlines fitting underneath of
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airplane seats as he took it on a
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vacation the little secret sleeves
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worked really really well he liked the
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quick access pockets they were easy to
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get to and worked well and he actually
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this is something that's always really
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important to him in backpacks is it
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stands up on its own has kind of a flat
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bottom so it doesn't fall over when
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you're trying to get into it but you're
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not necessarily holding it he also
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really liked the magnetic sternum strap
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where it's just magnetized instead of
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being a clip so you can just kind of put
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it together on its own however as for
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the things that he didn't like he found
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that the kind of like little cover that
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goes over top of the zipper snagged on
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things and it lacks an external water
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bottle pocket that's something that I
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actually like having in an internal
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water bottle pocket but that's something
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that he doesn't like and then the number
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three backpack on this list that we
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really like is the kkg plus backpack now
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if you liked the kmkg backpack from the
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beginning of this list but you want to
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something a little bit more standard
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this is the one that you should get it's
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not quite as intense of a backpack but
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it does still have shoe storage on the
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front of it and Luke who tested this one
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out really liked that its opening was
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surprisingly unique the materials on it
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were extremely tough while still being a
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little bit more forgiving he really did
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like that shoe compartment and he was a
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huge fan of the water bottle compartment
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however his big downsides were if you
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kind of have bigger feet the shoes may
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not fit into the shoe compartment
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as his 10 and 1 12 size was starting to
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kind of get a little bit big in the shoe
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compartment and he wasn't a big fan of
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the smaller footprint on the bottom of
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the bag as sometimes it liked to fall
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over even though he wanted to stand up
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but this is actually a backpack we do
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sell so make sure to check out the link
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down the comments if you wanted to
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purchase this backpack from us and then
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the number two backpack on this list is
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another alpaca product being the
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elements Pro backpack and Adam had
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tested this one out and feels like it's
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probably his favorite backpack he's ever
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had he found that it was just right size
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for his day-to-day stuff it's a little
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bit a larger of a backpack than the top
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one on this list but he likes it because
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you can fit a little bit more in there
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which is a good thing he also really
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likes the contrasting black exterior of
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the backpack and the lighter gray
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interior which allowed him to be able to
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see down inside of the backpack without
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losing things in there and of course it
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has lots of easy to ous pockets on the
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inside the only downside he could think
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of and he really really tried to figure
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this out is the accessories that you can
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buy for it are just a little bit
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overpriced price but as for the backpack
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itself he really liked it and then the
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number one backpack on this list is my
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personal all-time favorite is the one
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that I use every single day and I use it
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all the time and I really really like it
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so you guys should check it out it is
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the able carry 13-day day bag so this is
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actually a 13 L backpack it's not a
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13-day backpack it's a 13 L backpack
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it's meant to be a day bag I have been
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incredibly impressed with this backpack
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I find for day-to-day usage it's the
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perfect size it has the internal water
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bottle pocket I like that because you're
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not having your water bottle fall out
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and then just like Adam with the alpaca
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it has a magnetic kind of chest strap
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and I really like that because you don't
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have to Fumble around with or anything
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like that you just basically connect it
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with a magnet and then you can just
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break it apart easily without ever even
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really messing with it it is such a cool
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idea and then the rear pocket allows for
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things like wallets or that kind of
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stuff to fit into the rear so you don't
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have to keep it inside and you can
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easily access it without fully pulling
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the backpack off that said just like
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some other backpacks on this list it
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does get dirty pretty easy and for those
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that do need to fit a little bit more
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stuff into their backpack it is
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definitely small at 13 lit you might
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want to jump up to something like a 24 L
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if you're somebody that takes more than
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just a laptop oh those are the seven
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best backpacks we have tested here in
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the beginning of 2025 I'll make sure to
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update this video as we go but I'll see
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you guys next time
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