Upgrade your kit with the best hiking gear Outdoor Life editors keep coming back to after field-testing over thousands of ...

Outdoor Life editors and writers have tested a ton of backpacks over the years, and these are our top picks. While day hiking, trail running, backpacking, and scrambling, OL writers and editors have ...

He brought lightweight packs to millions of students and transformed the way they carried their textbooks to school.

Merrell isn’t a stranger to using camo. They currently sell rain jackets with a more traditional camo look and the Jungle Moc slip-on with less conventional takes on the pattern. They’ve even sold ...

It was quite clear that this group had little-to-no backpacking experience and went straight for the dinner platter, biting ...

He started the backpack company in 1967, while still in college, and went on to revolutionize the way students carry books.

It’s unavoidable. Personally, I tend to sweat a lot, and I didn’t notice too much of a difference between this bag and other designs with more airflow while hiking in Hawaii, but it may be a ...

This riff on the classic Vans Old Skool brings a bounty of technical features, such as Dyneema and a custom outsole, to the ...

More than a dozen testers moved, sweated, stretched, arm balanced, and meditated on 35 mats. These are the ones we’re still ...