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Southwest allows one carry-on bag of up to 24 x 16 x 10 inches, wheels and handles included, plus one personal item that goes under the seat. Southwest publishes no…

The standard carry-on bag size on US airlines is 22 x 14 x 9 inches, and personal item sizes run from United's 17 x 10 x 9 inches to 18…

A kindergarten backpack is sized to your child, from just below the shoulders to the waist and no wider than the back. Here is how to measure, how heavy it…

My sleeping bag once rolled 100 feet down a slope because I had strapped it wrong. These are the three ways I attach it to a backpack now, and when…

The zone-by-zone method for packing a hiking backpack, from the sleeping bag at the bottom to the rain jacket on top. The weight goes where your back can carry it,…

Treat a backpack like a T-shirt and you ruin it. Here is when the washing machine is safe, how to wash one by hand, material by material, and the slow…

What really protects on an anti-theft backpack, from a back opening to cut-resistant fabric and RFID, what is just marketing, and how to balance security with everyday practicality.

A work backpack carries the same load on the same commute five days a week, for years. What matters is the laptop compartment, the size, the straps, the material and…

Leather does not wear out, it dries out. These are the cleaning, conditioning, stain, rain and storage habits that take a leather backpack from three years of life to ten.

Full-grain or coated split leather, what size for your day, which details to check and what budget to plan: how to choose a leather backpack for women that lasts for…