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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…

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…

How many liters for the city, a day hike, a backpacking trip or a long trip, what 16 or 17 inches really tells you, and the one habit nobody has,…