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Reviews of outdoor apparel, luggage, backpacks, and travel gear items that will hold up for years and are a good value. Additional information on where to find the best deals online in any season and which brands have the best warranty. From Tim Leffel of the Cheapest Destinations Blog and former editor of PracticalTravelGear.com
What should you put into your travel bag if there’s a need for packing light? After hundreds of trips, including living out of a backpack for three years, I know a thing or two about how to pack well. Back in the early days of blogging in the ’00s, I did a guest post…
I do a recurring article series on my favorite travel gear and travel clothing brands, with a few new updates each year, and lately I’ve been trying to mix up the apparel that goes in my suitcase a bit. This month I traveled for weeks with three new items from Toad and Co, (also…
The two travelers were sitting on a bench, looking dejected and tired, the very large suitcase the woman was carrying missing one of its four wheels, the man looking sweaty like he had been carrying it for a while on the cobblestone sidewalks. They were learning the hard way what so many other travelers…
Outdoor clothing brands come and go, while some manage to stick around for decades because they’re dependable and have a stable of happy customers. One of my favorite brands that seems to be universally loved by outdoorsy types is Kuhl clothing (technically spelled KÜHL). I didn’t run into Kuhl very much until I started…
Want to buy traveler gifts that are actually useful? Check out my suggestions updated in December of 2024. This is the time of year when seemingly every magazine and travel blog has some kind of “ultimate travel gift guide” or “100 great gift ideas for the traveler on your list.” Many of the magazine…
If I remember right, I got my first Osprey Packs backpack in the mid-’00s, when I took off on my first trip to South America, around two decades ago. I used it for many more trips when I was on the move as a solo traveler. It’s still going strong. A couple years later…
