THE PICKSTEAD GUIDES

Bags

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Bellroy Classic Backpack Review: A $145 Commuter Bag That Buys Finish, Not Volume

Twenty liters, a padded 16-inch sleeve and a six-year warranty in a 700 g recycled-polyester bag with leather trim. It costs more than twice the Herschel Classic and carries less; the case for it is materials and layout.

4 min read

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Herschel Classic Backpack Review: Sixty Dollars Of Exactly Enough

A 26-liter recycled-polyester daypack with a laptop sleeve, a front pocket and nothing clever. The warranty remedy is more interesting than the bag.

3 min read

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Fjällräven Kånken Review: Buy the Shell and the Warranty, Accept the Thin Straps

A 16-liter box of Vinylon F for $95, with a seat pad, a Limited Lifetime Warranty on manufacturing defects, and shoulder straps the maker itself describes as slender.

6 min read