I Thought All Backpacks Were the Same – Then I Tried This One
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I Thought All Backpacks Were the Same – Then I Tried This One

For years, I grabbed whatever backpack was on sale, thinking they were all basically the same. A bag is a bag, right? Wrong. When I finally tried the Cotopaxi Allpa 35L, everything changed. Suddenly, packing for trips became easier, my shoulders stopped aching, and I could actually find my stuff without emptying the entire bag […]

By Harper Quinn

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I Thought All Backpacks Were the Same – Then I Tried This One
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