Relaunching is hard, which is why the ocean floor is littered with the husks of Saturn rockets. So let’s begin with an easy link to a helpful article on backpacks…because ski season is over and it’s time to think of long hikes in high country. This is a great article for obvious reasons: it’s informed, it draws on other reviewers, and it includes prices. (I’m almost never willing to pay top-of-the-line prices, because I’m rarely looking for top-of-the-line performance; at my age I demand less of my gear and cost matters more. A good review steers me to a product that hits that sweet spot where an affordable price matches adequate-or-better performance.)
If you’re in a buying mood (and you are, otherwise you’d be reading something else), you might also check out this 2018 review of backpacks. Some contrasting notions here, and a quick check shows that at least one of these options is available online for a fair bit less than it was offered last year. But others haven’t dropped a nickel in price, which says those are the packs that everyone loves, probably for a reason. And obviously, if you’re purchasing online you can’t try these for fit, which is crucial and is why you really should go into a retail establishment for this sort of purchase.
