Our director Ben tells me he ordered one of these waxed cotton backpacks from Collective Works. I’m always a bit hesitant to do social marketing for people’s products, but I have to admit it’s a nice-looking bag. At about $ 400, it’s no bargain, but it’s much larger and more complex than competitors that are less, like the $ 175 Scoutmaster Daypack from Duluth Pack or Archival Clothing’s $ 220 rucksack. Filson’s rucksack is $ 260, and a bit larger, but it isn’t a big duffel with a bunch of pockets like this bad boy.

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