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Osprey Shuttle 36 Wheeled Luggage

Designed with the rugged reliability required for hauling gear, the Osprey Shuttle 36 is ready to accompany you on your next travel adventure. Features include a retractable handle, oversized wheels, and nearly 8000 cubic inches of storage capacity.

Choosing a Compression Stuff Sack for your Sleeping Bag

When you’re trying to save valuable space in your pack during a backpacking trip, compression stuff sacks are very useful tools to help reduce the volume of soft items like your clothes, or especially your sleeping bag. If you’re lucky, your sleeping bag’s manufacturer included a compression stuff sack made specifically for the size of your sleeping bag, and this may help you reduce your sleeping bag’s packed size to an acceptable level. More likely, only a regular stuff sack was included with your sleeping bag, which limits your compression abilities. Maybe you don’t have a stuff sack at all.  Regardless, it is likely that you can safely compress your bag down to a smaller size with the use of an accessory compression stuff sack. The question then becomes “what size do I need?”

Backcountry Edge Gear Specialist Becky breaks it down for you in this informative video to help you find a compression stuff sack that’s not too big or too small, but just right.

How to Care for Down Jackets

Jackets and other outdoor apparel pieces with down insulation are relatively easy to care for, but require a little bit of special handling in order to keep these items looking and performing as good as new. In this Expert Advice video, Backcountry Edge Gear Specialist Becky offers several important tips for proper laundering and storage of your down-insulated outerwear. Got some minor damage or feathers migrating through the outer fabric? Don’t worry; we’ve got help for those issues, too!

Osprey Shuttle 30 Wheeled Luggage

Designed with the rugged reliability required for hauling gear, the Osprey Shuttle 30 is ready to accompany you on your next travel adventure. Features include a retractable handle, oversized wheels, and nearly 6102 cubic inches of storage capacity.

How to Stuff a Sleeping Bag into its Stuff Sack

Getting your sleeping bag to fit back into its stuff sack can seem like a magic trick. The perfect way it was packaged at the factory appears impossible to recreate without splitting seams in the stuff sack or possibly damaging your valuable sleeping bag. In this Expert Advice video, Backcountry Edge Gear Specialist Becky offers a few tips on how to safely and easily stuff your sleeping bag back into its stuff sack after a night’s sleep outdoors.

Why Use a Backpack Rain Cover?

If you’re going on an extended backpacking trip over the course of days or weeks, you will almost certainly experience rain and other less than ideal weather conditions. Why risk having to deal with soaked or even potentially ruined gear? A backpack rain cover is an inexpensive add-on to your pack (some packs even include a rain cover with purchase or have them incorporated into the pack design) that can be deployed quickly and easily to keep your pack and its contents dry in wet weather. In this Expert Advice video, Backcountry Edge Gear Specialist Becky reviews the benefits of backpack rain covers and gives some pointers on sizing and use. Watch and learn why the question at hand is really, “why would you NOT use a backpack rain cover?”

Why Choose a Women’s Specific Backpack?

As a female backpacker or hiker choosing new gear, the question of whether to consider a women’s specific backpack vs. a men’s or non-gender specific pack comes into play early in the decision-making process. Yes, some women can comfortably carry a men’s backpack (and some men can comfortably carry a women’s pack, as well). So why choose a women’s specific backpack model as a female backpacker? Backcountry Edge Gear Specialist Becky breaks it down for you in this informative video. The name of the game is ideal fit, and following her points to consider, you’ll be ready to choose a pack with the perfect fit for your body. 

6 Tips for Tent Storage

You’ve just made a big investment in an awesome tent and want to keep enjoying it for years to come. Believe it or not, how you store your tent can be the biggest factor in how long it lasts. Follow along as our Gear Specialist, Becky, discusses some great tips for storing your tent at home and on the trail.

How to Install the Ruff Wear Dirtbag Seat Cover

It’s always fun to include 4-legged pals on outdoor adventures, but the interior of your car may not always agree. The Dirtbag Seat Cover provides extended-coverage protection from muddy paws, wet fur, and other tag-alongs. Learn how to install it into your car with this helpful video from Ruff Wear.