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• Recreation: Outdoors: Equipment: Backpacks  (1)
• Shopping: Travel: Luggage: Travel Gear  (40)

Consumersearch.com: Backpacks - - Identifies which products reviewers like and dislike, where they agree or disagree, and why.

eBuying Guides: Where to Buy Backpacks - - Concentrates on where to buy and shop for products, but also has staff-produced buying guides for over 200 products. Some of the guides are links to other buying guide sites. Accepts no payments for listings.

Epinions: Backpacks - - Consumer-generated reviews, buying tips and advice, ratings, price information, and searchable in a variety of ways from price to product type.

GORP - Gear Buying Guides - - Offers product reviews, tips on equipment care, buying guides and forums.

Hike-Lite - - Gear, articles and information for hikers and backpackers interested in reducing gear weight to a minimum.

Outside Online - 2002 Buyer's Guide: Backpacks - - Outside Magazine's guide to backpacks, including how to select a backpack plus reviews, descriptions, and photos of the top packs tested by their experts.