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Quick List Best overall Best overall This lightweight 20-liter canvas backpack can hold any laptop up to 16 inches in its padded laptop compartment

Final Thoughts Rebeccas take: The Kelty Coyote is something I would absolutely buy and recommend to anyone with a smaller build. Dianas take: While I think my height and gear made this backpack a bad match for me, I experienced no back pain with this pack and was blown away by the low cost. Jasons take: This is the perfect entry-level pack for the person getting into backpacking, but the hip belt didnt transfer the weight away from my shoulders that well. While all three testers agreed that the Kelty Coyote is an unusually good value for a backpacking backpack given its price point, the only tester that was impressed by it enough to continue using it was Rebecca

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Stowaway Shoulder & Hip Straps The back panel of the Peak Design Travel Backpack comes with a magnetic flap which allows for easy storage of the shoulder and/or hip straps