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North St. Bags Weekender Backpack Travel System: Review Introduction North St. Bags is a bag maker based in Portland, Oregon founded in 2009. It has a strong bicycle bag heritage – known for their convertible backpack panniers. They use US made materials and hand build all of their bags in their Portland warehouse. I’ve been testing out their Weekender backpack and the Weekender Meeting bag, which together forms a system for travel. The Meeting bag can be attached to the larger Weekender with a system of straps and hooks. There is a lot to cover so this review will mainly...

High Above is the brainchild of JC Canfield, who got his chops under Dana Gleason at Mystery Ranch before deciding hip (fanny) packs needed a serious come back. Based in Bellingham, WA, High Above has created everything from backpacks, to hip packs, to a sweaty-gear focused duffel successfully funded through Kickstarter. I would say that the Lookout falls into the second wave of High Above offerings. I still have an original, pre-updated Das Radpack that I use all of the time. The Lookout is the culmination of JC’s experience in designing hip packs. It’s durable, lightweight, and full of features...