Whenever I pack for a trip—be it a quick weekend upstate or a no-holds-barred vacation abroad—I have the habit of letting my anxiety stuff my bags for me. Quite literally, it’s the albatross that ...

Then, on one of my many bag-buying whims, I picked up the Cotopaxi Allpa 35L Travel Pack, and everything changed. Finally, I found a bag that I not only liked using the first few times, but I ...