Mystery Ranch Urban Assault Back Pack

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This week's theme: Adventure. To kick things off for the adventure week, we are giving you the vehicle you can use to carry everything you need on said adventuring. This 21L backpack from Mystery Ranch is a little different than other backpacks. The 3-zipper design gives you top-down access to your items like any other bag, but can also provide front access, allowing you to easily reach anything on the bottom of your bag, like if you shoved your swim trunks on the bottom and the river comes calling sooner than you expected. It has a laptop pocket that fits up to a 15" laptop, and 2 mesh interior pockets for your smaller items. The 21L size is perfect for a 2-3 day trek, and the minimalistic exterior makes sure you don't catch it on anything in the subway, or on the trail. 

Available on CHANGE.com for $139

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WP+Standard Scout Backpack

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Channel your inner Dora with this "Backpack, Backpack!" The Scout backpack by WP+Standard is an all leather, draw-string and flap closing backpack that has two medium exterior pockets that has a simple look that will only get better with heavy wear and tear and age. A leather backpack, while slightly heavier than your typical nylon-based North Face or Jansport, offers substantially more curb appeal and the wear marks only make it look better, so you won't need to be afraid of wearing it out and about, or tossing it around, regardless of the adventure du jour.

Available on wpstandard.com for $275

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Barbour Wax Canvas Backpack

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If you are still toting around your beat up old backpack from your first years in college, God forbid high school, put it down. Take out your important gadgets and papers, find the hidden pack of unopened gum you bought 3 weeks ago and grab yourself one of these back totes from the gents over at Barbour. This backpack adds style to your commute and doesn't make you look like you're off to your first-year English class, even if you are. It trades the nylon for a more classic weather-proof wax canvas and switches the plastic clips with timeless leather straps, giving it a true vintage World War II vibe. The bag has a very open main section so your things won't get lost in a million selective pockets, and it comes with a single padded pocket for your laptop, so you don't have to fish for the most important thing in your bag. In terms of straps and support, the bag has padded straps for those precious shoulders of yours, and a cushioned mesh back to reduce the dreaded summer back sweat. This old-timey classic is available at... you guessed it! Nordstrom, and right now it's $100 off so grab it while you can!

Available on sale at Nordstrom.com for $150

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Patagonia Arbor Backback

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When picking out a bag that can handle both your daily commute to work and your weekend hike up your local summit, you need something durable that can handle a little whether, hold what you need, and have your co-workers asking where you got it. A Patagonia Arbor backpack fits right in this crossing of utility and vanity. Made with 100% recycled polyester, and treated to handle light weather, you can feel good about where it came from and where you can take it. It features a main compartment, 2 zipper pockets and an inner laptop sleeve that can hold most 15" laptops giving you all you need in terms of storage space for your grind and your climb.

Available on Patagonia.com for $99

Herschel Supply Co. Heritage Backpack

Herschel Supply Co. is becoming a new staple bag company for city dwellers needing more carrying space than what their pockets can offer. The minimalist construction and simple design gives this backpack an understated look of elegant functionality. At a price point that is more than reasonable, you don't have worry too much about this bag getting beat up.

Available on Nordstrom.com for $60