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We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Once the bag of choice for students alone, the venerable backpack is now a common choice among the working set, too. With this shift comes an ...

Consumer Reports no longer updates this product category and maintains it for archival purposes only. In Consumer Reports’ evaluations of backpacks, we selected non-wheeled backpacks with two shoulder ...