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Top 8 Backpacks for Women

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Even women who have no intention of camping on their honeymoon may want to consider using a backpack. While some women prefer carrying a backpack to a handbag, others may want a backpack just for a day hike. What do women keep in a travel backpack? Snacks, travel guides, a change of clothes or shoes, travel documents -- and perhaps a small tablecloth, bottle of wine and opener, cheese, and other fixings for an impromptu (and very romantic) outdoor picnic.

1. MeshSafe B100 Backpack

For women who carry their valuables on their back, this 17½ x 12½ x 6 ½ pack adds extra layers of security (without adding extra weight). The backpack has slash-proof shoulder straps, tamper-proof zippers, and a special mesh slashguard to protect contents against any thief who attempts to cut it. The backpack fabrics combine nylon, polyester, and stainless steel wire.

2. Rolling Backpack

Give your back a break with this versatile rolling backpack, which weighs nearly half as much as its competitors. It has padded shoulder straps as well as inline ball bearing wheels and a retractable handle.

3. Tumi Wheeled Carry-On Backpack

Tumi luggage is invariably smart and stylish. This backpack, ideal for women, is also slim. Dimensions are 14.5" x 20" x 7" and the durable X-Tech fabric is both lightweight and soft to the touch. Padded tuckaway straps afford extra comfort, and the telescoping handle enables a woman to easily convert it from a backpack to a wheeled carryon.

4. Healthy Back Spiral Backpack

AmeriBag's medium-size backpack, useful for both men and women, is made of distressed nylon and designed to keep weight off your spine. It's usually available in black with grey, lime green, or terra cotta.

5. North Face Women's Impulse Backpack 25

This backpack for women is designed to hold a lot yet remain easy to wear for a long period. The design's narrower shoulder and harness with a tricot lining acts to keep weight balanced and carrying comfortable. Includes a padded laptop sleeve and adjustable strap with a whistle for safety.

6. Vera Bradley Ultimate Backpack

More at home in a city restaurant or commuter railroad than a mountain trail, Vera Bradley's stylish black, quilted microfiber backpack for women has 6 compartments, an ID window, magnetic flap, large compartment inside, a key clip, gold feet and two side pockets that can be used to carry a cell phone and water bottle.

7. WisePack for Women

This multi-purpose backpack/purse is designed to help the women who carry it to avoid shoulder and neck pain. It has many thoughtful features inside the well-organized interior. These include two accessory bags (one is ideal for stashing makeup) that come with the backpack. Another useful feature is an LED light attached to one of the zippers, handy for reading a menu in a dim restaurant.

8. The North Face Women's Isabella

This highly rated backpack is a favorite among smaller women. Not only is it scaled to fit them, it also holds a deceptively large quantity of stuff and is also light (1 lb , 12 oz) and practical. Women will appreciate the shoulder straps designed to fit a woman's torso, large capacity, and two mesh water bottle pockets on the sides.
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