2. Use Packing Cubes Siân Pelleschi, founder at Sorted! and president at APDO, tells me that packing cubes or a must when learning how to pack clothes in a backpack.

A bestseller I’m constantly seeing in town and on the trail, REI Co-op’s Flash 18 Pack, has always stood out to me as one of the lightest, best-designed backpacks on the market today.