Backpacks can collect a lot of dirt and grime from daily use, coming into contact with bus seats, subways and classroom floors. They are also filled with class projects and dirty gym clothes.

How to wash bags and backpacks by hand There are times when it can be helpful to know how to clean a bag by hand, such as when a major spill in an everyday bag happens (or when you just cannot ...

Backpacks endure a lot in their lifetime - getting dragged through trips, streets, trails, and gym locker rooms and crammed with way too much (sometimes wet, dirty, or stinky) stuff.

An integrated mud pocket for shoes and dirty clothes is one of the many features that makes the bag so good. Photo by Jack Seemer for Gear Patrol. After “pleading” with Filson, Simpson said, the brand ...