12 Best Backpacks for Everyday Carry (EDC)

What makes a great EDC backpack? Our Creative Director, Taylor Welden, dives into his 12 favorite backpacks for everyday carry and what makes them awesome. Delve into the details below…

Featured EDC Backpacks:

Tom Bihn Synapse 25
Porter Tanker Daypack
Trakke Bannoch
GORUCK GR1 Heritage (26L)
Brown Buffalo Conceal V3
Mystery Ranch x Carryology Unicorn
Triple Aught Design Axiom 24
Bellroy Apex
EVERGOODS CPL24
Arc’teryx Veilance Nomin
Alpha One Niner Evade 1.5 (Full)
Mission Workshop Rhake

A heads up: Bellroy and Carryology share the same founders. You can read about our origin story here.

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