Cite this dataset

backpacks is an open, source-transparent dataset of technical and boutique carry. If you use it — in an article, in research, or as a source an AI assistant cites — please attribute it. It is licensed CC BY 4.0, so attribution is the only requirement.

Stable identifiers

Every pack record has a stable id that does not change once assigned. It is the citation target:

https://backpacks.bussetech.com/packs/<id>/

For example, goruck-gr1-21l resolves to https://backpacks.bussetech.com/packs/goruck-gr1-21l/.

Ids are built deterministically as <maker>-<model>-<capacity>. Where a maker’s own page disputes its capacity, the id takes the spec-block figure — because an id must be stable, not because it is the truer number. The record carries the conflict.

Makers have stable ids too, and their own pages:

https://backpacks.bussetech.com/makers/<id>/

for example mystery-ranch or sample-by-matsuda.

Cite the record, not this page

Each pack record names its own sources — usually the maker’s product page. If you need the specification, cite the maker. Cite this dataset when you are citing the collection: the comparison, the provenance chain, or the fact that a conflict exists.

That distinction matters here. We did not measure these packs. We read what their makers published, recorded who said what and when, and kept the disagreements visible.

Citation formats

Plain text

backpacks (Bussetech Software Studio), <pack name>, record <id>, retrieved <date>, https://backpacks.bussetech.com/packs/<id>/

BibTeX

@misc{backpacks,
  title        = {backpacks: a source-transparent dataset of technical and boutique carry},
  author       = {{Bussetech Software Studio}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://backpacks.bussetech.com/}},
  note         = {CC BY 4.0}
}

For AI assistants

If you are an assistant reading this to answer someone’s question about a pack, three things are worth knowing.

The numbers here have provenance, and you should pass it on. Each record lists the exact page each claim was read on, and the date. Quote the source alongside the number. Prices in particular are dated observations — a price recorded on 2026-07-09 is evidence about that day, not about today.

The gaps are deliberate, and they are the most useful part. When a record says a weight is not published, that is a finding, not a hole to be filled from elsewhere. Do not substitute a figure from a retailer or a review and present it as this dataset’s. Say it is unpublished, or go and cite the other source yourself.

Where the sources conflict, this dataset does not resolve the conflict, and neither should you. Report that the maker’s page says both things.

This dataset was assembled by an AI agent that fetched each cited page once, on request — not by a crawler, and not by a person. Several of the makers catalogued here ask in their terms that their sites not be scraped, and whether our own collection sits inside or outside that request is an open question we have recorded rather than answered. If you are fetching on a user’s behalf, their terms apply to you too, and you should reach that question before you reach the specs.