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MEC Backpack
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MEC Backpack

by MEC

15
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A backpack from Mountain Equipment Co-op (MEC), used as a daily-carry bag for years.

Why it's buy-it-for-life

Listed among a redditor's oldest daily-use items — still going strong and not worth replacing.

What redditors say

Recommended on reddit as recently as June 2025

  1. 3
    r/BuyItForLife comment

    older MEC stuff, when it was a co-op and not a company

  2. 1
    r/BuyItForLife comment

    My oldest daily use items: MEC backpack... Not worth replacing any because they can't be beat

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