Billed as Black Diamond’s “answer to the ultralight backpacking revolution”, the Beta Light 45 is a brilliant hiking backpack for long-distance walks at the lowest weight possible ...

It’s hard not to compare the Stonehauler duffel to Patagonia’s Black Hole, and not just because Black Diamond began as a climbing hardware-focused offshoot of the company. The bags share many of the ...

But Black Diamond’s new Cirrus 9 backpack has us rethinking our convictions — maybe a pack can be so barebones that it becomes great. The Cirrus 9 is as basic as packs come. Black Diamond made it with ...