RC wearing a backpack walking through the city after a rainfall at night.

Carry Culture with RC

Most bag reviews will tell you everything about a bag except the one thing that matters most — what it actually feels like to carry it.

I'm RC. I commute from the suburbs into the city five days a week, hike on weekends, and ruck year-round with 20 to 50 pounds on my back. Every bag I own gets tested in the real world, across real environments, with real weight.

That testing is the foundation of the CC Score™ — a 100-point carry rating system built across five categories: Every bag reviewed on this channel receives a CC Score. No exceptions.

The score is honest. The carry tells the truth. We just say it out loud..

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The Carry Culture

Methodology

We review every bag on Form, Function, and Carry. We discuss the first two. We score the third.

The CC Score™ is built around one question: "How does this bag feel after wearing it for 8 hours straight?" Every bag earns a score out of 100, graded across five weighted categories — Load Distribution, Back Panel & Contact, Strap System, Long-Haul Wearability, and Body Fit Range — then assigned one of five carry ratings.

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Close-up of a black tactical backpack with multiple zippers, compartments, and padded shoulder straps, illuminated with warm lighting.

RC wearing a black cap, black jacket, and khaki pants, walks on a wet city street at dusk, carrying a large black backpack.

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A black backpack with a water bottle attached is placed on a wooden bench inside an airport terminal, with large windows in the background showing an airplane outside.

A brown backpack placed in the bed of an old, weathered green Ford pickup truck, with a rural farm and sunset in the background.

Backpack setting on the steps in Morocco during golden hour

"The carry tells the truth. We just say it out loud."

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