Someone was thinking extra hard on this one: take a convertible pack, then add wheels and a telescoping handle to negotiate long airport corridors. Bingo, a whole new species of convertible luggage spontaneously mutates, offering a three-in-one approach to active travel luggage. It's a suitcase, it's a backpack, it's a wheeled tote.

The best of this breed use a solid convertible backpack design (read: full-blown suspension that's trail worthy) which includes frame-integrated wheels that hide beneath the hip belt during backpack mode. And just like non-wheeled convertibles, the whole affair modifies into to a civilized suitcase.

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