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Find Your Luggage Match for Any Trip
No matter where youre headed next, we've got the bag for you. Thoughtfully designed by travel experts, our luggage is loaded with helpful features to make packing easy and built tough to stand up to the adventures ahead.
Kids' Backpack Storytelling
Together with Nature. Nature brings out the best in all of us. Thats why we design clothing and gear to help you and your loved ones share amazing outdoor experiences and create lasting memories. Because lifes better when you spend it with family, whoever that may be and the outdoors is much more fun that way too.
Fishing Collection
L.L.Bean's Discovery Collection. A collection of innovative fishing gear designed to help you and your loved ones experience firsthand the joy and freedom of being on the water.
5 Tips for Paddling Safely
Having fun while paddling is important, but so is staying safe. Check out these safety tips from our paddling expert before you get on the water.
Get Started Kayak and Canoe Camping
Camping by boat combines all the fun or camping with stunning, remote locations you can only reach by boat and getting started is easier than you might think.
What to Wear Hiking
Learn how to dress for hiking in any weather plus four important DOs and DONTs for any hiking outfit.
What to Wear Alpine Skiing
Discover how to stay warm and cozy on the slopes this winter. We'll take you through a handy checklist of exactly what you need.
Safe and Healthy Camping During COVID-19
Keep your campsite clean and your campers healthy with our safe camping tips.
What to Wear on a Run in the Cold
Learn how to dress comfortably from head to toe for running when the frost bites and the wind stings.
PrimaLoft
The Next Generation of Insulation PRIMALOFT Technology. L.L.Bean expertise, innovations guaranteed to keep you warm on any adventure.
Get Started Paddling
Paddling a kayak, stand-up paddleboard or canoe is fun, healthy and an amazing way to experience your favorite pond, river, lake or bay. Our experts have put together this helpful checklist of the essentials you need.
Get Started Deer Hunting
Deer are the most popular hunting quarry in the United States. These numbers also make deer the perfect choice for the beginning big game hunter. There are just a few things you need to ensure your success.
Get Started Hiking
Hiking is an incredibly healthy activity and an amazing way to experience the outdoors, but it can also be a little intimidating to get started. We have the expertise and gear to make getting started easy.
Get Started Camping
Camping is one of the easiest ways to spend quality time outdoors with friends and family, and a great trip just requires a few pieces of gear and a little planning. L.L.Bean has the expertise to help you get there.
How to Choose Your Next Hiking Pack
Three simple questions you should consider when searching for your next pack.
Five Ways to Take Your Workouts Outdoors this Summer
Get our tips for staying active and soaking up all the benefits of being outdoors to improve your health and wellbeing.
10 Clever Camping Hacks, Tips, and Tricks
Our favorite tips for easy packing, tasty cooking and making your campsite comfy.
How to Break Down Your Tent
No instructions? No problem! Mackenzies here to walk you through the easy steps to break down and pack most camping tents.
Newsroom: Flowfold Partnership, June 2018
L.L.Bean Launches New Collaboration with Maine Outdoor Startup, Flowfold.
10 Family Hiking Tips Tricks & Hacks
Here are a few of our favorite hacks and tips to make your next hike even easier.
Summer Camp Packing List
Everything your camper needs to stay comfortable, confident, and protected so they can focus on discovering just how great the great outdoors are.
Father's Day Gift Guide
However Dad likes to get outside, weve got the gifts that make it easier for him to get out there even more.
Build the Ultimate Winter Wish List
Are you an everyday outdoor lover? An all-out adventurer? A backyard fun enthusiast? No matter what your outdoor personality, well help you find the gifts to match, then show you how to build a wish list and share it with others. No secret Santas this year!
10 Expert Tips for New Kayak Owners
We asked our Outdoor Discovery Programs paddling experts to share their best insider tricks to help make your time on the water more organized, comfortable and safe.
How to Choose a Hiking Pack
Everything you need to know to pick the right pack for your day hike or backpacking trip.
Mother's Day Gift Guide
Globetrotter, beachgoer, outdoor enthusiast, homebody or all of the above? Weve got the perfect gifts for every type of Mom this Mothers Day.
10 Ideas for Winter Fun
Winters more fun outside. Here are a few ideas to help you get out and make winter your wonderland.
Build a Better Backyard
An outdoor getaway isnt all about far-off destinations its about making the most of every second outside. Creating a relaxing escape right outside your door is easier than you think.
The Road Rules: Family Travel in an RV or Camper Van
L.L.Bean Ambassadors The Bowman Family have taken to the road for the outside adventure of a lifetime! Hop onboard to read their story, RV travel tips, and insights about travel and life on the open road.
Indoor Camping Guide
Maybe it's bad weather, work obligations or a tummy ache - sometimes a camping trip doesnt work out. But just because you have to stay at home doesnt mean your family cant have a fun camping trip under your own roof. Here's how to bring a little of that outdoor feeling into your own home.
7 Tips for Winter Safety
Discover just how much fun winter can be with tips on how to get out there safely and comfortably.
Get Started Upland Hunting
Upland hunting is a challenging, active and rewarding way to spend time outside. L.L.Bean helps you get started.
Newsroom: Charitable Non Profit Gifting, January 2017
L.L.Bean gives $2.1 Million to Nonprofit Organizations in 2016. Charitable giving focuses on outdoor recreation, youth, environmental stewardship, health, education and the arts.
Holiday Gift Guide
This year, finding the right gift doesnt have to be complicated. Whether youre looking for rugged gear used by our own Outdoor Discovery Program instructors, or cozy items loved by other customers, weve got you covered.
Todd Snyder Goes to Camp with Second L.L.Bean Collection
For his second collection for L.L.Bean, menswear designer Todd Snyder reimagined signature Bean styles, prints, patterns and colorways pulled from the companys archives, with nods to Maines great outdoors.
The Rise of the American Backpacker and the Vest that Kept Them Warm
The Rise of the American Backpacker and the Vest that Kept Them Warm
How to Choose a Pair of Hiking Boots
Well show you which hiking boot is best for you and why its so important to have the right style and fit.
Newsroom: S'more out of Summer, June 2019
L.L.Bean Launches Initiative to Help Make the Most of Summer, with L.L.Bean Backyard Campsite and Rideshare with Uber.
I Want to Hunt! Now What?
L.L.Bean road map to becoming a hunter.
How To Get Outside & Ease Your Mind
Just ten minutes of physical activity outside can have huge benefits for your health, mood and mental well-being. We partnered with Mental Health America to share some easy ways to make it a part of your routine.
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