High-end designer backpacks may give you street cred in the Big Apple, but in a Third World street market, the last thing you want is a daypack announcing that it's hauling enough rupees in travel gear to dent a country's national debt. Enter the Station, a low-profile, 16-ounce canvas shoulder bag with a logically organized interior and a modest, urban-hip exterior. The 750-cubic-inch insides will swallow your digital SLR, laptop, iPod, guidebook, and travel journal—with room to spare for that kilo of single-estate Ceylon tea, while the wide, distressed leather strap keeps things comfy, secure, and oh-so quiet. But for those of you who consider low profile code for gear neophyte (and you know who you are), shift to Dakine's District ($50) shoulder pack, which adds a laptop sleeve, some padding, Velcro, fleece, and nylon to the equation—without drawing too much attention.
$45; www.dakine.com