diff --git a/src/pybacked.rs b/src/pybacked.rs
index 8e105ee3b1a..d090b261a4c 100644
--- a/src/pybacked.rs
+++ b/src/pybacked.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 //! Contains types for working with Python objects that own the underlying data.
 
-use std::{ops::Deref, ptr::NonNull};
+use std::{ops::Deref, ptr::NonNull, sync::Arc};
 
 use crate::{
     types::{
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ pub struct PyBackedBytes {
 #[derive(Clone)]
 enum PyBackedBytesStorage {
     Python(Py<PyBytes>),
-    Rust(Box<[u8]>),
+    Rust(Arc<[u8]>),
 }
 
 impl Deref for PyBackedBytes {
@@ -121,6 +121,30 @@ impl AsRef<[u8]> for PyBackedBytes {
 unsafe impl Send for PyBackedBytes {}
 unsafe impl Sync for PyBackedBytes {}
 
+impl<const N: usize> PartialEq<[u8; N]> for PyBackedBytes {
+    fn eq(&self, other: &[u8; N]) -> bool {
+        self.deref() == other
+    }
+}
+
+impl<const N: usize> PartialEq<PyBackedBytes> for [u8; N] {
+    fn eq(&self, other: &PyBackedBytes) -> bool {
+        self == other.deref()
+    }
+}
+
+impl<const N: usize> PartialEq<&[u8; N]> for PyBackedBytes {
+    fn eq(&self, other: &&[u8; N]) -> bool {
+        self.deref() == *other
+    }
+}
+
+impl<const N: usize> PartialEq<PyBackedBytes> for &[u8; N] {
+    fn eq(&self, other: &PyBackedBytes) -> bool {
+        self == &other.deref()
+    }
+}
+
 impl_traits!(PyBackedBytes, [u8]);
 
 impl From<Bound<'_, PyBytes>> for PyBackedBytes {
@@ -136,7 +160,7 @@ impl From<Bound<'_, PyBytes>> for PyBackedBytes {
 
 impl From<Bound<'_, PyByteArray>> for PyBackedBytes {
     fn from(py_bytearray: Bound<'_, PyByteArray>) -> Self {
-        let s = py_bytearray.to_vec().into_boxed_slice();
+        let s = Arc::<[u8]>::from(py_bytearray.to_vec());
         let data = NonNull::from(s.as_ref());
         Self {
             storage: PyBackedBytesStorage::Rust(s),
@@ -177,12 +201,24 @@ macro_rules! impl_traits {
             }
         }
 
+        impl PartialEq<&$equiv> for $slf {
+            fn eq(&self, other: &&$equiv) -> bool {
+                self.deref() == *other
+            }
+        }
+
         impl PartialEq<$slf> for $equiv {
             fn eq(&self, other: &$slf) -> bool {
                 self == other.deref()
             }
         }
 
+        impl PartialEq<$slf> for &$equiv {
+            fn eq(&self, other: &$slf) -> bool {
+                self == &other.deref()
+            }
+        }
+
         impl Eq for $slf {}
 
         impl PartialOrd for $slf {
@@ -222,6 +258,7 @@ use impl_traits;
 mod test {
     use super::*;
     use crate::Python;
+    use std::hash::{DefaultHasher, Hash, Hasher};
 
     #[test]
     fn py_backed_str_empty() {
@@ -297,4 +334,149 @@ mod test {
         is_send::<PyBackedBytes>();
         is_sync::<PyBackedBytes>();
     }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_backed_str_clone() {
+        Python::with_gil(|py| {
+            let s1: PyBackedStr = PyString::new_bound(py, "hello").try_into().unwrap();
+            let s2 = s1.clone();
+            assert_eq!(s1, s2);
+
+            drop(s1);
+            assert_eq!(s2, "hello");
+        });
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_backed_str_eq() {
+        Python::with_gil(|py| {
+            let s1: PyBackedStr = PyString::new_bound(py, "hello").try_into().unwrap();
+            let s2: PyBackedStr = PyString::new_bound(py, "hello").try_into().unwrap();
+            assert_eq!(s1, "hello");
+            assert_eq!(s1, s2);
+
+            let s3: PyBackedStr = PyString::new_bound(py, "abcde").try_into().unwrap();
+            assert_eq!("abcde", s3);
+            assert_ne!(s1, s3);
+        });
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_backed_str_hash() {
+        Python::with_gil(|py| {
+            let h = {
+                let mut hasher = DefaultHasher::new();
+                "abcde".hash(&mut hasher);
+                hasher.finish()
+            };
+
+            let s1: PyBackedStr = PyString::new_bound(py, "abcde").try_into().unwrap();
+            let h1 = {
+                let mut hasher = DefaultHasher::new();
+                s1.hash(&mut hasher);
+                hasher.finish()
+            };
+
+            assert_eq!(h, h1);
+        });
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_backed_str_ord() {
+        Python::with_gil(|py| {
+            let mut a = vec!["a", "c", "d", "b", "f", "g", "e"];
+            let mut b = a
+                .iter()
+                .map(|s| PyString::new_bound(py, s).try_into().unwrap())
+                .collect::<Vec<PyBackedStr>>();
+
+            a.sort();
+            b.sort();
+
+            assert_eq!(a, b);
+        })
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_backed_bytes_from_bytes_clone() {
+        Python::with_gil(|py| {
+            let b1: PyBackedBytes = PyBytes::new_bound(py, b"abcde").into();
+            let b2 = b1.clone();
+            assert_eq!(b1, b2);
+
+            drop(b1);
+            assert_eq!(b2, b"abcde");
+        });
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_backed_bytes_from_bytearray_clone() {
+        Python::with_gil(|py| {
+            let b1: PyBackedBytes = PyByteArray::new_bound(py, b"abcde").into();
+            let b2 = b1.clone();
+            assert_eq!(b1, b2);
+
+            drop(b1);
+            assert_eq!(b2, b"abcde");
+        });
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_backed_bytes_eq() {
+        Python::with_gil(|py| {
+            let b1: PyBackedBytes = PyBytes::new_bound(py, b"abcde").into();
+            let b2: PyBackedBytes = PyByteArray::new_bound(py, b"abcde").into();
+
+            assert_eq!(b1, b"abcde");
+            assert_eq!(b1, b2);
+
+            let b3: PyBackedBytes = PyBytes::new_bound(py, b"hello").into();
+            assert_eq!(b"hello", b3);
+            assert_ne!(b1, b3);
+        });
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_backed_bytes_hash() {
+        Python::with_gil(|py| {
+            let h = {
+                let mut hasher = DefaultHasher::new();
+                b"abcde".hash(&mut hasher);
+                hasher.finish()
+            };
+
+            let b1: PyBackedBytes = PyBytes::new_bound(py, b"abcde").into();
+            let h1 = {
+                let mut hasher = DefaultHasher::new();
+                b1.hash(&mut hasher);
+                hasher.finish()
+            };
+
+            let b2: PyBackedBytes = PyByteArray::new_bound(py, b"abcde").into();
+            let h2 = {
+                let mut hasher = DefaultHasher::new();
+                b2.hash(&mut hasher);
+                hasher.finish()
+            };
+
+            assert_eq!(h, h1);
+            assert_eq!(h, h2);
+        });
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_backed_bytes_ord() {
+        Python::with_gil(|py| {
+            let mut a = vec![b"a", b"c", b"d", b"b", b"f", b"g", b"e"];
+            let mut b = a
+                .iter()
+                .map(|&b| PyBytes::new_bound(py, b).into())
+                .collect::<Vec<PyBackedBytes>>();
+
+            a.sort();
+            b.sort();
+
+            assert_eq!(a, b);
+        })
+    }
 }