The majority of the backups programs out there use proprietary formats to
store your files. That way, you will need an extra utility which helps you
recovery your files. Cobian Reflector on the other hand just copies or
compress your files using standard methods.
In order to recovery an uncompressed backup, just copy your files back to
the desired location.
In order to recovery a compressed backup, just uncompress your files using
your favorite program. Cobian Reflector provides you which such a tool as
well. You can find it under Tools-Decompressor.