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4.5
I have held of putting in this review for almost a year so I was sure what I was talking about. I have used this as a every day bag and for hiking, mountain bike riding, off road motoro bike riding, camping and work trips away with laptops etc.I purchased this bag based on several key features,1. side mesh pockets for keys (I'm lucky I live in a town with little crime so not worried about security),2. large side zip pockets for water bottles or laptop chargers etc,3. front lower pocket with organiser for pens, eye drops, wallet, meds and the like. Not quit as good as previous bags with the actual pockets, but still pretty good, have found it is more a free for all type pocket4. top front pocket is good for sun glasses (wrapped in own soft protection bag)5. Main compartment good for most things. down side is it has two sleeves for keeping books organised, but I find it gets in the way when storing pretty much anything in the compartment, I'm tempted to cut them out6. Two laptop / document storage compartments against the back of the pack, good for 15" HP laptop and also useful for any books etcGeneral comments1. The top handle flops down meaning it seriously gets in the way when putting anything in the main compartment, I fixed this by zip tieing it to one of the straps at the top of the shoulder straps in a upright position, works well.2. The shoulder straps sit well on my shoulder and do not clash with my arms when walking3. It is not the lightest bag but this means it stands up pretty much by itself when it put in on the floor as opposed to falling over like a lighter bag (personal hate of mine)4. I have used it for some long off road motor bike rides with out problem, nothing even looks like it will fail5. its not the biggest bag, but that stops me from carring to much, I can get enought in it for a over night work trip away with a bit of carful packing6. I like the styling, not your average bag7. Zips are great and take a lot of abuseSummaryIt took me a long time to find this bag as shopping on line is not the same as in store, I live in town with no bag stores. My research was worth it as I would buy this bag again if it still made and if there was nothing else newer that was better. However I suspect that will be five or more years away as it is very well made.
