GlobeTrotter—August 29, 2025
Great travel backpack to use as carry on personal item on flights. I also own the 28 L Car Surf bag but ended something. little smaller and easier to pack under a plane seat. It's really well made with so many helpful compartments. You can easily use this bag for a 2 day trip. It holds a lot with clamshell design. It opens like a piece of luggage. Pair it with packing cubes and keep everything well packed and organized. Great padded laptop compartment, hidden pocket for passport and wallet. Nice convenient and accessible top pocket for phone, ear buds, sunglasses, pen, snack etc. This bag is well thought out and it offers a lot at an incredible price. Don't let the price foo you. This is a premium bag and you won't be disappointed. Read more
Joseph A. Corona—May 29, 2025
And not just for the money compared to the other "C" branded bag Sure it's half the price, the same size, very nice water repellent materials and to me the zippers not only feel great but have held up well so far. ( the sippers also include places for locks... nice...) I pack it out with packing cubes I have three that fit perfectly and it holds my 3-1-1 bag along with a travel electronics kit/bag ( extra phone mostly set up as fancy ipod/media device or emergency phone should my daily driver die, magsafe battery, buds, cables etc ) In this bag I carry, Pj's, walking sandals, flip flops, easily can get 6 T's a pair of shorts, a pair of pants, extra socks and undies with room for my Ipad, travel docs, and some nice hidden rear pockets. A great value in a comfortable to wear travel backpack ! ( & perfect augment to my rolling bag even with it's large handle the luggage passthrough on the back works like a champ ! ) Bonus it fits under seat with room to spare or behind my knees after take off. ( allowing easy access to necessities! Read more
Skeptic buyer—June 21, 2025
Bag is perfect for weekend or one week minimalist travel. I bought it for my 12 year old daughter to travel to Europe for a week so her clothes don't take as much room as adults. It was able to hold one large packing cube, flat sandals, and bathroom kit in the large compartment and a medium size packing cube in the smaller lid compartment. Everything fit perfectly. There was still room for her tablet and kids headphones in the front pocket or you could put the tablet in the laptop compartment on the backside. This 28L size fits smaller frames such as kids perfectly. Also for security you can add zipper locks for most of the exterior zippers as shown. The only one I haven't found a way to secure is he laptop compartment. The material of the backpack is a soft water resistant TPU material that feels soft yet sturdy and the YKK zippers have waterproofing along the seams. I have no doubt the construction of this bag is top notch. Love the soft and malleable material of the bag. Some bags that are too stiff are more restrictive on how you can pack the bag. This one has more give so you can squeeze more in it. The bag material also feels very light. Read more
jeff lodwig—August 9, 2025
Hi friend. I travel for work. Let me tell you about stuff that makes my life easier. This bag I ordered in hopes of doing a 1 or at most 1.5 bag travel in Germany for 10 days. My current pack out are the Peak Design 35L duffel and 35L backpack. This bag is a cheaper take on the Cotapaxi Allpa 42 and Tortuga Travel backpack. Now I don’t mean that in a bad way. They did some really great things with this bag, am I don’t mind paying for a premium product. But I always look for the value to performance of everything. Pros! - the color way, and I really hate that term, is great. I hate heavy branding. And this does a great job. And I love green and black, they looked great and was easy to see - size was great fully loaded, easy to toss in the overhead an was pretty light - the zippered mesh was great if you have packing cubes or are a holy roller - front storage was actually very functional - hidden back pockets!!!! Two of them! Look at all that room for activities! Cons - this is cheaper than the bags I called out above, and you can really see where they cut those corners - zippers on the outside, super nice to use, inside? Oh honey. Are these zipper pulls for ants? - the build quality is fine but you know this will not last for heavy travel. Coating will peel. Not if, when. - laptop sleeve is weird. It’s big but oddly laid out. Just like me in college. A second smaller area for a 11-13” sleeve would be great. The huge single sleeve in the bigger sleeve is just okay. - the straps feel like a hate crime. They need way more padding, they really need load lifters. So bad. V2 needs better straps. This bag is really great. I mean that. If your budget is $150, get this. It packs very well and looks really nice. It has some nice features and those hidden pockets! But if you put this side by side with its far more costly compadres, you’ll start seeing where those extra dollars go. A few tweaks and this would be right there next to those other bags. Read more
Marco Sabater—December 28, 2025
Loving the backpack, it's very functional. Got it a few days ago and am already using it as my carry-on for a 3-day trip. It holds, and has let me organize, my clothes for the trip, toiletries, chargers and laptop. The padded straps are comfortable. Excited to have this as my primary bag for shorter trips! Read more