Customer Reviews for Peak Design - Travel Backpack 45L - Sage Green
Customer Rating
5
Amazing backpack for one week trips or longer!
on May 31, 2022
Posted by: CJA12
from Miami, Fl
I bought this backpack for my trip to Italy this summer and I was very pleased with its quality, ease to travel with, and versatility. It is a perfect carry-on size bag for most airlines and it is also very easy to travel with especially when getting on and off of busy trains or subways in Europe. Along with the packing cubes and shoe cubes it was very easy to pack a weeks worth of clothes and toiletries. There is also a dedicated laptop compartment which makes it easy to take out when passing through airport security. I think my favorite feature was being able to stow away the hip straps or back straps with the innovative magnetic stow away system. Another great feature is how you can collapse the bag to make it a smaller 35 L backpack and use it as a day bag around the city. There are also plenty of pockets that allow you to organize smaller items like sunglasses, chargers, battery packs, and cables. The only issue I had was how easy it was to lose the straps especially the chest straps. I lost my chest strap on the second day of travel. Make sure to put away any straps you aren’t using or you’ll probably lose them. Overall this backpack is a great travel backpack, you can feel the quality of the materials used and you know it will last you a long time. I definitely continue to use this travel backpack for my future trips!
This bag is just amazing, first of all I do not do photography so I locked up the side panel coppers and it’s like they aren’t there. The main pocket is huge, the expansion zippers are super useful and the divider between pockets is amazing if need or hidden if I don’t. Even though this is a big main compartment style bag it still has tons of places to put smaller items inside zipper pockets which are my favorite! The straps are very comfortable although sometimes the stiffness of them hurts my collarbone depending on how I have the chest strap tightened.
Now for a couple of places for improvement: the sternum strap looks cool but it’s a terrible design for quickly disconnecting and dropping the bag then putting it back on to continue walking. It’s annoying to leave it hanging and swinging when it isn’t in use and hooking it in the same shoulder strap is annoying every time. The hook system is just not the right choice. Also it is easy to attach the sternum strap to the wrong slot making it uneven across my chest. I need an aftermarket replacement for this thing, it’s no good. The buttons that expand the bag from 30 to 35 liters are cool but they are not that practical to use. Would be better if they were more secure when fastened.
The waist straight is not and simple but I wish it was removable. So far I have not needed it much and it’s just extra weight. Not a big deal though as it’s pretty lite.
Wouldn’t mind this bag having load lifters.
Overall I researched really hard for bags and found that this one was just too perfect for my needs and I was right! I only wish the 30 liter version was slightly shorter so I could use it as a personal item when I check luggage!
I’ve always used a back pack to travel and recently decided to travel overseas with carryon luggage only. This back pack is fantastic. Robust, well designed. Can’t fault.
Truly an awesome bit of kit. I've had mine 3 years now and it's showing no signs of wear. I use it for any trips sub 5 days- anything from city breaks to more adventurous travel/ hikes. Comfortably fits big shoes in too- something other backpacks have fallen short on before.
I bought this to do my big summer trip coming up. I haven't used it yet, but the size feels great, and with their packing cubes, I think it'll be exactly what I need.
Have been using this bag for a couple years now. A go to for my photography day trips. Holds my gopros, RED batteries, 100-400 lens, extenders, a camera body and accessories. Great size and comfortable on the back. Highly recommend.