Customer Reviews for Peak Design - Travel Backpack 30L - Black
Customer Rating
5
Great backpack!
on August 25, 2022
Posted by: guyinphoenix
from Phoenix, AZ
Bag is a little expensive but very high quality. There's a ton of built in organization. My wife and I just took it on a 3 week trip. We used it as our tech bag. Was able to fit two 14 inch laptops in the computer compartment. We also put in other stuff we didn't want to check, like baby monitor and camera. Tons of space. Fits perfect under the seat of a plane. Really like that you can hide the straps. Handles to grab from any direction. I look forward to using this bag for many years.
I've had the backpack about 6 months and have made several trips with it. Love how it's durable and waterproof. I got the optional waist strap which helps transfer the weight to the hips. I like the expansion feature and clamshell opening design. You have to get some kind of interior organizers since it's one big compartment. Holds tons, especially with the expansion zipper opened. Fits nicely under airplane seats. Only slight minus for me is would like the shoulder straps to have a bit more padding. But it's full of great features and lots of ways to grab or hook it onto the handle of a roller bag.
I've bought this product for every day photography works because the everyday 20L V1/V2 too small, but the camera cube are too big and you need to expand the bag to use them. And 2 camera cube are not easy to use, too big.
I bought this travel pack on the recommendation of a friend who did a lot of research. She was right! The pack can hold much, but is small enough to fit under an airplane seat. Because it’s a backpack, running through airports is possible, but it opens up like a suitcase so I’m not digging to the bottom for that one item I need. It’s great!
I got this for an upcoming trip as one that can fit in the seat in front of me for flights, and as a smaller one to my f-stop gear 40L backpack. The backpack does fit a lot and has a nice design. The side pockets are a bit small for fitting my travel tripod, and the back magnets are quite weak, if they were a bit stronger, it could be a bit more useful pocket for some light things. Quite comfortable with a lot of gear.
Overall its a nice pack. Smaller than I anticipated and with only one access point to the main compartment. I expected more as the 40 litre pack has. Overall no practical for me gave it away after one trip due lack functionality
I recently purchased this before a week long trip to Florida. I wanted to be able to fit everything in just one backpack that could work as my personal item on a flight. I was able to fit 7 shirts, 7 underwear, 5 socks, 1 jeans, 2 shorts, a pair of shoes, and my laptop and other misc items. Everything fit easily while keeping a very small footprint overall.
Over my last 20 years of traveling abroad, I've purchased many travel backpacks in search of perfection. The Peak Design Travel Backpack is almost there. It's nearly perfect. The design of the shoulder straps is the best I've encountered. It is solidly built and feels comfortable to wear. The only three things I would wish for would be more outside pockets (when sitting in the airport, I don't like opening my whole bag to pull out my mobile hotspot) but mainly, I wish there was outside access for my laptop. When I'm in the TSA line, I don't want to open the main compartment to pull out my laptop. And thirdly, I wish it had a sleeve rather than just a strap to slide over the handle of my roller suitcase. If these issues are not a problem for you, then I'd highly recommend this backpack.