Customer Reviews for Peak Design - Travel Backpack 45L - Black
Customer Rating
5
Versatile and absolutely amazing!
on December 11, 2023
Posted by: osgud
from New York City, NY
I got this backpack seeing it's reviews online and on New York Times' Wirecutter. This travel backpack far succeeded my expectations. As a traveling musician I need something for my instruments (I am a trumpet player), pedal board and sometimes an amplifier, depending on the type of music I play and what my commute looks like. The Travel Backpack 45L expands and customizes to my need, allowing me to travel without getting unwanted attention from thieves looking to steal my instrument. I also have an easier time boarding a plane with it's sleek and discreet design. I highly recommend this product to artists who need something out in the field, no matter what your specialization is and I don't think I have to get another backpack ever again. Great work Peak Design!!
I've known about this bag for years now. And finally I have it. It solves so many problems, and it fills a crucial need in my travel arsenal. I'm pretty much set for one bag travel.
I was thinking about buying this backpack over months and months and finally decided to do so for black Friday. Can't wait to use this backpack for my round the world trip in a few months.
In conclusion, this bag has fantastic utility and comfort, looks wise I love the sleek stealthy look, is it an industrial backpack, or is it a camera bag, it's both!
I absolutely love this bag, it's built like a tank. I bought it on the used marketplace and it arrived as if it was new (after 5 years of ownership elsewhere). The only gripe I have is that the straps do dig in a little bit when its fully loaded, it doesn't bother me, but I could see it bugging some people. The waist strap really helps of course too.
This backpack is made of high quality material and very well thought through. It offers great flexibility with padded laptop compartment and with a divider which can be unzipped. I am using it as carry on luggage on air travel and works very well.
I'd put off this purchase for a while and an upcoming trip to the UK was the trigger to buy and it was going to put the bag to the test. It hasn't let me down and I'm back from my trip. There was a bit of getting used to the straps and clips in how they operated compared to other bags I have. The functionality of storage was very helpful once I got used to using the bag each day. Being able to expand or reduce the overall size was very helpful at times. With the waist belt the weight of the bag sits nicely on my hips and away from the shoulders. I did nearly loose the chest strap but fortunately I spotted it laying on the ground. I think I used every aspect of this bag and it just worked well for 11 days of travel. I combined it with a camera cube and packing cube which also made usability even more helpful. It's got couple of rub marks on it now but that's all part of traveling and a working bag. Seems to be a pretty solid bag, I'm impressed so far. It was great to be able to tuck in the straps when using an overhead locker or just in a hotel room. It tidies up the backpack and a welcome feature in my book. Hopefully the zips last as I've found it can be the weak point of any bag if it's not done right.