I'm living with the Peak Design 20L Everyday Backpack. I'm a professional photographer who always likes to have a camera and a couple lenses with me. But it's not just about the camera gear it's the fact that the bag is so well organized and customizable I can use it for whatever I need to have with me on a given day. The 20L has a very smart looking design and seems to fit perfectly on my back all the time. That beginning said one of my favorite features is the side handles. If I'm going from my car into the studio, a business meeting, or my house I may not want to put the backpack on my back but just carry it inside. The side handles make it very comfortable to carry. I also hike with this pack and have given it the rain test. Everything inside stayed dry and the outer shell dried quickly once the rain stopped.
This is the type of backpack where if you know, you know. It's this small little community of approving, efficiency appreciative headnods from pleased onlookers while your flight is boarding. The versatility and high end fabrication of this bag makes you forget your life before it. Buy the bag.
I love to bring my camera everywhere I travel to for either work or pleasure. The everyday backpack allows me to carry my laptop, tablet, phone, camera and a lens or two and speedlight flash. Its very comfortable and rugged enough to take on a plane.
I probably repeat what several others already wrote here: great bag, lots of good detail (I never thought that the magnets holding the shoulder straps in place when not used where helpful, but I was wrong), good quality, enough space for a full day hiking with kids plus all the camera gear. However, the shoulder straps are not as comfortable as they should be. The bag loaded with a camera, some lenses, the carbon fiber PD tripod – which I love, a water bottle, some snacks, a rain coat, and a few other day trip items leads to a significant weight. Carrying that for a day with the thin shoulder straps and not having a weight carrying hip belt is uncomfortable. So when deciding on whether to buy this backpack, it's kind of a trade-off: either the perfect organization system, easy access to everything, tons of individual pockets, great quality, but underdesigned carrying system; or a good day hiking backpack with a solid carrying system (well padded shoulder straps and weight carrying hip belt), but complete chaos in the bag where you can't find what you are looking for. I will now switch back and forth between the 30 liter PD bag and a designated hiking backpack, based on the respective trip.
Travel a lot between the offices in UK and India, and it is good enough to for all the gear I havem couple of laptops, couple of headsets, the sony a7 iii, couple of lenses, and all the wires that are required.. and it all fits in a 20L bag
excellent bag, could use a couple improvements in the next version.
on June 5, 2020
Posted by: Anonymous
Excellent bag with incredible ease of access. The shoilder straps are less comfortable than I expected, especially when weighed down. I would opt out of the luggage cart strap, in order to have more comfortable should straps and back pad. I love the sleek and clean design as well as all the attachment points for gear. A lot of thought was put into the design. The next version could also use a crumb tight top divider, so that food stored in the top of the bag doesn't get into the lower sections with camera gear. It would also be nice if the bag came with the waist belt included, especially for the price.
I love the new additions to the bag, but it feels like you took away on quality. I am upset that the straps create more discomfort on my shoulders. The V1 everyday backpack you had it perfectly. Also water bottle side pocket is stiff. Otherwise its good and I love the magnets everywhere.