Customer Ratings & Reviews

I was in San Francisco on my birthday visiting from New York and had wanted to see this tote pack in person for a while. I stopped by the store and after trying it on my brother purchased the thing for me as a gift. What a revelation it has proven to be. I worked as a cinematographer for travel and adventure shows for a number of years: National Geographic Explorer, Vice, HBO just to name a few and give a sense of how much travel I have had to do. Put simply, a malleable and versatile EDC is not only desirable but necessary for my travels, domestically and abroad. There are other bad companies who adapt military grade backpacks to edcs. These are absolutely useless for domestic travel as they are heavy or overbuilt, wrongfully taking the principles of war zones and trying to apply them to civilian travel. Then there are other companies who make heritage style backpacks that may look pretty from afar but are functionally useless. This tote pack is all I use now for a few-- seemingly revolutionary -- reasons. The stiff yet creatively versatile dividers have allowed me to compartmentalize the pack in a way that allows me to separate foodstuffs from camera gear and even make a small space for swimming gear if I'm heading to the gym. That personalization is simply unavailable on any other pack I have owned. Also, the positioning of the zippers that access these dividers, particularly the side ones allows for a convenience when wearing the pack that is unmatched in any other bag I've ever used. You can access things by just allowing the pack to swing under your arm to your front and still keep moving briskly and conveniently as you head about your day. The materials are light and durable, which become the only concerns when you are carrying an EDC. What a surprise for me it was to notice that the slender backpack straps about which I was initially suspicious for being so thin actually provide a perfect amount of comfort and keep the bag light. I have cut through airports with a larger travel bag on my back and shifted this one to my hands as a tote with the top handles or situated it on top of a wheelie. This is a near perfect bag. If I was to nitpick one possible and very slight improvement that could be made in future iterations, then it would be to expand ever so slightly small quick access pocket on the top front of the bag. The mesh pockets inside that little space are simply too small to be of much use and so I would make those mesh pockets a little larger or completely remove them. For now the space, holds my keys, a pen, some sunglasses and my headphones. So it works adequately. And this is me just suggesting it could be ever so slightly better. Overall, this is a good-to bag that is nearly revolutionary in function and form. Highly recommended. Aesthetically, I receive multiple compliments over its elegance in design.