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ThisWillBeOnTheExam t1_iu2zlpk wrote

Reply to comment by Von_Lehmann in Looking for a BIFL travel backpack by W-Stuart

Came here to say my Osprey 40L Farpoint has served me well traveling through 7 countries living out of it for up to 6 weeks at a time. It’s the maximum you can fit into an airplane carry on without bending the rules. I’ve packed it to the brim and it really holds up. It is not designed as a day pack at all though. I am 5’11 and 210lb male and at capacity I can handle it fine but it might be too much for someone built smaller.

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Von_Lehmann t1_iu3i457 wrote

The only thing I hated was the laptop pocket. It sometimes felt like if I out tech stuff there then the whole bag would pull be backwards but the new farpoint seems to have fixed that

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ThisWillBeOnTheExam t1_iu3ir1d wrote

Funny you mention, that’s on my list of gripes too. The ‘laptop’ sleeve on the back, it only fits like an iPad tablet and even the 11” chrome book I have is too large and it doesn’t zip around it. Also I noticed too much of anything on the front zippers and it makes the whole front main flap super heavy and unwieldy. It’s not really an easy access bag in that sense but I do like how it packs when totally fully. Definitely hope they fixed those issues.

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