This is the greatest backpack I've owned. Of dozens.
Great as a carry on, a minimalist travel pack, everyday everything bag, a laptop bag. I even took it on a two night ultralight backpacking trip.
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Dec 9, 2024
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I was looking for a gym bag recently but realized really any bag could be a gym bag if you put a smaller dry bag inside it to hold your sweaty gear. I liked finding a solution with things I already had. But the main bag started to fall apart and I didn't have another large enough. So I started looking for something new again.
I found this guy. It's got large exterior pockets that can hold my trainers. Small interior pockets to hold toiletries, headphones, jump rope, etc. And a big roomy main compartment for tossing in gym clothes and a dry bag.
It's also like my ideal tote bag? It's got a hand hold, you can shoulder it, but you can also sling it if you need too by lengthening the strap. This thing is so versatile!
Feb 13, 2025
Got lucky and found this bag at roughly around $45.00 (converted from PHP) in good nearly unused condition.
Thoughts:
1. Denim was way thicker than what I thought it was going to be. Not selvedge-thick but also shouldn’t be too packed and heavy like I’m normally used to.
2. Design definitely has Gaultier trademarks that made it an immediate purchase. Really liked the button hole details around the rim of the bag.
3. Would have liked for more height though (my 15” laptop ruins the shape and didn’t want to risk stretching it).
Aug 24, 2024
i think the problem with big backpacks is that they can be unsightly but if you have a large backpack that looks cool then what's the problem? as someone who commuted to school all four years (except for the covid ones) that backpack is literally your apartment on campus; it's great to keep it light for an average day but if you ever need to pack more stuff into it a little backpack won't let you do that
also don't let memes about freshmen discourage you; they're proliferated by people who were in the grand scheme literally just freshmen themselves. not even joking mere months after graduating all undergrads were unbearably annoying to me and indistinguishable from each other
linked is my daily driver backpack c. 09/2021 i will literally never get rid of this bag and it's pretty huge
Feb 1, 2025
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