Defy Insidious Jr

1) Defy Insidious Jr. (Ballistic Nylon or X-Pac). - This seems like a frontrunner for me based on what little I've read. - Good: Comfortable, wicked strap/buckle, padded iPad pocket, durable, external webbing for expansion.

Defy Insidious Jr. in XPAC - the cordura version will be heavier. The strap is pretty amazing. I have the full size Insidious and have ridden with it. Killer strap.

The Defy Insidious Jr. on the other hand is incredibly well thought out. It's better suited to water bottles, but with that said, the only one of mine that fits well is my locking 17oz Takeya. I wanted a water bottle that fit upright, rather than have to take a leap of faith that it won't spill. My only ding on the Insidious Jr. is the front pocket - the top part above the zipper has no volume, which seems like an odd decision.

For something slightly larger, but not full-blown backpack, the Defy Insidious Jr. is a gem (this is a recent purchase, and I recommend, in for a penny in for a pound, get the "grippy" Horween leather add-on). Both are in near-waterproof X-pac material. Neither of these are cheap, but the quality is so legit.

I find a stabilizer strap to be important when you're going to be moving around a lot, which it does have. I might also add due to the limited availability. Alternate medium sized slings could be a good idea. Bellevue venture sling, trakke Largo, topo designs quickpack, defy Insidious Jr, tom bihn lgd.

Other form factors tend to be a little bigger in terms of volume/what they can hold. A couple of options that are fundamentally different designs that *might* feel different enough are the Mission Workshop Spar and the DEFY Insidious Jr. These are bags with greater capacity than the Day Sling, but are comfortable unless you don’t like their weight. The buckles on either are not the easiest to undo.

For instance, my evergoods MHP 3.5 is great but itd be nice if it had a better strap and maybe a touch larger: hence looking at the defy insidious jr or the tom bihn la grande derrière. Sure, I could add them easily but frankly, like my corner diner or favorite machined pen, I wanna have the initial attraction that can develop into a familiarity of something i know and that knows me. And if its not there, welp, might be TIME TO GO. Still, guess as they say, this is my urban “system”?