Name: Swissgear Getaway Backpack
Brand: SwissGear
SKU: 63443c15818039583cc3f09c
Rating: 3.6 (133 reviews)

Hiking Boots/Shoes Recommendations?

Hiking boot recommendations?

Any recommendations for women's hiking shoes?

[Request] Hiking/outdoorsy style shoes that can handle lots of walking on concrete

Cold and wet weather hiking boots recommendations?

I am in need of a new pair of trail/hiking boots.

Hiking Boots for heavy use during the summer

Good pair of hiking shoes?

[Request] waterproof hiking shoes

[request] - Good quality walking shoes.

Hello Redditors. I'm in search of a classy yet extremely durable pair of hiking boots to take backpacking around the world for 12+ months with.

Hiking boots recommendations

Men's three season "urban hiker" (like Merrell MOAB but longer lasting)

BIFL Hiking boots for women

Hiking boots with good traction and can stand up to abuse.

Looking for a good pair of shoes for my weird feet

Request - Hiking Sandals

Request: Hiking Boots

Comfortable and cushiony shoes for walking on pavement 10KM/couple hours a day (UK)

Hiking sandals that last?

[Request] Powerful dishwasher with sanitize function?

I want the best god damned dishwasher money can buy.

Looking for the best, easiest to operate, cheapest dishwasher - Recommendation?

[Request] Best countertop dishwasher for reasonable price?

Can anyone recommend a good dishwasher?

Countertop/Portable Dishwasher

[Request] Dishwasher &lt;$1k Australian with QOL features and low water use

Dishwasher for Second Home

My friend bought a house with this KichenAid dishwasher from 1974. He says it works better than any of the other ones he has owned. He just has to convince his wife not to replace it.

What's a good Panel ready dishwasher under $1k?

Best socket set on the market $100-$150

[Request] Socket wrenches

I need a recommendation for a tool set that should last a lifetime. [Request]

Looking for a Mechanics tool set.

23 years later; GM Goodwrench socket set.

A Starter/Lifetime Tool set

Basic screwdriver set needed

Mechanic Tools that are BIFL

Trying to fill a tool roll for my truck and would like input on BFL tools like wrenches, pliers, socket sets, etc.

BIFL: Mastercraft ratchet set with lifetime warranty. Got it at 14, im 31. Went thru more abuse than you think!

Looking to upgrade my home hand tools

Was told to post this here. Husky 270pc toolset from Home Depot for $99, normally $199. Lifetime warranty too

[Request] Ratchet/Wrench/Etc tool set for home/bicycle/general use

Thoughts on a Honda Accord V6 2007?

2010 Honda Accord worth the buy?

Thoughts on a 2008 Honda accord v6 coupe EX-L?

2014 honda accord ??

After an initial round of research it seems like Honda Accord Hybrid is the right answer, but I want to pressure test that with you guys

2014 Accord V6 Touring (any thoughts?)

Which car ?

me again. 2010 2dr honda accord, 122k miles for $5,800. just want a reliable first car, thoughts?

Want to buy an Accord, any suggestions?

2020/2021 Honda Accord LX - Tell Me About Your Likes/Dislikes

Compact - Midsize suv

best small/midsize suv?

Looking for a used (06-14) reliable compact/mid-size SUV

compact/mid size suv

Midsize SUV

Recommendations for midsized SUVs to look at

Compact to Mid-Size SUV

Small to mid-size suv suggestions?

Midsize vehicle for three kids

Mid-Size SUV

Just tried a Lotus Elise Cup 250, driving impressions !

Dan Neil reviews Lotus Emira: As Good As It Gets

Considering a Lotus Elise - USA

How affordable are Lotus Elises from the 2005-2012 model year?

Lotus Exige Sport Final Edition review: farewell, Exige

I wanna know everything you know about a 2005 Lotus Elise

My Lotus Evora Review

Lotus retail sales up 24% in best performance for a decade

2022 Lotus Emira Looks to Be One of the Brand's Best

PURCHASING A LOTUS — Need Tips + Advice.

Looking for a good rpg/action adventure with a good story and good characters

Deep long rpgs?

Looking for a story-focused RPG

Looking for a complex RPG

Fantasy games with an detailed and immersive world?

[WSIB] I am in search for a open world RPG that will keep me busy for hundreds of hours.

Open world game with huge map, lots of things to do, and great graphics

WSIB Feeling a bit of an rpg lull and want something exciting like old school BioWare with a engaging story that doesn’t take 100 hours to play.

WSIB: long, immersive games with high quality storytelling and writing

looking for an open-world rpg

[WSIB] A turn based strategy game that isn’t 4X

Turn-based strategy game

Turn-based strategy games

[WSIB] Small-scale, medieval, strategy game, featuring pikemen and cavalry

(WSIB) Turn-based ”wargaming” game

[WSIB] Turn Based Strategy games

WSIB if I want a strategy game for dummies

WSIB Strategic Rpg

[WSIB] Good offline strategy/(ish) games?

What are some good "smaller scale to control, but still feel large scale battle" tactical / strategy games?

Bullet Hell-Type Games: Atomicrops vs. I, Dracula: Genesis vs. Others?

WSIB if i want a completely story driven indie game but have already played undertale and oneshot (preferably similar to those 2)

Post apocalyptic enthusiast, Underrail or Atom RPG?

[SIB] Undermine or Atomicrops

WSIB if I like "Run into things, need to grow in power/special items to move further so I come back after unlocking said element" type of games.

Blsoodborne or Resident evil 2 ?

What should I buy? Animal Crossing: New Horizons or Doom: Eternal

[WSIB] Fast-paced top-down roguelikes?

[SIB] I Hate Running Backwards or Planetary Dustoff? Or something else?

SIB Nuclear Throne?

What can you recommend for minimizing pores?

I know you can’t get rid of pores but I’m wondering is there anyway to make them smaller? I use La Roche Posay products. They keep my acne mostly at bay but I feel like my pores are just so large. Part of it is genetic, but just wondering if there’s anything else I can do at home to help. Thanks!

OPEN PORES- WHAT TO DO? IS THERE ANY PRODUCT I CAN USE?

What skincare products have you used that helped with large pores?

What is the best thing to use to tighten pores on your face?

Can anyone tell me why my pores are so huge and what I can do to minimize them?

How to reduce pores.

Hey guys, how do I make my pores not look like this? Info in comments (deleted and reposted for an error in the title)

Pores reduction tips?

Advice for shrinking pores on and around nose?

[sun care] sunscreen that doesn’t irritate rosacea and perioral dermatitis

[Sun Care] Looking for sunscreen that doesn't irritate Rosacea

Sunscreen recommendations for rosacea

Looking for a sunscreen for my acne prone skin.

[Sun Care] looking for a sunscreen that works well for people with Eczema.

Desperate for a good sunscreen

Looking for a Daily Suncreen

I’ve tried them all and I still can’t find my holy grail for my dry rosacea skin. Any other recommendations?

Sunscreen, eczema and makeup, Help [Sun care]

[Sun Care] Help with not being able to use Sunscreen

How can i stop a really greasy face?

How to best defeat oily skin?

Is there any long-lasting solution for oily face?

Oily Face -&gt; Wash Face -&gt; More Oily

Extremely oily skin

Y’all know some sort of cream or product I can buy to make my face less greasy looking?

super oily face help needed

Oily Skin— please help!

Really oily skin

How to have less oily skin?

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In an effort to combine the best parts of a backpack with the design language of a piece of carry-on luggage, Swissgear really got it right with this one. Upon closer inspection, the Swissgear Hybrid Laptop Backpack is replete with cool, useful features such as daisy chain webbing, a rugged outer shell to prevent potential rips and tears and a nice, plush, breathable back panel and straps for balanced carry. Exploring within the bag is when things get interesting. The main compartment allows you to open the bag totally flat like a piece of luggage and, furthermore, you can pack it like one too. Inside you’ll find that the elastic and zippered pockets are every bit as useful as you would find in a carry-on bag and every bit as effective. The bags front pocket is even designed to be used while the pack is horizontally attached to a piece of rolling luggage and multiple carry handles let you maneuver with this bag however you see fit.

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Product Review Swiss Gear Getaway Collection, The Weekend Backpack

Flying Spirit next month. Packing for a 3 day trip. Need advice for an inexpensive bag that meets their "personal item" size requirements: 18x14x8in (45x35x20cm). I infer that any 28L bag would do?

Need "personal item" bag recommendations for flying Spirit

 More problematic was an interior seam on a section divider that blew out along its zipper. Noticed it at the end of my trip. Something I did by pulling too hard on the zipper, probably not. It appeared that the stitch line was less than 1/4 inch from edge of the thin nylon fabric used for the dividers

 Something I did by pulling too hard on the zipper, probably not. It appeared that the stitch line was less than 1/4 inch from edge of the thin nylon fabric used for the dividers. Such a seam needs to be folded over before sewing to a zipper. Sadly I felt that for this particular bag at least QA in production did not bode well so I returned it

Well designed super traveler bag, QA issues in manufacturing

 I like bags that have sort of a dedicated big enough pocket for liquids but this is good enough. I got my travel backpack, my shoes, the dry goods and this has an elastic here which is kind of nice. It also has a little slash pocket where I have just a notebook and my pen. Probably could have put my e-reader in there too but it would have been harder to get to on the flight and I want that easily accessible

 As you can tell I didn't really like tie it down too much but you could kind of pull it down. That's a water bottle pocket. It's the only bag that I have that I'm testing that has one which I do like. Let's start here

 You can slip your phone in there. Let's get to the main compartment which is actually kind of cool. It's a clamshell which is nice. I have my liquids up here because it means that I can just unzip, pull this out for TSA and then just slip it back in

 It's the only bag that I have that I'm testing that has one which I do like. Let's start here. I got the eye mask and my e-reader. I had my liquids in here at first but it was just way too tight

Swissgear Getaway Weekender bag

 So this is what didn't fit in this bag. As you can tell it's pretty full so there's no way

 I was getting this stuff in here. This I could wear around my neck. A little annoying or

 strap it down somewhere. But let's unpack this see how I fit everything in here.

 This has compression straps which is kind of nice. I know a lot of people like them. I'm

 just kind of like eh. As you can tell I didn't really like tie it down too much but you could

 kind of pull it down. That's a water bottle pocket. It's the only bag that I have that

 I'm testing that has one which I do like. Let's start here. I got the eye mask and my

 e-reader. I had my liquids in here at first but it was just way too tight. So yeah I kind of like

 that front access pocket. There's a little pocket here which is the sort of fleece lined

 glasses. I just put my pills and the earplugs in here because the pocket goes into the main

 compartment and you can tell it's kind of the main compartment pushes up into this so it's

 kind of hard to get anything in here and it doesn't go very deep. There's also a little

 side slash pocket here which is probably good for like documents, wallet, more quick access

 stuff. You can slip your phone in there. Let's get to the main compartment which is actually

 kind of cool. It's a clamshell which is nice. I have my liquids up here because it means

 that I can just unzip, pull this out for TSA and then just slip it back in. I like bags

 that have sort of a dedicated big enough pocket for liquids but this is good enough. I got

 my travel backpack, my shoes, the dry goods and this has an elastic here which is kind

 of nice. It also has a little slash pocket where I have just a notebook and my pen. Probably

 could have put my e-reader in there too but it would have been harder to get to on the

 flight and I want that easily accessible. This is nice. It opens up nice and big here.

 That goes over and I have my cables and my two packing tubes of clothes. So you can see

 there's quite a bit of room in here. I like that it's light fabric so you can see in here

 easy. There's also a little side pocket here. I like this bag. It's a little small for a

 week's worth of clothing. In the summer it would be fine. I could do this in the summer

 with one fewer pair of jeans, shorts, no long-sleeve shirts but if I was doing a winter trip I

 could not use this for a winter trip. Unless I was doing all wool which I could pack less

 because you don't have to wash wool as often. Another weird thing is the clothing side is

 on the front. I did put it on my back. It didn't feel like it was going to fall back

 or anything but that's a little different. There is a laptop sleeve or compartment. It's

 a little annoying. The strap here comes over and the zip goes down below it. I can fit

 my 14 inch laptop in here no problem. It's not TSA friendly which I gotta give up something.

 When I'm looking at these bags it's like they either have one thing or not another. This

 one doesn't have the laptop compartment. No sternum strap either. I can add that on. It

 does have the slide through if you want to put it onto a rolling luggage. This is the

 Swiss Gear Getaway Weekend Bag. They actually have a nice little thing on here that says

 you can pack two buttoned down shirts, two t-shirts, two pants and shorts, one pair of

 long pants, I don't know, one pair of shoes, either tennis shoes or high heels, and three

 underwear and then all your accessories. I obviously got a lot more in that. I'm a lot

 smaller than probably your average person though so my clothes are smaller. I can fit

 more in a smaller bag. But yeah, that's it.

Hi! I'm an experienced one-bag traveler but I'm not a trekker or adventurer. I've always traveled with one roller suitcase but recently decided I hate it and would like to use a backpack instead.   
I've spent the last 3 days obsessing about finding a bag that ticks \*most\* of my requirement boxes and I still haven't found one, haha. But I thought I'd share my list in case it helps others. Feel free to correct any of my info / suggest something I missed. Still looking for the unicorn. ha!  


Backpack Research For One-Bag Travel

Criteria:

\- clamshell/suitcase style opening

\- prefer structured back so it doesn’t go all floofy when packed

\- easy access front panel with volume or extra pocket for 3-1-1 in security

\- NOT BLACK

\- water bottle pocket

\- estimate size needed is 28L, but would like to try sizes on in store. I estimate my blue wheeled suitcase is 35L and I consistently pack one or two outfits too many, regardless of the length of the trip.

\- prefer no laptop sleeve because of excess padding/loss of space but this seems impossible

Dakine Split Adventure LT 28L $160 - love this one but it only comes in orange and black. Tidy strap design, designated shoe area, good pockets on front for 311 bag but I probably wouldn't utilize all the 'organization' there.

Burton 28L Multipath $170 - this one looks amazing, checks all my boxes but only black and grey!

Bellroy 28L Transit $289 - Soft fabric, simple design. Clamshell, nice green colour option. Only a stuff pocket in front, but potentially easy access top pocket inside main compartment for 311 baggie. Zippered water bottle pocket (reports of this not working well, as well as straps slipping while being worn). 2.4 pounds.

AbleCarry 30L Max $260 - Love the looks of this one, but would prefer it to be smaller. Nice green and blue colour options. Great pocket options, not too much padding for laptop etc. Zippered water bottle pocket. 3.7 pounds

Knack Series 2 Expandable Pack Med 24-35L $245 - Nice green and blue colours but the expanded size is too big and the zipped up size is too small. Also have compressible packing cubes. Zipper water bottle pocket. Looks a little more padded/bulky, and front pocket is maybe too tech-focused for my needs. 3 pounds. Sticks out a lot in expanded mode.

MacPac UTSIFU 25L (currently unavailable, from NZ)

Cotopaxi Allpa 28L Del Dia $165 - love the bright combinations. 2 pounds 10 ounces. Wondering about if the top pocket accessibility would allow for the 311 bag. No water bottle pocket.

TopoDesigns 30L $244 - Love the square design, fun colours, and seemingly useful pockets. Company also has perfectly sized packing cubes for the bag. No water bottle pocket. Don’t like the waist straps but I can fiddle to keep them clipped away. 2.6 pounds

CabinMax Manhattan 30L 45 Euros - fantastic design, too big though. good water bottle pocket. But only black/grey :(

CabinMax Metz 30L - great design, good colour options, still too big. No water bottle pocket.

Cabin Zero 28L Classic $60 - very basic. Plain shoulder straps, side and top handles. No pocket for liquids baggie. Nice colour options, 1.5 pounds. Simple, no super padded laptop thingy, but is “short” and sticks out a lot. No water bottle pocket but could shove it in one of the compression straps on the side. \*\* note: some folks are skeptical of sizing claims but reviewers say it packs efficiently and similarly to comparable litre measurements.

MEI Mini Voyager Under the seat bag - 25L $85 - not enough pictures to tell what it’s like.

Hynes Eagle 28L Flight Approved Carry On $50 - looks great but suspicious of price tag. Only comes in black, grey, blue. Pockets on front look very usable for in flight usage. No water bottle pocket. Currently sold out.

Tom Bihn Synapse 25L $220 - don't really like the design, but nice colour options. maybe a tiny bit small and not sure about the usability of the smaller outside pockets, but seems very well designed and a popular bag with one-bag travellers.

Tohm Bihn Western Flyer 26L $250 - great design-wise but very business-y looking and only black. Strange water bottle pocket and more of a briefcase-y look.

Hedgren Zenith/Equator 16L $170 - really love this one - simple design, but it only comes in 16L

eBags Pro Slim Weekender $120 - no capacity rating on this one but has similar measurements to the Bellroy Transit so estimate around 25-28L. Is very padded, very laptop/tablet focused so capacity is probably less, and it is 5 pounds empty. Only comes in black, grey and blue. Good pockets but some poor reviews regarding durability and zipper stickiness.

Fjallraven Kanken 20L 17” Laptop Backpack $140. Tons of colour choices, great clamshell opening, simple pocket on front. No water bottle pocket

Fjallraven Raven 28L $130 - Top loader :( . Potentially poor usage of middle pocket section - too narrow for clothes but too big for just using for liquids baggie.

Gregory - 30L option and Border Travel 25L $150 - Good packing style on the 30L but just too big., excellent water bottle pocket. Top access pocket for liquids baggie. Nice green colour option. 25L is not clamshell.

Hip Packs

Fjallraven High Coast Hip Pack 1.5L $50 - lots of colours, looks like good usability  
Osprey Arcane 1L waist pack $35 - fewer colour options but similar design

Packing cubes  
Tom Bihn A30 - strong zips  
Arcido Oxna compression cubes $35  
Cotopaxi Cubos pack of 3 $45 surprise colours, not compressing  
Qubix double compression cubes (only black, on kickstarter)  
Eagle Creek Compressible Cubes set of 2 $40

Also researched:

DB The Ramverk 21L - $269, really solid/structured design, no likey

Day Owl - nice colours, simple design, 2.4 pounds. no likey - too soft

Tortuga - 35L was the smallest size. Only black. no likey

Trakke Hoy 25L - good design, one good colour option, but looks super bulky. Yuck.

Trakke Storr 35L - $557, same as Trakke Hoy. Bulky, only one nice colour, way too expensive

AER Travel Pack 2 small 28L $230 - looks great but only black

HemiPlanet Travel Pack 28L - 229 euros, really like the design but only black

TripleAught Design Meridian Pack 25 + 40L options - $400, only black,

TripleAught Design Axiom 24L Pack - $345, olive colour, very technical/army design,

Goruck - different size options, very durable, but too expensive and too army looking.

Evergoods Civic Panel Loader 28L - only black, no water bottle pocket but loved the nice simple design.

Minaal Daily Bag 3 - 21L $299 really gorgeous and usable but only black. BLAH.

Osprey Transporter Global Carry On 36L - $180 - love almost everything about this bag but it’s too big. Great colours, good price, fantastic design. Front pocket with volume, but no water bottle pocket.

Tom Bihn - none of these are really the right size

Arcido Oxna 28L $200 - great design but only black.

Patagonia - didn’t really like any of the designs or sizes

Sharing my list on my quest to find the perfect 28L clamshell.

Great product; bad for left-handed people

0inch laptop so why would you make the compartment to hold this? Other than that great backpack.

 My big issue with this back is it lists that it can hold a 15inch laptop. The standard laptop size is 15.6inches and I assumed that this is what Swissgear meant when I purchased the bag because no one makes 15.0inch laptops

 However when you try to fit a standard 15.6inch laptop into the bag it take a lot of cramming and feels like the bag may rip. Huge design flaw. No one makes a 15

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