Topo Designs Travel Bag 30L

It was definitely manageable to use for daily use, and that was a really well-made bag from Burton. It was a little bit lower on the price range about...

I recently completed my first attempt at onebagging, a week long trip to St. John, USVI and I have to say I’m pretty pleased at how it went. I have a Topo Designs 30L Travel Bag and I think it performed extremely well, it accomplished everything that I needed it to all I need to do now is to optimize how I pack it and cut down on some unnecessary items.

For heavy weight packing which requires extended walking I prefer the Topo 30L for the padded waistband and ability to hold the mass closer to the body. For either pack I think I would include a smaller daypack for normal 'out and around' (although - in a pinch - the Allpa 28 is preferred.) Either way - both of these are well-made packs and I am happy with the fit and durability in my limited experience.

* [Topo Designs Global Travel Bag Not a huge fan of this look, but it technically checks all of my boxes. There are also some concerns here about the slim water bottle pocket, but I saw a review specifically stating that this worked well for somebody with a similar frame to mine.

* its too small!. * the clamshell opens onto a section of no volume ... We'd love to find a light quality pack with many many organization options like that thats just larger a bit more robust. I don't need a laptop sleeve in this pack, or "milspec" materials, or "tactical" looks, etc. We've thought of going towards a "big empty space" style bag, like a Topo Travel Bag 30L, and using packing cubes to organize the space, but this seems like overkill when this Ruvalino already exists,I just need a bigger and better one.

* Topo Global Travel 30L - looks great and they seem to have a great rep here, but its a little pricey. * Topo Mountain Pack looks pretty cool as well - they seem to have a silver one on sale, which I actually don't hate, but at 36L - is it too big?. Really grateful for any pointers or suggestions, hopefully these bags I've looked at will help show what I'm after. Thanks for reading!.

Between the weird layouts of the side pockets on the 20l zip that (in my opinion) fold out the wrong way, and the rear pouch that is just too hard to access once the main bag is full, I’m happy to see peak design have just popped zipper pockets inside the main case of the 30l for organising stuff you don’t need in transit and a much easier to access pocket at the front. - Better through hiking comparability.

I’ve had their everyday backpack 20L and 30L, their travel backpack, the 5L and 10L sling bags and every single one of them were woefully under built in the strap department. They are okay if empty in the store but as soon as they have a load, they are a huge pain. As cool as their bags are, I wouldn’t ever consider them anymore.

I would say you should get the 30L travel backpack! I used the 30L EDB for my last semester in college but I was lucky because I never had to carry any books or papers with me but now that I have the 45L Travel backpack I probably would've used that more TBH.