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 Like most camera-specific hiking bags, there really is no way to organize your gear this way and maintain the easy access. So, there is a trade-off for the rotational quick access. There are a lot of ways to attach and configure gear to the outside of the bag, which does help to move some of the heavier bits to better locations.  You can break the bag down into three main sections: the ROTATION 180° 10L waist pack, the main 40L compartment, and the external pockets and attachment points

 You can also fit a 70-200mm or 100-400mm lens attached to a body the long way. So, there are a lot of options depending on your needs.  Overall improved design with traditional hiking features Plenty of straps, gear loops, and mounting points The floating pocket top Drawstring closure and expandable top section Magnetic waist pack lid Durable and weather-resistant materials Waistband pocket

 It’s clear that MindShift Gear looked at what features were desired in a traditional hiking pack when redesigning the 50L and also pulled several features from their Backlight series of packs. There are two standout features when first looking at the bag that are improvements over the previous version. One is a large stash pocket along the length of the front, perfect for storing rain gear or warmer layers. Lots of bags come with some sort of pocket on the front, but this is in addition to a weather-sealed laptop pocket underneath

 It is definitely a major improvement over the design of the previous bag; yet, in my experience, even the best-ventilated back panel is going to leave you sweaty in warm weather.  Once properly fit and adjusted, the weight distribution is pretty good. I could easily scramble up some rocky areas with the pack fully loaded without it feeling like it would sway side to side. When hiking, you typically want your heaviest gear towards the middle against your back and attached on the outside, with the medium weight at the top and lightest gear on the bottom

A Review of MindShift Gear's Newest Series of ROTATION 180° Adventure Backpacks

 For me, the 34L is plenty bag for my photo trips - and it fits in most overhead bins (check those regional flights ... smaller planes are always a challenge)

 You can also use the pouch on the left side of the bag. There is a strap on the side to secure the top of the tripod, lashing it to the side of the bag. Heavier tripods may skew weight distribution, though.          Wide shoulder straps distribute the back weight and a padded, breathable back make the Rotation 34L Backpack comfortable

 Scott ... didn’t you just say the great thing about the bag is not having to put it down? :) Yes, that’s 100% true

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 This mesh is over a squishy green foam material, so we get some better breathability on this back panel and it's just a little more comfortable on the shoulder blades. With these two panels. It'S a full 10 point adjustable harness system. So, let's flip that over we've got of course, a little whistle on the sternum strap

 You know when i'm traveling with it somewhere on a day-to-day basis when i'm just out walking with one of these rotation packs. I don't need to use that zipper, and that means when you do get it out, and you want to access your camera much faster. Actually, just one-handed with these little tabs to pull the magnets open. Okay, so that's cool! That'S a nice addition to all of the rotation bags in this update in the top section here, just a little pocket again for batteries

 That'S not available with the 22 liter. What you can store for your camera gear is is all in the bottom here, so this top section here is just going to be for all your other day, hiking stuff, your outdoor gear, okay. So let's zip that up! Let'S flip it over now on the back here we can see another big change between this version of the rotation packs and the previous versions. So basically, what we have here is an adjustable torso length

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 It'S it's much more. You know just kind of uh fluid and squishy and the newer bag it's just firmer and has a better shape to it overall, so uh slightly slightly thicker, which means there's slightly more capacity in there all said and done. These are both 34 liter bags and i don't know why we measure bag capacity in liters - it's, i guess kind of, like we measure light and candle power, but anyway it's it's a good sized bag. This is the medium-sized bag of the rotation series

 They really are uh same height, really about the same width. The uh, you know the strapping is all good. The stitching is all good. All of those things are, the same

 You just want to get that gear quickly, take a couple of photos and continue with your hike. We'Ve talked about fit and finish and construction, a capacity of both the inner pouch, as well as the top part of the bag, the pouches and accesses on the side. Tripod mounts: what else can i tell you about this bag? There is, there is a custom rain cover and the custom part is important because that lets you have a rain cover that works with that rotation portion of the bag. So the cover will fit on there and still allow you to access that inner belt pack get to your most critical gear

 I just pulled the thing out: i'm leaving everything, as is i kind of leave the zippers open on the stashmaster when i have it in the bag. There is a safety strap here that connects across the top, so i wouldn't have this flap like open up. Surprisingly, on me and have any gear spill out, i can always zip it closed. If i want to another way, is to take out there's a foam insert inside the top part of this dash master

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 Of course, this is always the same. We'Ve got the sternum strap with the emergency whistle. We actually have some really nice thick shoulder padding here. Using the same material, that's been on, most of the recent mind shift bags all of the backlight bags if you're familiar with those big thick lumber, support, really nice and deep

 Just kind of day-to-day accessories get a flashlight in there now there is also a little key clip doodad. Of course, i don't use these for keys, but i do put my memory card wallet on this thing every time now your memory card could have a thousand dollars worth of memory cards in it these days so important to secure that. So that's in the top there more of these little loops to attach things to this is the main zipper again, not an aqua guard zipper, but a big flap to prevent the rain running directly onto the zipper so unzip that top half of the bag, big elastic Pocket here put your binoculars in there put some more clothing. In there i mean there's a there's: a ton of space in the top of this 34 liter version for non-photography stuff, if you're just keeping your camera in the bottom of the bag, which we'll get to got this little strap here as well

 There'S a tripod cup and a strap in the bottom. So if you want to front carry your tripod put the feet in here, secure it with that strap and then behind this other green tab is a second strap, so you can front, carry the tripod! You know. I don't recommend doing that if you have a very big heavy tripod, because it puts the weight away from your center of gravity pulls you backwards, but if you've got a smaller tripod front, carrying is an option put this away now. Another option is on the side here, so a big stretchy

 I really like this color. Then we have another big feature for these new versions and that is adjustable torso straps. So if i was to pull this open, if i was to pull open a little further, you can then slide this whole thing up. You have about this much adjustment there about three or four inches to slide the whole

MindShift Rotation 34L Review - Is This System a Genius Idea??

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The build quality is excellent. If you want a light, rugged day pack for bike-commuting with nothing to snag you, this might be it. If you want it as a daily-use school bag, I would pass on this one, and go for one of Thule's ironically smaller (25L) "crossover" bags that seem to hold way more than this. See my photos for how the bottom half of the front pouch is nearly useless space

The bad: This pack will never standup on its own. The sleek design means it rolls forward every time. The drink pockets that zip close? They are so tight that my water bottle barely fits, and the effort usually causes the bag to roll, and once for me to spill coffee everywhere. The 30L? I don't know where

 The pouch from front to back is very narrow. I never did get anywhere near 30L to fit in this bag, and any effort to fill it caused it to be nearly unusuable as you had to pull everything out to find your stuff.

 This is a tight-fitting bag, I don't know where they hid 30L of capacity, but it feels very tight. The zipper on the front pouch only goes down a little ways, so the very-thick front pouch requires its lid to be held open and I invariably lose stuff in the bottom and have to dig around to find it. The soft protection pocket for sunglasses is not nearly as protected as my previous Thule bag, which had a removable reinforced glasses case. The main pouch suffers from being very narrow and the zipper only going halfway (with the strong design of the bag also) forcing you to dig around to find items

4 Stars for good build quality, but moved on.

 I commute on the subway in NYC and need something flexible as things come up. The 23L was perfect if I just had a laptop to haul around -- but occasionally I have to bring home something from work (or to work - like my lunch). I also use my backpack when traveling and the larger version can fit a weekend worth of clothes where the smaller wouldn't fit.  I found the 30L much more suitable for my daily needs - but yours may vary

I purchased both the 23L and 30L Subterra to compare because I was unsure of the size (see the photo if you're interested in a side-by-side profile shot of both). I found the 30L to be more useful for me, day-to-day. I commute on the subway in NYC and need something flexible as things come up. The 23L was perfect if I just had a laptop to haul around -- but occasionally I have to bring home something from work (or to work - like my lunch)

The perfect sized backpack for every day use

 The laptop sleeve fits my HP Spectre X360 15" laptop perfectly. I LOVE that you can insert it in the sleeve at the top/inside of the bag but can access it via a zipper on the outside/side of the bag as well. I also keep my iPad Air 2 and all of my iPad and Laptop accessories and chargers etc. inside

 For the price, this backpack really does have it all (well, almost).  I mentioned that I use it for work. The laptop sleeve fits my HP Spectre X360 15" laptop perfectly. I LOVE that you can insert it in the sleeve at the top/inside of the bag but can access it via a zipper on the outside/side of the bag as well

The best backpack ever.  Period.  For professionals, students and travelers.  I would know!

 Good: good quality and very durable material, I do not see anything else Bad: front zipper hard to open because front storage always being push, storage place is very small for 30L, heavy and uncomfortable to carry. I may have to return it.

As you can see on the picture, the front is being pushed and the zipper hard to open. I have to pull out the first storage before unzipping, it is very annoying. I am not sure if mind is defective or needs break-in. This is one of the issue

Zipper hard to open, heavy and uncomfortable

 Maybe the shoulder straps could be a bit more reinforced and sturdier because if there is a failure point to this backpack, in my opinion it would be at the shoulder straps.

Awesome quality, extremely nice fit and finish

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 We got a button on this side and then yeah just kind of protect that zipper a little bit. So this is great if you need a again a carry-on in a check bag or you're traveling with somebody else, and you can each take a bag. You can both, you know, carry on a bag and then put them together once you get off the airport. Just for ease of use, this bag obviously does not have wheels or anything

 Here you can actually tuck the compression straps, underneath here, they'll still dangle a little bit off the back of that, but just to keep them a little more managed, so there's our roller bag and on the other side. Here we have this inside flap that you just kind of roll out and then there's kind of a little lip here that you turn like inside-out ish. So this button clips to this button here, it'll kind of help, keep it facing the right way and if you can just flip this around the zipper that'll just kind of help, keep that zipper, nice and clean. So when you go to zip these two back together, there's no dirt or mud or anything in there just kind of helps it keep a little more protected

 We just got a nice little grab handle here. If you need it, if you're just trying to move it around or you got a side grab handle as well, so let's get into these pockets see what this duffel is all about. So opening up this one, you got a nice quick grab pocket. We love the bright blue interior, really just turns the lights on

 Mesh pocket here - and this is attached just with like a little strap, so you can take it off if you wanted to and just make sure. This is why it had kind of a double zipper, because once you unzip it you'll need to resist a top part in here. So this just out of the way - and you just use this extra piece of fabric to create a new front of the bag. This also, if you just don't need that much room, but you still want to take a roller bag

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 But I like that the zippers come down a decent amount so that you can open it up a little bit wider to see everything that's on the inside and the layout for this compartment is really simple. It'S just a big bucket of space and I really like that to give me a lot of flexibility with how I can organize everything and so jumping into the items that I currently have in here. First up I have my air top kit and then the only other thing that I currently have here is my larger double-sided and compressible packing cube from our Quito. That has some my larger clothing items

 You can definitely fit up to a 15 inch laptop. Currently. What I have in here is my 13 inch macbook pro, but you can see there's some leftover space at the top and then at the bottom. I haven't been able to tell if this compartment is suspended

 And then, besides, that, this compartment goes all the way down to the bottom of the bag. This is one thing that I struggled with a little bit with this bag is the fact that this doesn't open a little bit lower. So it was a little hard to take full advantage of the compartments on the bottom, especially when the main area started. To get a little bit fuller, so it was hard to see kind of these zipper pockets here and to even just take full advantage of the space

 This compartment just also feels a little bit. Thicker and more padded for anything more delicate that you need to store the last area that we're gon na be taking a look at is the main compartment, and this is a top loading pocket. But I like that the zippers come down a decent amount so that you can open it up a little bit wider to see everything that's on the inside and the layout for this compartment is really simple. It'S just a big bucket of space and I really like that to give me a lot of flexibility with how I can organize everything and so jumping into the items that I currently have in here

Thule Subterra 30 Backpack Review - Solid Minimal Travel and Tech Bag

 A lot of bags will have the handle like back here or something, and you pick it up and you'll get this tilt. That'S not the case with the subterra 40 liter, even though it's a big bag, it's like pretty streamlined, which is nice and then yeah. I mean if we're going to jump right over, let's talk about the harness system, so i didn't find this harness system to be the most comfortable. I was carrying it with the included crossbody strap for the majority of my travels, which attaches here um

 I don't know if it's how the straps attach to the bag or because i had a laptop in here that kind of bulked it out, but for like fully packed travel bag, it wasn't the most comfortable. Carry that i've used. Your mileage may vary. Everybody'S body type is different

 So this is where you have a bit of an admin: organizer or admin cache whatever you want to call it, and then right here is a good place to put your phone. So if i slide my phone in here, you can just plug that in and you have a battery bank on the side. So this can hold like your extra cords and uh things of that nature, and then you've got place for a phone here, i'm just going to turn it around. So we don't have that distracting reflection from our lights and then this cord can just be fed through here and then through this little loop as well in the nylon

 For my laptop, this is the anchor nano 2.. Now i wanted to talk about this specifically because you can see this is a little wider, so when you put it in here, there's relatively good leader space here, but you can see if everything else is flat. This really sticks out

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