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Looked around to try and find a bag that would fit my new laptop (which should be here in a day or 2) and I settled on the crumpler beer back. I will be posting a review if I can find somwhere to host the pictures (not sure if photobucket would be a good place for them) when the bag arrives. Anyone here have any experience with crumpler backpacks? There was a lack of reviews available on the internet for me to peruse before I chose the bag I wanted. I just knew I wanted a large bag that would fit a laptop and notebooks for school comfortably.
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Yea, I wasn't hit with customs neither. I also ordered it from Photocon
I'm looking for another one now
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I bought mine from Photocan. Working with them has been great, its just that Canada Post is so unreliable. It was finally attempted for delivery yesterday, of course I wasn't home so I had to wait for them to drop it at the pickup location today at 1pm (they only attempt to deliver once, then you must go pick it up yourself).
Initial Impressions: This bag is a LOT smaller than I thought (King Single backpack model). They had an example pic on the auction with a 5'8 female model, and it looked rather big. She must be a short 5'8, with a small build haha, because this bag is small. Definitely fits my 15.4" inch Asus Z71V snuggly, the laptop padding is spectacular, except for the top corners where there is no protection. I really like how the laptop sleeve is completely removable, so you can open more space in the bag, or just carry the laptop by itself some days.
One thing to note, if you look at the bag sideways, it has a heavy slant front the top. This design limits your storage capacity by quite a bit, don't know why they did it, doesn't really make the bag look prettier. External pockets are nice and deep, although with the way its designed, if you use the external pockets, it actually takes space AWAY from the internal storage. The main compartment looks good to carry a lot of items that are round, square or something, more so than other bags. Appears to be very limited though on how many flat items like textbooks and binders it can carry (because of the slant top and concave sides design).
Comfort is definitely great if you adjust the shoulder pads correctly. Too much slack makes the weight sit on your lower bag painfully, so they should be tight enough that the pack sits flat on your back. Only bag I have tried that is more comfortable is the Kensington Contour (has a crazy lumbar support design that distributes weight around your body).
Style is much better than most laptop bags. It doesn't even look like one, and blends in with most backpacks on campus. The crumpler logo is kind of cute too.
Overall I'm still undecided on the pack, I want to give it a test run for about a week first. I wanted something that could carry some books and binders too, and this bag seems really small for that. If I don't like this one I will definitely buy the Kensington Contour, since I liked everything about it except for its style and how big it looks.
BTW: Is the King Single Backpack supposed to have a cell phone pouch on one of the shoulder straps? Mine didn't come with one and I thought it did. -
Mmm, I'm looking at a backpack, can't decide on which one!
I want one that can fit my laptop inside a sleeve, and have enough room for at least 2 binders. I can probrably carry the textbooks in my arms(I need to work out my spaghetti arms)
Ordered a new Crumpler Beer back
Discussion in 'Accessories' started by Zandrox, Sep 21, 2005.
