Okay, so you’re packing for your business trip. You have your roller board (filled with only a tiny baggy of 3.4 oz. liquids), your laptop case and your purse if you’re a girl or your “european carry-all” (a la Jerry Seinfeld) if you’re a boy…and that’s it. That’s all you have room for, unless you want to check your bags and possibly never see them again. Unless you get a Zip-Out backpack from Baggallini. I got my first Baggallini for Christmas last year, which is a whopper of a bag that zips up in to a handy pouch. So I recently got to wondering whether or not Baggallini had a solution for my business travel day-trip needs. You know what I mean? You’re off work and you have a few hours to go to the beach or you’re renting a bike to take a spin on the Denver Trails or you’re going to shoot some photos in your destination city. Well, it turns out they do. I ordered and received the Zip-Out Backpack from ebags.com and it’s probably my greatest purchase this year. With the possible exception of the Monte Velho I’m drinking right now.
Really, I LOVE this bag. It is a full size backpack that folds in to itself and zips up in a tiny 7″ x 7″ pouch. The zipper part converts in to the front pouch (where you would keep your keys and cell phone, etc.) and the larger compartment has a drawstring. It will easily fit in to your suitcase and gives you a place to store whatever you need while you’re on a trip without sacrificing too much space in your roller board. At $20.00, it’s a bargain.
So to recap, this is a full-size backpack with 34″ of linear space that zips up in to a 7″ x 7″ pouch to give you the convenience of a backpack AND fits easily in your luggage. At 10 oz., it isn’t even going to weigh you down.
It’s a backpack for the business traveler who can’t get rid of his or her backpacker ways.
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In retrospect, this product is a piece of crap. My first one was damaged after I used it all of 3 times. The clasp broke away. The replacement, which I have now, will not stay buttoned. The flap that goes over the top is too short to stay buttoned when the backpack is full of gear and heavier.
The last thing I need is some gaping backpack hole when I’m walking through a crowd. I might as well just go hand my wallet and camera to the bad guys.
I would skip it unless they make some design improvements.
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