Stop taking risks with your expensive gear. Breeze through the rest of security, grab your backpack and head for your gate with time to browse a bookstore or people-watch with a cup of coffee in hand. If you travel with the right backpack like the Outbreaker, you can leave your laptop in your bag and get through security faster.Īt security checkpoints, unzip Outbreaker’s entire electronics compartment in the back panel and lay it flat on the conveyor belt. Specifically, the laptop-only section of your backpack needs to completely unfold and lie flat on the X-ray belt. This feature is important per TSA’s guidelines so a laptop is checkpoint-friendly. Their compartment doesn’t unzip into two halves and open up. This means that it's not TSA compliant, and Aer customers will have to remove their laptops at checkpoints. Anti-Checkpoint-FriendlyĪer made one big mistake with the Travel Pack's laptop compartment: it doesn't lie flat.
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So if one of your hands is full with a drink or snack, your free hand still accesses your phone or passport in a pocket right on your hip. The Outbreaker’s hip belt has two zippered pockets for your most valuable items. If you lost your phone or passport, your trip would hollering mayday and preparing for emergency exit escapes.
Your phone and passport are the last two things in your hands at the airport whether you’re in security or at your gate. Wouldn’t it be easier to have the pocket on a hip belt, accessible in a single movement from your hands? You have to take off the backpack and swivel it around to access the pocket, wasting valuable minutes. I was still feeling sore shoulders after walking with this bag on my back around the airport after just 15–20 minutes." Hain-Lee Hsueh at Pangolins with Packs No Reachable Pockets for Passport or PhoneĪer has a zippered pocket on the top of their backpack, pointing out this pocket is a “dedicated quick access pocket for your small items and travel documents.” "The most major pain point for me was literally the pain of carrying it on my back. Because I almost always pack the bag full, it is pretty heavy, and the bag’s affordances to alleviate or distribute the load were found wanting. The Aer Travel Pack is a small 33L, but it'll feel heavier than its load because all the weigh rides on your shoulders.Įven though the Outbreaker is a larger bag at 35L and 45L, with its padded hip belt, your shoulders and back will be more comfortable. A hip belt spares you lots of shoulder and back pain. This shift of weight means you minimize the strain on your shoulders and back. Your stronger glute and leg muscles can now carry 80% of the load. It simply won't be comfortable.Ī hip belt’s entire purpose is to distribute weight from your shoulders and onto your hips. Without a hip belt, too much weight will always be borne by your shoulders. Without a padded, weight-bearing hip belt, you carry your pack’s entire load on your shoulders. The Aer Travel Pack is missing one vital feature: a hip belt.