women-1221135:Bag-for-women

Cool bag, but not perfect for me. I recently took this bag on a week long trip through Oaxaca province in Mexico. I alternated between having lots of stuff in the bag to just having the minimum. The more stuff you put in there...the harder it is to find. There's an internal divider that sections off about 1/4 of the interior. There's an external water bottle pocket (excellent), and an external pocket with a velcro closure to put stuff you use more frequently. This would help with the black hole of the main bag, except this pocket's closure is much too insubstantial - just a small square of velcro. If you put anything of value in there, you will constantly be checking the pocket to make sure it stays closed. My main comlaint has to do with the "interior storm flap". Great idea, except it's HUGE. Really, the "flap" is a whole 'nother stuffsac. It expands the volume of the bag by 100%. Who needs to stack contents up so far that you double the height of the bag? This would just be an oddity if it wasn't for the fact that the voluminous material of the cover falls into the main content area, and just adds to the confusion within. If you cinch it closed and tuck it in, you could fish around in the dark for hours before finding the opening leading to your stuff. On the plus side, it's roomy, and the padded shoulder strap is definitely comfy.

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