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Review on πŸŽ’ Pacsafe Metrosafe Travel Backpack with Anti-Theft Features by Martin Alvarez

Revainrating 5 out of 5

If you need to carry your laptop around, this Pacsafe is for you.

I had and loved my Pacsafe sling. I've had it for over 5 years now. Since I was only carrying my iPad mini, the strap was great. I have traveled with it a lot and used it every day. It was great and met all my needs. While reviewing the backpack below, I should add that one of the wire meshes on my webbing has "torn" and popped out of the webbing waist area. It happened around the age of 4. I fixed it with tape and all is good. I recently found out that Pacsafe has a 5 year labor warranty which I would have availed had I known about it. Since the company makes good products, I assume they would honor their warranty. I gave the sling to my son who used it on a trip to China so it's still very useful for breaking wires and ties. If this happens to my backpack, I will "return" it to Pacsafe. Let me talk about the backpack. I recently bought a laptop that I will be traveling with, so my sling is now too small. Because I like the safety of Pacsafe products, I switched to a backpack. On a recent trip to Hai, I packed my 13-inch laptop, a mini iPad, all charging cables, a book to read on the plane, a stainless steel water bottle, a light jacket, and a few other items in my backpack. no problem. The package weighed 10 pounds. I mentioned the weight because when the sling was "full" it put some strain on my shoulder, forcing me to switch shoulders. With both straps on the backpack, weight wasn't an issue. If I use it daily, it has way more space than I need. I thought it might be a problem when contemplating buying it, but after using it I got used to it easily. It's not too big for everyday use. Also, since there are two straps, I can easily use them separately on both shoulders if I want to. All in all I highly recommend this backpack if you need extra space. I use a zippered mesh pocket to store receipts and RFID for credit cards. The computer bag holds my iPad which gets "lost" in the bag while another large bag holds all my various items. All security features are available when you need them and invisible when you don't.

Pros
  • Nice to use
Cons
  • old