Review on Expandable Ibera PakRak Trunk Bag With 2-In-1 Panniers, Quick Release Clip-On Design, And Detachable Shoulder Strap For Commuter Bikes by Michael Miner

Update: after a year of use, this bag is still an excellent purchase. It's impressive how much it can swallow in terms of things like groceries. My original criticisms still apply, but overall this bag is well worth it. If and when it wears out, I'll be getting a second one. Hopefully by then they'll have made a few adjustments to make a great product even better.I've had this bag for a few weeks now and I have very few, if any, real complaints. The bag itself is spacious and seems to be made of sturdy material. It makes a huge difference on my commute to work where I can now get my cargo off my back and onto a bike rack, producing less sweat as I ride around. The quick clips seem to securely hold the bag in place. The road I ride on has some pretty bad stretches of pot holes and I've never once felt as though the bag was in danger of coming off the rack.Comparative to other brand trunk bags in this price range, you aren't likely to get a better value on price to available space. The bag with the panniers extended is over 20 liters. The panniers themselves can be used as a regular pocket when not extended (there is an internal zipper to open the pannier compartment).Overall, I love the bag. The only complaints I can raise so far are the following:1. The zippers seem to stick sometimes. They don't feel like they're as good in construction as the rest of the bag. I treat the zippers gently but I expect to have to replace them in the future and that if something breaks, this would be the first piece to go.2. The zipper for the main compartment and the zipper for the main compartment extension are seated too close to each other and I often find myself grabbing the wrong one. This doesn't affect the function of the bag, but it is somewhat annoying. It would go a long way in terms of design to make the zipper tab for the compartment extension a different color from the zipper tab for the main compartment.3. The tail light hanger leaves something to be desired. My tail light often ends up set into a position where it's angled down towards the ground, ruining any effectiveness of the strobe to vehicles behind me.4. I wish the panniers were maybe half an inch bigger on each side. They hold a lot of things but it's *just* shy of being able to close around a standard letter size manila envelope. I've put a couple in there and it zips partially and the envelopes seem to be secure (They haven't fallen out yet), but being able to close it would be fantastic. Given the current size of the side pocket and the pannier overall, there shouldn't be a real issue with that slight storage increase where it interferes with the dimensions of the rest of the bag.