Overall, the Fit and comfort of the Weekender Junior is ok. It’s Comfortable to Wear, but The Sternum Strap Broke! But it’s not really very comfortable, a small amount of padding here, could have made a big difference. This isn’t a huge backpack, so the thin strap does offer a little bit of support. ![]() It’s just a simple nylon strap and buckle, with no additional padding or support. The hip belt also leaves much to be desired. Skimpy Hip Belt Doesn’t Take Much Load Off Your Back There is some padding between the laptop compartment, and the back of the bag, but the material pressing against your back is just the polyester fabric. The back panel padding is also kind of weak and lacks air ventilation. So I wouldn’t count on this feature working for you. The backpack straps do come with a sternum strap, but it’s flimsily attached, and fell off during its first use. The bag using YKK plastic swivel buckles. They are detachable from the bottom, and youĬan stow them away in this top zippered pocket. The backpack straps are pretty decent, curved, good amount Carry Options Backpack straps Backpack Straps Are Comfortable But No Air Ventillation But the best solution is to use a collapsibleīottle like this one, or just put your water bottle in a different You can fix this a little, by clipping the The single attachment point, causes your water bottle toįlop around when you’re walking. But in reality, it doesn’t really work very well. Initially I thought this was a really cool design, allowing you to hide the Inside is a hidden sleeve, with a top cinch strap. The water bottle pocket in a small zippered pocket, on theįront of the bag here. Water Bottle Pocket The Water Bottle Pocket Could be Better Which you can use in combination with theĮxpandable zipper, to really squish this bag down to a compact size. There are two compression straps on either side of the bag, Compression Straps / Buckles Side Compression Straps Help Squish Bag Down ![]() But the main pocket is large enough to store a jacket, or other large bulky items. This front organizational compartment has several smaller, zippered pockets inside of it. As well as a small front slash pocket, which is good for non-valuables. ![]() There is a large pocket on the top here, with a lockable zipper, which is easily big enough for a camera. External Organization Large Front Pocket Holds Tons of Gear a detachable hip belt, shoulder strap, and a few externalĪccess pockets. The main features are hide away backpack straps, two sideĬarry handles, a stow away water bottle pocket, an expandable zipper, sideĬompression straps. Now looking at the external components and organization of External Components Exterior Front and Top Pockets For Small Items They are both designed to be carry on size for a majority of airlines, with the Junior measuring in at 19.5″ x 14″ x 9″ and holding about 41.5 liter capacity. Layout, width and depth dimensions, but the Junior is about 2.5 inches shorter, Size Weekender, which is a max-sized 22”x14”x9” bag. The Weekender Junior here, is the smaller cousin the full You don’t want to skimp on the hardware, so here they used all high quality YKK plastic buckles and clips.Ĭarry On Dimensions 19.5″ x 14” x 9” (7.7 x 5.4 x 3.5cm) The rest of the materials used in the Weekender Junior is pretty solid. High Quality Plastic YKK Buckles and Hardware But this doesn’t really provide as much security as the locking zippers do. However they do provide a small metal ring, that you can secure to the zipper using a small carabiner. But mysteriously, there is no double locking zipper on the laptop compartment. They provide locking zippers on 3 of the compartments, the main compartment, the front organizational pocket, and this small top pouch. Locking Zips on Main, Front, and Top Pockets ![]() While reducing the price by using less expensive zips on some of the smaller pockets. This ensures you get a high quality zipper where you need it. They use #8 YKK zippers on all of the main compartments, and eBags brand zips on most of the small accent pockets. Zippers and Hardware High Quality YKK and eBags Brand ZippersĮBags used an interesting combination of zippers and hardware on the Weekender Junior, that helps maximize the quality, while keeping the price low. However when you’re talking about a high denier like on this bag, it doesn’t make much of a difference in strength, and actually helps reduce the price of the backpack. I’ve mentioned before that ounce for ounce, polyester fabric isn’t as strong as nylon. It’s an untreated material, so this bag is not going to be The Weekender Junior is made from a combination of 840ĭenier polyester, with 900 denier accents on the bottom, where the bag gets the
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