IncaseEO Travel Backpack (Black) fits up to 17" MacBook Pro

This is probably the ONLY backpack on the market (by Jan 2019) that fits my specific need: [light camera gear] + [urban everyday use] +[short urban travel]. Let me explain.First, I need a bag that holds my camera gear for street photography (2-3 lenses + 1 mirrorless body). All camera bags does this job, but most of them is a overkill to me with too much padded space for camera gear and less organized space for other essentials, such as notebooks, books, kindle, Switch, chargers, cables, clothes... Or they are either not slick enough or too bulky for everyday use. That comes to my second need: urban daily carry. Taken those two needs together, I started looking into 20L bags that have a "thick" main compartment (4-5") so that I can fit a camera cub into it (I'm fine with no quick access to the camera cuz I use shoulder/wrist straps) and have a potential to expand since I also wanted to use the same bag for short urban travel so it needs to be able to fit a few clothes and a jacket. After 3 months of searching (with a $300 budget), I settled to Incase EO Travel Backpack.Pros:1. Aesthetically great for daily urban use2. Fits my essentials without expansion3. After expansion, I can put clothes for multiple days in it.4. Fits camera inserts in the front main compartment5. It is lightweight6. Love the spacious laptop compartment. I can fit my 15" MBP and its charger, a slim book, a traveler's notebook and a kindle in it.7. Love the handles. Very comfortable.To be improved:1. Use better water resistant material, especially at the bottom. Zippers feel okay, but can be better. Clips are cheap.2. Space organization is already incredible, but can be improved. e.g: i) in the front main compartment, all expandable mesh pockets are at the bottom and the space on the top is wasted. ii) make the front pocket (with the sleek horizontal zipper) big, into both the top and the bottom of the bag.3. Lack of a waist strap. Should have a detachable one4. Lack of a loop on the back to secure on luggage handles5. No D ring. Please add some inside.6. Lack of outside water bottle holder. Those large pockets in the front main compartment fit water bottles but it would be great to have a compressible one on the outside (like Aer Travel 2)7. Add a small flat compartment at the bottom for rain cover.8. Add a popular passport pocket on the back.Finally, let's compare Incase EO with several popular backpacks so that you can see the pros of it:vs [WANDRD Prvke 21]Prvke 21 fits my need. Although it has a large camera compartment, other pockets and organizations are good enough plus it's expandable. Prvke is made out of good materials including YKK zippers. However, there is a critical point that made this bag an absolutely no to me: it is not an urban bag; you look like a traveler when carrying Prvke in a city. It is a great adventure bag.vs [Boundary Supply Errant]That bag is a rising star. Boundary made a successful Prima system and is famous for their "nipple clips". This new Errant pack is made out of insanely good material (I bought it so I know it) and is very comfortable. However, I discovered 2 biggest flaws of Errant 1) space utilization: pockets fight with each other for space. 2) CB1 camera cube makes it really hard to open and close the lid. It is a great backpack if you don't have the need to put cameras.vs [Aer Travel 2]Aer has better material and better organization pockets. However, it lacks a main compartment to fit camera inserts and I don't like the look when it's compressed (literally it doesn't expand/compress).vs [Peak Design Everyday 20]I'm a big fan of PD and have multiple their products. My major concern about the Everyday 20 is that you have to use dividers to separate everything and small things may sneak between dividers. For my EO, I throw all the chargers and cables into the upper zipped pocket in the clamshell-luggage-like compartment. Of course, it also cannot compete with the volume of expanded EO.Incase, thank you for making this backpack. Please keep improving it and many of us will be happy to buy newer versions in the future.

The title really says it all. This is far and away the best backpack I've ever owned. It's light by itself, and distributes weight extremely well- to the point where even with a larger laptop inside, I can't tell the difference in weight from wearing it. It also feels quite well made, so I'm hopeful it will last me as long as my venerable Swissgear backpack that has finally given up the ghost after ten years.I've only been using it as a daily commuter bag so far, but it's designed to handle weekend trips and I'm confident it will handle them very well. The center pocket has the mesh compartments you'd expect to see in a suitcase, and by unzipping one section on the outer body you can expand the center pocket. When expanded, it can comfortably fit a couple days worth of clothing and a pair of shoes, which is never a given when you have big feet.The biggest gripe I have with it is that there's no external pocket for water bottles or coffee mugs. I bike to work and I don't love carrying my waterbottle inside the bag. Even without leaks, if you put cold water in like I do, there's always condensation on the outside of the bottle that will wet the interior of the bag. It's easily fixed with a mount for the bottle on my bike, but it'll continue to be a nuisance while traveling.As a last note: the secondary color of the bag is neon green, which wasn't clear to me from the pictures. It's a little more attention-grabbing than I'd generally prefer from my backpack, but there are only a couple small spots of it externally, so as long as you keep the pockets closed it won't get any second looks at the office.

This has to be by far one of the best backpacks I have ever used. It has plenty of compartments and pockets to store all of your stuff, and the access to each of them is easy enough. The pack maintains its form perfectly, regardless of how much or little you pack in each of the individual compartments. I have used this backpack for 3 day trips and was able to store all of my clothes and some other items.This pack is excellent for traveling, and when traveling for longer periods of time, I combine this with my Incase EO Travel Roller and can easily pack for up to 7+ days.I also use this backpack as my everyday backpack, to and from work, usually carrying my laptop, iPad, chargers and a few extra items, and frankly, it has worked great as my EDC pack (I carry it around in my motorcycle). Also, you can tighten the sides of the backpack so you can compress it and make it as compact and slim as possible, which I have found to be a very useful feature.I read some of the negative reviews here which state that the backpack materials are not good quality, and that some people have the bag rip easily. Just wanted to state that I personally have not had any problems with mine, and I have been using it daily for about 4 months now.All in all, very happy with this purchase.