MATEIN Mens Travel Backpack, Lightweight Carry on Backpack for Women, Expandable Business Backpacks, Waterproof Hiking Backpack for Outdoor Sports Rucksack Casual Daypack, Travel Essential, Black

Customer Reviews

• K. A.

  5.0 out of 5 stars Perfect for our Euro trip!

  I’ve wondered whether I really needed this backpack for my 2-week Euro trip. We’ll, I just came back from my trip, and I am so glad I purchased this bag. It is roomy, we’ll made, and simply the perfect carry-on bag.I have 2 kids, and I wanted a backpack that would fit enough snacks for a 9-hour flight, extra set of clothes for my family, and all other travel essentials (toiletries, books, tablets, etc). This bag had space for all of that + more.We decided to visit another city for a few day, and we didn’t want to bring our 2 large suitcases. And this backpack came in handy once again. We opted to store our suitcases and only bring this backpack. I was able to fit 3-days worth of clothes for my whole family (2 adults + 2 kids), as well as sandals and flip flops. The backpack has a zipper expander, which really helped!This was well worth the money, and I will be using this bag for all weekend trips going forward. I highly recommend it!

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• K. T.

  5.0 out of 5 stars Better than expected tbh

  I don't travel often but I was going on a road trip a couple weeks ago and 2 days before I realized I needed too much stuff for my usual bag. Got this one (luckily with same day delivery, a perk in and of itself) and was able to fit a little over a week's worth of clothes in it. Put my toiletries in another bag. I really liked the hide-away straps to use it like a backpack, made getting everything in and out of the house or car in one trip very easy. It opens like a suitcase which was great on my trip, I didn't have to dig around for everything. I like that it's soft sided, because I can fold it up between trips and it doesn't take up that much space at all. All in all, quite satisfied with the bag.

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• R. f.

  4.0 out of 5 stars Well made, good value

  I concur with Paul’s review below. My use for a backpack travel bag is so I can be hands-free when making my way through transportation terminals, fumbling for tickets, or reaching for handrails. Also, in some countries there are lots of stairs in terminals (particularly subways) and dragging a roller bag up and down them is hardly fun. It should be obvious that someone planning long hikes or carrying lots of specialized equipment should probably use an internal frame backpack. I don’t expect to walk more than a mile or two at any one time with a bag like this. My travel is rather conventional tourism, and having visited all 50 states and 17 countries on four continents I’ve had a chance to work out a minimalist system that can keep me going through any weather, wet or dry, from about 40°F to over 100°F, and for an indefinite period of time. I do not take a laptop, but an iPod or iPad. Everything fits into this Matein bag and a lumbar pack from Mountainsmith.I’ve previously used a book bag as a travel backpack, but being a top loading bag, digging down into it to get what I need is an inconvenience. When constantly on the move, unpacking for one or two nights is a chore, so a bag like the Matein that opens out like a suitcase is a much more practical choice.I bought this bag along with an eBags Mother Lode as both seemed to be good and I couldn’t decide just from the online info. Both look to be well made, but I kept the Matein and returned the eBags Mother Lode.The eBags Mother Lode has more padding in the shoulder straps but no padding on the back. The padding on the Matein straps is thinner than the eBag but adequate, and it’s nice to have some padding at your back so you don’t get completely poked if you don’t pack right. The eBags Mother Lode came with a shoulder strap and a waist belt, neither of which I need.The overall fit and finish of this bag is quite nice. All of the walls are padded. The zippers look to be rugged and of good quality. I did not have any problems with snagging when running the zippers around the corners of the bag.There is a strap on the back of the bag to secure it to the handle of a roller bag. The shoulder straps are stowed inside a large pocket that could be used for a laptop; there is no separate laptop compartment. The straps attach at the bottom of the bag with metal clips and rings that are easy to operate, in contrast to the plastic ones on the eBags Mother Lode unit, which I found a little hard to disengage. The Matein straps look to be well attached at the top and the bottom rings are sewn into reinforced triangle-shaped flaps that look like they will take quite a bit of stress.The hand straps at the top and side of the bag aren’t as well padded as the eBags Mother Lode, but considering that this is supposed to be a backpack, I don’t have any issue with this; they’ll serve just fine.The product description says there are Velcro compression straps inside the main compartment. This is incorrect (The description may have been corrected by the time you read this.). The retainer system consists of four elastic bands that connect in the middle with a clip. This is the only weakness I found in the bag, and was a disappointment to me, and why my rating is four stars instead of five, as the elastic doesn’t seem much stronger than that in my Jockey shorts, and doesn’t look like it will last all that long. But in the event that the elastic fails, the external compression straps will more than likely suffice. By the way, compression straps are important. I once took a trip with a large backpack bag that had none and the bag sagged like a plastic trash bag and the contents sloshed around uncontrollably.The secondary compartment of the Matein has two zippered inner pockets and a couple of smaller ones that would be handy for pens and such. There is a smaller compartment on the back (the angled zipper in the photos) that measures about 9 x 11 inches which would be a good spot for the small liquids and other stuff you’ll have to remove at security screenings.The construction of the bag looks good. All the seams are straight; exposed seams are covered with binding, and I found only one loose thread. The bag came packed in a drawstring bag that I think I’ll take along as a laundry bag. Empty, the Matein bag weighs about 2 1/2 pounds vs. almost 4 for the eBags Mother Lode, although the eBags Mother Lode is slightly larger and has more pockets. (One of the reasons I returned the eBags Mother Lode is that I don’t like lots of pockets.)This Matein bag is about half the price of the eBags Mother Lode and I am so far quite happy with what I see. When compared to the eBags Mother Lode and another nameless bag I saw in a local department store, this is a good deal. I’ll be traveling with it for about six weeks this summer and if I have anything to add to this when I return, I’ll update then.__________Update:Here’s a follow-up report. I took the backpack on one domestic trip for a week and an international trip for a month. On this latter trip we moved every two nights, and the trip took us through three countries, four airports, numerous busses, boats, trains, taxis, subways, the legendary Heathrow Terminal 5, and the ultimate travel survival test, the London underground during afternoon rush. The pack survived well. I remain disappointed with the flabby elastic retention straps on the inside, but the exterior ones took over and kept things under control. I’m a minimalist traveler — the pack was roomy enough for all my stuff excepting a few things I carry in a small waist pack. The pack came with a thin bag I used for laundry; and it folds in half easily to be stored in its original box. I have no problem recommending this for anyone needing a carry-on pack and I look forward to using it on future trips

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• S.

  5.0 out of 5 stars Airplane worthy

  Bought this just for a recent trip. it fit well under the plane seats, and I love that I can use it as a carry bag or a backpack. It has zippers to expand/contract the depth of the bag which is cool - and the straps can be zipped inside. It has elastic bands to hold clothing in place, and nice little compartments inside the outer pockets for things like phone chargers, glasses, deodorant or whatever. I was very pleased with the quality in this price point.

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• D.

  5.0 out of 5 stars Great travel/ adventure bags

  I bought two of these for my son and I on our week long trip to Myrtle Beach and we both loved them. We fit a weeks worth of clothes, toiletries etc and we even bought new shoes and a few other things while we were over there and fit them inside with ease. Plenty of zippered compartments, organizers, comfortable straps, clip straps to pull it all tight while in the airport and on planes etc and they stood up to all of our travels on the beaches, fishing boats etc even came back home looking like new. I’ll never drag luggage again. Couldn’t be happier with these bags and at a really good price at that.

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