SwissGear ScanSmart Laptop Backpack - Black

I've had this backpack for almost 6 months now and its a good solid backpack with tons of room. No defects yet and everything still in excellent working order and I do use this daily.

Cons I do find a few things odd to me. For instance: The rear compartment, where you put the laptop, has a zipper that goes down one side and only up as high as top center. I sometimes have trouoble getting my 15.6" laptop in and out of there. I cant imagine how easy to use it would be with a larger laptop. They should have at least let the zipper go all the way across the top.

The second thing that bothers me is the shoulder straps. I'm a large guy, 6'1" 250lbs and the padded part of the strap just makes it to my chest making it uncomfortable to carry using only 1 strap, like you see school kids do, so I've been wearing it using both straps.

Pros I would like to state again that I love the room this backpack has. It might not look it but it has volumes of room. I can easily carry my laptop, charger, mouse, phone charger, large bottle of ibuprophen, hairbrush, stain stick, dayplanner, lunch, dinner, two 2 liter bottles of soda, and a couple of books and still have some room to spare.

This product is perfect for the college student. Ample interior space to lug everything around in. Great pocket storage and very sturdy. This is my second Swiss Gear purchase. I will continue to support this company.

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I have a 17.3" Gateway laptop and it fits just fine. There are pockets for almost everything and I am yet to run out of room. Solidly made, no ripping or tearing.

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I've had and used a SwissGear backpack since high school and well through college. Recently, I've been traveling more and the additional step of removing my notebook from my bag has been a hassle. Chances you may drop it, or even forget it at the checkpoint are constantly on your mind. My old bag provided great padding for my notebook and was still in great condition, but it was time to upgrade. This bag changed all that for me.

I found this exact bag at a local Sam's Club for just under $40 and it's fantastic. I have passed through several airports Las Vegas (LAS), Seattle (SEA), Columbus (CMH), Orlando (MCO), New York (LGA) and countless others and have not yet had an issue with this bag. The TSA reserves the right to ask you to remove your notebook from your bag even in a ScanSmart bag, but not once since I have been using this bag have exercised that need. For storage the bag has a good amount of internal and external pockets for stowing electronics and various charging cables. The pockets on the side are great for holding my notebook charging cable and a bottled beverage.

This bag is sturdy and holds up really well. SwissGear offers a 5-year warranty with most of their bags but they are such great quality I've never had to use it so I can't comment on that process. One additional tip with this bag is when passing through security; you can put your Kippie/311 bag in the pocket inside the zip down section. As you zip your bag down flat, your Kippie/311 bag is right there for placing in one of the bins. Past the checkpoint it's easy to zip it back up and be on your way without delay.

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This backpack is awesome! I am a graduate student who travels often, so I really enjoy the scan smart feature and the laptop compartment is also easily accesible and nicely padded. It also has a ton of other really useful pockets that even keep me organized (which is quite a feat). Also, Swissgear backpacks last forever (my last one lasted almost 8 years). I would have given the backpack five stars except that the light grey portions of the backpack are much darker than they are pictured here.