Knog Big Dog Messenger Bag

I ordered the Knog Big Dog in the Lime green edition and was pleasantly surprised by how it looked, while it is brightly colored the colors are smooth and less garish than they might appear.

Onto the bag itself, the strap is separate from the bag itself and attaches with a metal 'clip/buckle' on each side, this attachment is initially rather awkward but one attached it is secure though the metal of the buckles does feel a little cheap, though that could just be my impression. The quality of the bag is good and the pockets are well laid out, with one large open area, one large laptop sleeve and one more full length open zipped pocket behind the laptop sleeve. The other pockets are a nice mix of zippered and non zippered pockets, there is room in the laptop sleeve for a 15 in laptop along with a second laptop sleeve for extra padding. The two easy access pockets on the front are perfect for my bicycle u-lock and water bottle. The flap is closed with a single patch of velcro and two plastic ratcheting straps, they are secure ,easy to manage ,and quick to open.

The bag could use some extra rigidity since when it is nearly empty it is hard to manage and a bit cumbersome.

The quick release buckle is for me at least the single biggest caveat with this otherwise quality product, when in the closed position it prevents to strap from loosening, and when open it allows easy adjustment, the issue is that it does not stay closed. It often opens and causes the bag to suddenly loosen which can be difficult to readjust on the fly(I was able to solve this issue by placing a piece bicycle inner tube over the buckle to hold it closed).

Another issue is that the secondary strap designed to stabilize it goes along the bottom of the bag from bottom corner to bottom corner, if you like me wear the bag with the strap diagonally across your body then this strap is mostly useless, it does nothing, since it goes awkwardly over my waist or stomach depending on how high the bag rides. Unlike the Chrome messenger bags which have an underarm stabilizing strap which seems better designed.

Overall, this is a very nice bag with a large amount of storage space (it is a large bag so make sure that you have enough stuff to justify the purchase) and a well thought out layout but a strap design that lets down what would otherwise be a superb bag. At this point I have had the bag for several weeks and it seems to be holding up well with no fraying or damage.

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