Eagle Creek Luggage Travel Bug Backpack

First of all, I love Eagle Creek products: good quality, lots of nice details. They've been in the business of making good travel/carrying gear for a long time and it shows.

I bought this for the current-gen iPad and was not terribly careful noting the dimensions. I think saying there's a space for the water bottle on the side is a bit misleading: there's no way any sized bottle fits in there, and once you have that as a baseline for the rest of the size, you might make the same mistake I did and think it's a bit larger than it is.

It is *just large enough* for an iPad, and frankly the interior pocket is not quite large enough to fit 8 1/2x11" sheet of paper. (I had to carry a handful of papers and had to trim the folder carrying them down to exactly the paper size, including cutting off the tab and slicing off the top/sides. The folder/papers still gets bent in the corners and I have to shake and adjust the folder in the bag to make sure it's sitting all the way on the bottom. I can live with it, but that's to give you an idea of the overall size. And it does feel a little silly negotiating around items of such an obvious size. I mean, other than a fanny pack or clutch that's obviously meant to be small, why would you make something *almost* big enough for an obvious thing people want to carry?)

That said, it's a nice *but very small* backpack.

This backpack will fit an ipad + a thin summer sweater + a few other small items. It has a bottle pocket on the side that fits my slim thermos. It has another pocket on the other side that I haven't quite figured out the intended use for. Earbuds were suggested. My only complaint: the front outside pocket doesn't really have the right organization for money. It does have credit card slots, a key ring, a pocket for glasses, a pen slot. It just doesn't have a pocket wide enough for bills. An annoying oversight, so I just fold my money and put it in the small zippered pocket inside the pack. There is a main space inside the pack, the tablet pocket which has a little padding behind it, and the small zippered pocket which I stuff bills into. I usually look for an exterior back pocket which this pack doesn't have, but what it does have fills my needs.

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Sure, it's small, but it provided all the space I needed during the day for a 17 day tour of Italy. Plus, it is small enough that I didn't have to check it in churches and museums. (My husband had a daypack that was only slightly larger and he was often required to leave his with bag-check.) The front zippered pocket of the Travel Bug has far more options for small snacks and map organization than any other bag I looked at. I had enough room for a pencil set and in the main compartment I kept a guidebook, sketchbook, journal, and, on occasion, even my women's size 8 Chaco sandals just in case I wanted to slip my light hikers off and wade into the water along the Riviera. The small, handy, elastic pocket on the side will fit a small bottled water, though not a full-sized water bottle. This bag looks sleek, stylish, is lightweight (though obviously one can make it heavier with stuff). I even had several people along the way ask where I bought it because they wanted one. My ONLY complaint is the length of padding on the straps. It could have been designed to be a little longer so that the buckles don't rub the arm pits. Overall though, it's a little gem of an bag!

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Thought this would be a better option than a full size pack but the straps barely fit mean average size guy. Otherwise the quality looks good and the pockets were what I was looking for

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I bought one bug bag from eagle creek and use it quite daily to put one umbrella , 6" Sony reader , and my purse .

My colleagues complimented it as its so small when i carry behind my back , nobody will notice i'm carrying a bag with because the bag is so tiny.

When my mom saw my bag , she loves it so much that she requested me to buy one for her . Since I seldom see her as she stay quite far away from my own family , I decided to give her mine .

We went traveling together to Australia , she carry it out proudly putting her umbrella, a water bottle (Tupperware 500ml) and her sweater. She loves it and it suits her as its a black color.

The bug bag I gave to my mom has discontinued so I ordered this new series . The size is the same but this new one suits me better because it did not have the line zipper at the front , but have a bigger compartment similar to the bigger eagle creek bag that you can zip. The older one has 2 compartment which is very slim, therefore I cannot put bulky things into it. But the new model , I can put thicker things in it such as Tupperware water bottle the flat type which is 1litre in size. It fits snugly . The older bug bag unable to do so as the compartment division is different. I use it daily and I love it .

I am really satisfied with this bag except the strap should be thicker and longer . As now it's just nice to carry around my shoulder but I cannot loosen it . If I wanted to take out my things I need to unhook off my shoulder to take my things out , unlike my bigger eagle creek bag , which has longer and thicker strap which is comfortable to carry for hours. Deduct 1 star for this.