Ditto for mid-sized items that need more protection, like a camera or a portable game console. If you want to carry pens, cables, SD cards, or other assorted bric-a-brac, you’ll need to either let them loose in one of the larger pockets or supply your own organizer. Michael Criderīut that’s pretty much it in terms of organization. The front-top pocket closes with a magnetic snap, allowing easy access to important stuff. The lower-front pocket uses a standard zipper and comes with an interior key fob, and the top pocket holds itself closed with a magnet, making it ideal for quickly grabbing phones, passports, or batteries. Aside from the laptop pocket and two water bottle pouches on either side, there are only two more pockets on the bag. Unfortunately, you’re going to have to do a lot of organizing yourself on that trip.
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That should be enough for a long weekend and toiletries, plus a laptop in the padded exterior zipper compartment. And it’s a lot: at its maximum volume, the bag holds 15 liters. The rest of the space is dedicated to holding as many loose items as it possibly can. Inside the large main pocket are just two interior pockets, one zippered and one shallow and lined with super-soft material for a tablet. The strap for securing the roll top uses a unique magnetic sliding clasp. But the whole thing isn’t that much easier than a standard locking clasp you’d see on many backpacks, so I don’t find it as compelling as, say, the magnetic snap closure on the Peak Design bags. And it’s a nice mechanism, to be sure: you can slide the clasp out easily with one hand, and getting the two points sort of near each other is enough to snap it back into place via the sliding magnet design. WaterField makes the magnetic clasp keeping the rolltop secure a significant focus of its marketing. The bag rolls out for a massive maximum capacity of 15 liters.
On both points, the Tech Rolltop is adequate. The idea is that it’s capable of holding a startling amount of stuff when necessary and becoming more compact when not. The essence of a roll-top bag is, well, the fact that the top rolls up. Combine that with a very high price tag, and it just doesn’t make a compelling offering as a premium bag.
There’s no accounting for taste, but I can’t say I was in love with its low-key looks, either. Unfortunately, its massive storage capacity is weighed down, literally, by a heavy build that doesn’t offer much flexibility as a trade-off. That’s what I did when the company sent me the larger version of the bag.
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