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By: Andrés

Andrés — Wed, 13 Apr 2011 15:06:21 +0000

My personal experience with THIS backpack:

in the begining we noticed how uncomfortable the backpack straps are, behing your neck/head area, it continuosly grabs and hangs on your skin. This is due to the “handle” built out of the backpack straps which instead of seperating, unite instead.

After 2 weeks of usage in easy, light-weight day trips the backpack BROKE. A HOLE was made by the rupture of the backpack fabric right where the seam/rubber patch holds the back-straps to the fabric. This means now I have a hole where the water gushes in everytime water slips through my back in the rain…. and I bought this for its waterproof quality! bah!

Then the WAIST-STRAP, continuosly slipped-OFF the backpack, it seems there its a factory-mistake (yet another).

I later discovered that the Urban Backpack is made in CHINA. While the other-one I own Sealline PRO back pack is made in the USA.

Conclusion: the Urban Backpack is a bad-quality, expensive backpack that is in no way value for money! I would rather buy a 10 dollar bag at a chinise-cheap store, in the end, it would last just as long!

By: tim

tim — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 01:14:33 +0000

i just got this bag in a large and it looks HUGEEE. I don’t know whether to return it or risk opening it to see how it fits..

any advice on small vs large?

i’ve compared the volumes and don’t want to end up with a bag too small because i want to use it for school, but have space to carry climbing shoes and a change of clothes or a day trip hi

By: Arleigh

Arleigh — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 13:40:13 +0000

Rocketman – I attached lights and reflectors to the slits on the pocket on the back with reinforcement from a zip tie.

By: rocketman

rocketman — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 05:14:03 +0000

There’s no way (shy of duct tape) to attach lights or reflectors to this bag, something anyone riding in the rain needs to consider.

By: Maddy

Maddy — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 08:33:08 +0000

I just bought one of these yesterday, filled it full of work clothes, etc, and have to say emphatically that it is amazing. Honestly, the bag is so lightweight that I can hardly feel it. Even loaded, it sits so comfortably that the load disappears. I was torn between this bag and the Ortlieb, but the secure fastener and lighter weight of this pack won.

By: jstreetride

jstreetride — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 12:59:07 +0000

what other colors does it come in?

By: Arleigh

Arleigh — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 11:59:48 +0000

Bamajim,

thank you for the input! Again I have never seen or touched one of these bags to know how the are constructed.

By: James

James — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 11:38:39 +0000

The major problem with wearing that pack is that you will look like you are leading an amphibious assault. Seriously, it’s a giant rubber bag. This is WWII technology. It’s even olive green!

Other than being ugly, if water ever does get inside, it’s going to make a big puddle in the bottom.

By: BamaJim

BamaJim — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 03:16:21 +0000

I use the banjo brothers bag for my commutes, and the bag does have a fold over design underneath the top cover for waterproofness.

By: Ghost Rider

Ghost Rider — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 23:45:47 +0000

Arleigh, you made a smart move getting the smaller size…plenty roomy, as you’ve discovered. The big one is just too freaking big!!!