Bought this pack after watching a few youtube reviews praising it, with the only flaw being that the admin space behind the water bottle pouches is kind of small. Overall it's a good bag, but there are a few things wrong with it that have me already planning to replace it. I'm just listing flaws here -- everything else about the pack is awesome so far.
1. The drawstring for the bottle pockets is two hunks of massive hard plastic on the *inside* of the pocket. Another review mentions this but I didn't realize just how huge and thick they are. See the photo. This dramatically reduces the bottle size you can accommodate. A standard 32oz Nalgene bottle won't fit even with the admin pocket entirely empty and the drawstring fully opened. I am seriously considering cutting the entire thing out with a razor and then hitting the fabric with seam tape. I really have a major problem with this, it's such a poor design decision I can't understand how it made it into production.
2. The front to back depth of the front-most pocket is way too small. You can't really use the velcro or molle in that area for anything substantial without opening the covering flap, defeating the low-viz nature of the pack.
3. If you're not using the back flap as a helmet carrier or whatever, there's no good way to stow the straps and they aren't removable.
4. If the pack is somewhat full, the snaps used to secure the front panel from being pulled open constantly catch on the molle loops when trying to zip the panel up, making it a slow and somewhat irritating process of zipping the flap up while keeping the snap out of the way.
5. As others have mentioned, the admin areas behind the bottle pockets are essentially worthless if you want to carry a bottle. You can fold up some spare cash and put it there along with a pen or pencil, but anything more and your bottle pouch volume is further reduced.
The rest of the pack is pretty great. The fact that both sides of the entire CCW pocket are covered in loop material is awesome, as is the fact that the loop area in the front pocket is stitched in such a way that the molle there is still usable. I do not carry a laptop in this bag and I'm happy that the weird laptop suspension pocket thing is also velcroed in place and easy to remove. The main compartment is very spacious with that out of the way. The pack is comfortable, and while the waist belt is not load bearing, it's still good for stability when hiking or riding a bike or motorcycle.
Overall I think the pack will more than hold me over long enough to find one I *really* like. Maybe Vertx even has a 3.0 in the works that addresses these shortcomings.
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