10 Epic Minimal Travel Bags
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- čas přidán 30. 06. 2024
- Here's a handful of the best minimal travel bags out there. Hands free backpack travel. #TravelLight
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0:55 favorite slings: matterful.co/tech-slings-fann...
Bellroy Sling: matterful.co/bag/bellroy-sling/
Camelbak Pivot: bag.gg/CamelPivot
Latest sling vid: • 13 Epic Daily Carry Sl...
1:28 Kathmandu Transfer 28: bag.gg/KathTransfer28
1:38 Kathmandu Litehaul 38: matterful.co/bag/kathmandu-li...
Carry Accessories: matterful.co/carry-accessories/
2:20 Aer Go Packable Backpack: matterful.co/bag/aer-go-packa...
8:55 Tortuga Outbreaker Packable Backpack: bag.gg/TortugaOutbPackbl
3:50 Camelback Chute Water Bottle: bag.gg/CamelChute
7:26 Favorite packing cubes: matterful.co/carry-accessorie...
7:26 Peak Design Packing Cubes: bag.gg/PeakPackingCube
8:15 Brown Buffalo Porter Pen Pouch: bag.gg/BrownBuffPorterpen
10:07 Bellroy Tech Pouch: bag.gg/BellroyTechKit
16:28 Trakke Foulden Pouches: bag.gg/TrakkeFouldenPouch
40:39 Riutbag sling: bag.gg/Riutsling
11:13 Tortuga Setout Divide: matterful.co/bag/tortuga-setou...
15:33 Bellroy Transit Backpack: matterful.co/bag/bellroy-tran...
18:43 Knack Backpack: matterful.co/bag/knack-pack-bu...
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22:36 OpposeThis Invisible Carry On: matterful.co/bag/opposethis-in...
25:43 Black Ember Forge: matterful.co/bag/black-ember-...
27:41 Topo Global Briefcase 3-day: matterful.co/bag/topo-global-...
32:01 Aer Travel Pack Small: matterful.co/bag/aer-travel-p...
34:58 Nordepack: bag.gg/Nordepack
39:29 Riutbag X35: matterful.co/bag/riutbag-x35-...
40:39 Riutbag sling: bag.gg/Riutsling
44:43 Mission Workshop Rambler: bag.gg/MissionWorkRamblr
48:01 Mission Workshop Vandal: bag.gg/MWVandal
49:53 Huru Model H1: matterful.co/bag/huru-h1-back...
Chase's Glasses: bag.gg/RaenFav
Chase's Jacket: matterful.co/jackets/
Chase's Watch: • BEST WHITE-FACE WATCH?...
Chase's Shirt: bag.gg/WestRiseXCotton
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I’m super interested in bag design but it’s your energy that keeps me here for nearly the entire hour long video
thx!
Amazing isn’t it
Same!
I notice the same! He have this "bear grylls" vibe energy.
"I am profoundly unemployable" - best line in the video.
it's true. if I'm not into something... it dead.
Concur haha
Yeah, I know that. Problem for me: IF I am into something, I hardly can stop myself. It always gets a little excessive...backpacks are just one field of excessiveness for me.
True Entp.
Was coming down here to make that same comment, turned out it was right at the top just waiting for me to like!
This level of bag-nerdery makes me so excited for the backpakt to come out.
30:14 the build up to business papers was awesome. Well done. Topo was most fun!
Hey Chase,
I really love to travel and going minimal is super fun.. Your backpack videos are informative yet hilarious to watch and your sense of humor and side comments - things we say to ourselves.. So funny. Somehow when I watch your videos make me smile. You seem super down to earth and really cool, yet you tell it how it is.. Your videos just make sense in such a fun way… 😀Thank you🌻
Love how your using little portions or your footage as your own b roll. Sorta slick.
Love the reviews and tips! Purchased the Tortuga Setout and could not be happier. As a family man myself, tips for a bag/sling/pouch for handy access to family's travel papers (passports, reservation confirmations, etc.), especially while wearing the travel backpack so as to not take it off while going through boarding, security, passport control....TIA
"I got it from Rick Steeves, he's my dealer." has to be one of the funniest sentences ever spoken.
Soooooo....you're like the ideal reviewer. THANK YOU for doing it right. I learned more from this video than two weeks of trying to search for a mystical great travel bag that can fit a 17 laptop. Thank you again!!
I can’t believe I spent as much as I did especially after going from USD to Canadian Pesos but I’m excitedly awaiting my Forge Max (just black, the camouflage pattern is a bit much for me) and I thank you because I first saw it on your original review. It’s as close to the perfect bag for me I’ve ever seen (well by looking at the specs since I haven’t even seen mine ship yet). Well closest to perfect other than the weight and lack of small top item pocket but it’s trade offs that seem worth it too me for getting the ideal size daily carry and minimal travel all in one with a briefcase and duffle mode and the best looking strap hiding system I’ve seen while not in backpack mode. For daily I see always using it as a briefcase or duffle (80/20) but having a backpack mode when packed out filling all 30 litres is a must. Really hoping it lives up to my own self hyping especially given the $$$$...
Aer travel bag with camera cubes will be my next travel photo kit. Loved the burly black esthetic.
😂😂😂I just love that ‘pause papers’ thing you do!😍😍😍😅😅😅😅
You are the backpack dude ! Thank you for putting all this together. 👌
Damn it Chase. I was going to get ready for the gym 40 mins ago. But I couldn’t stop watching. And I don’t even need a bag like this ( I have an aer travel pack 2, large size, and a forge on the way).
I've seen several of your videos, especially about Tom Bihn bags. But, I'm gonna be honest, I just subscribed literally less than 2 minutes ago. I don't understand why you have less than 100K subscribers when you clearly deserve more! Solid video!
30:05 this is why I love chase
I already bought the travel pack and I still can’t stop watching these vids
Just got my Brown Buffalo, burly, tough, ever so sleek, backpack (great rec, thank you! Never heard of them before your video and of course I told them). For me, it's going to be my everyday NYC bag but I could easily use it for a short trip. I have no problem wearing it with chic or down and dirty clothes. They added two-zippered mesh organization pockets in the big pocket on the outside (so much better than bags I've used with pockets in the front compartment with no zippers as everything falls out and down). Nice organization inside. The bag can easily morph if you remove the organization panel. Yup, no water bottle pockets on the outside but easy to get to on the inside (usually I prefer outside pockets because I have yet to find a no-leak coffee thermos. But I'm in love. Waiting for Tom Bihn Synapse to arrive (gosh you can get carried away with all the accessories they offer. I did. Come visit me at the poor house).
Thanks for the video Chase!
I own the rambler. They’re def not a travel bag, they are cargo bags. I love the fact they don’t have those organisational pockets that get in the way of carrying more stuffs. I used them when I have to carry tons of stuff like groceries...
Thanks for calling out the weights of the bags. A lot of really cool bags are pretty heavy empty (looking at you Peak). I feel like weight limits on budget airlines are more restrictive than the size.
LOVE the Gandalf reference. Go smote his ruin upon the mountain Chase!
The Lander Traveler could easily be on this list too. Also, I just bought an Incase Tracto Duffel which definitely fits in this category.
I don’t need any bags right now, but very informative video. I’ll throw in my recommendation also. I used an ebags motherlode backpack to travel Europe a couple of years ago. Great bag and I highly recommend.
"I am profoundly unemployable" I love you 😂😂😂 the humor in this is top-notch, thanks for the video mate!
As a backpack connoisseur I love your reviews and enthusiasm for these products!
I'm travelling overseas for 8 months and looking for a hybrid bag that can minimize my luggage. I use an Off Toco Camera backpack, I'll be bringing that as a dedicated camera bag.
My previous trip I brought a Northface medium duffle, Samsonite medium roller, Thule Clamshell Breifcase for the Xbox One, and a Northface Recon backpack.
I'm okay with the idea of packing minimal clothing (I'll probably be ordering a packing cube as I didn't have one before and I love PD stuff.)
So as much as I love my Off Toco for shooting and my gear I'll need a hybrid pack I can toss my clothes in between that and the roller I think I can axe the dufflebag.
What's something that small Mirrorless camera access that is minimal and clothing cube friendly?
Dude!!! Great Videos! Good info and very entertaining. I'm sooooo glad that there is someone out there that feeds my backpack addiction! I personally like the Nomad Travel Backpack and the Keysmart Urban 21 Commuter backpack. But I'm more into everyday carry verses travel packs. Keep up the great work! Do you have a Patreon account?
I have to carry every day my laptop with some computer stuff (cables, adapters, etc.) and I every week or second week I am on a 2-3 days business trip. I always use only one backpack for every day office and for a short trip, in order not to re-pack all my office setup all the time.
I bought myself North Face Router 40L for this purpose. I am 6'3 tall, so this backpack looks OK on me.
I didnt mean to click on this vid but with that "WHAT IS UP YALL?!!!" I
i guess im watching anyway! 😂
Welcome to watching a Chase Reeves video. His energy and knowledge pulls you through the whole thing and suddenly hey bags are really dang interesting how did I watch an hour-long video on bags?!
Great video. Them business papers? Oscar worthy....man...Thanks Chase.
Just found this video, thanks for the tip on Riutbag X35 Chase! It's the first I've heard of them - think it will be a tossup between them and Black Ember's Citadel.
Dude... killing me. LOVE these multi-bag rundown videos but now I wanna buy like 3 more, most notably that Black Ember Forge in that exact black camo color. I still have my eye on that Heimplanet transit series backpack - been out a while, but would you group that one with these guys? Loving the latest content. Still my favorite thing on TV. EDIT: Also - congrats on being the world record holder for saying "perineum" in the most published youtube videos.
“Perineum”
I'm taking my large Knack bag (that I found and love because of you) to Taiwan and Tokyo next week. You mention a lot of traveling you do, any chances of travel vlogs coming out? Or maybe travel trips for different parts of the world? Great video, keep up the great work!
Chase! Loving your reviews.. wondering if you've found an expandable hybrid travel bag with a slot for a hydration pack (like the ones hiking bags come with). All the hiking bags are so specific in their aesthetic, I've haven't found one that looks sleek like these!
That business papers drop man. I bought a divide through hopefully your link a few years ago. Yet I am back watching longform bag videos. Interesting to note that tortuga has stopped shipping to Australia and possibly other non US places. Probably even Cambodia.
Just got and recommend looking at Thule subterra travel backpack 34L. I think it was feature on this channel earlier.
Hey chase you should check out more Millican bags I found them through you and fell in love with the Frasier rucksack 32L. They have great bags. Happy New Years brotha.
I love my Tortuga Setout Divide, but sometimes it feels a little too floppy for me. Kinda wish I would've tried the Aer Travel Pack 2. The North Face Recon looks pretty sweet as well, and it's less than half the price.
I use a North Face messenger and a Patagonia Black Hole 25L for every day life + a Millet 30L for travelling, I'm all set for a while. But I still FREAKIN LOVE your videos :D
Thanks Chase for a great breakdown. I've been researching hybrid bags for the past several months. Dont know if this video help me get closer to a decision. 😅 too many good bags. What do you think is best for high school students? I lead trips to developing countries and bring students with me. I want to give them a bag to travel with but hopefully use at school as well and it all has to fit under the seat of a plane. Knack, bellroy, and Eshena are top choices. But I also like the Vertex bags. Any chance you can review those?
I see an hour long video and I'm like "yes, my commute gonna be so much better now"
No thumbnail. Love your content.
Thanks for enabling by bag addiction!! Lol ... love your channel and just subcribed
Beautiful
Love your energy.
Two for one: comedy cloaked as informative bag videos
Great freaking video. New subscriber. 🥳
yoooo, just sat down to drink my mushroom powder coffee and a 56min Chase video is up! Its gonna be a good lunch hour.
This is my dream.
Holy crap, 52 minutes in, and yes, I am still here!
Great content and great presentation! Looking for a daypack, I first came to your channel a few days ago. Since then, I managed to watch about 20 of your videos. I hope you don't mind if I feel free to suggest another topic: backpacks that are able to stand alone. On a daily basis with about 138 days of raining per year, I find it very annoying if i have to put my backpack on the ground and it falls down on the front into wet and dorty spots. Therefore I'm looking for a backpack with a flat bottom and the ability to stand alone. On product pictures, many bags seem to have this ability, but in real life and loaded with edc stuff, most of them tend to fall. So maybe there are some other people having this issue and the wish for a video regarding this? Best wishes
Hi Chase, do you think the Vandal could be both a good one bag travel bag and an every day carry? (Lack of organization and external pockets...?)
What was that small bright orange little pouch you showed for a hot second? Love bright little pouches, easy to find! Also I love the Tortuga day pack, the cranky one. It’s got such great but minimal structure. Feels awesome on, empty of packed full. Highly recommend taking out on some daily carry excursions. Somehow the crinkle fades and becomes oddly satisfying! Thanks!
You shou8ld have a look at the Osprey Arcane 30L... I really like the new style
Damn! I was about to buy the oppose this for a more minimal business travel bag...Then i see this video and see the black ember forge...I'm torn again... Can the peak design cube be squeeze in the main compartment of the black ember in the daily carry\compress mode? Then weight difference wouldnt be an issue...
Any recommendations on everyday bags that are water resistant/proof materials? I walk to the bus everyday and my current bag does not handle the elements too well. Any help here would be awesome!
Chase, looks like a hoody that you have on - what is it? Seems like you might have linked to it, but the website images don’t seem to make sense.
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This guy is awesome.
Just subscribed because you are funny 😂
I wish Eagle Creek would send you a 30L Wayfinder backpack. I love mine, I’ve tried several backpacks and this one is the most comfortable for me. It has some great features. Great everyday carry, might even grab a 20L version just cause its sub 100 dollars and I fell into your backpack-rabbit-hole-of-doom.
Did you get some new camera gear recently or something? Your past few videos have looked AMAZING! Great stuff!
Yea, will share soon. Thanks!
Nice video👍👏! I I am surprised that Swissgear brands wasn't represented because they have very good and sturdy packs for traveling; and are INEXPENSIVE🤔. I have a Swissgear 31L travel backpack for my travels; and it suits my needs. 👍
Do you have any suggestions for a bag that could compete with something like the Hook&Albert garment weekender but that is more heavy duty and not as luxurious? That price tag...
Hey chase, do you think you could fit the peak design packing cube, bellroy and brown buffalo pouch plus your tech in the TB synik 30? I Think it is a good contender that you left out unfairly (just kidding on the unfairliness I know you like that bag) thanks bro
"Nature is the hardest thing to find these days" !!!!! Wow!! ...writing it down..
At some point, I'm not even watching it for the backpack reviews... I'm just here to get some fun.
Heyy, Im torn between the nordepack and the tortuga setout divide, which would you suggest?
REMEMBER GRASSHOPPERS: Minimal carry is not about carrying as little as possible. Its about taking only what you need, and nothing you don't.
Pay attention to what Uncle Chase says.
CHASE mah BRUTHA - love ya man
Hi Chase,
I can see that you didn’t include nomatic travel bag in this video. Any reason for that?
You really should consider stand up comedy! You're so funny. And exceptional good at reviewing bags!!!
Chase! I'd love to see you do the Adv3nture pack combo. I think there's some slick stuff on them and would love to see your opinion on it! Please and thank you :)
You mentioned that the Forge wouldn’t be your pick for SE Asia. Which bag do you think you’d choose?
I was hoping to get ahold of an Alpha 31 but I’m not sure if that’s realistic.
John Utah, unlike American Airlines, countries like SE Asia, Australia, New Zealand have weight limits for carry-on, and they do weigh bags at the airport. It could be anywhere between 7kg (10 pounds) to 10kg (22 pounds), depending on the airline. So you may want to look at lighter weight carry on bags for these countries - no more than 2 - 3.5 pounds empty, if you need to carry your essentials under the weight limit of your carrier.
@11:13 Setout Divide: I didn't find the Tortuga method of pocket organisation particularly useful. The pockets have no dimension and using one of the three layers excludes using the others, unless the items are very flat. The bag is so useful to carry as a case, with the backstaps hidden away, but then the lack of fasteners on most of the little pockets means the stuff slides out.
I got the Setout Divide for it dual use as travel bag and daily carry. But found I wanted a deeper compartment for photographic gear (12cm deep) and so the Setout at 35l might have been better with their packable daypacks. The internal organisation is different with a shallow opening section and huge bucket base with zipper mesh opening at the top, not the centre.
The large front pocket is ideal for carrying a rain jacket or windcheater when the weather is variable.
word.
Hope that you can check on the Wotancraft stuff, they make very interesting camera and daily bag.
laughing my ass of every time I hear you spin the "Papers... Business Papers"
I love a good bag and I'd like to get a hybrid everyday backpack. The issue I'm having is a lot of the fantastic bags you review aren't on sale here in the UK. Any chance of a "What's available in London?" video? I'm loving the reviews, I got a Trakke Bairne messenger bag from up in Scotland after seeing you mention them.
Martin Stewart arcido bags. Love my arcido akra. They make all diff sizes.
Riutbag are in/from Brighton
Also Millican are in/from the Lake District
I know this is a bit of a long shot, but what is the blue backpack in the right bottom of you'r background called?
Surprised you did not include Bellroy Transit bag on your webpage for hybrid travel 🤔
That Guide's Pack in the background 😩😩😩😩😩
You are funny ! I like your personality!!!! Lololol
Does Topo still make the briefcase in that color way?
Hey can you review the "NOMAD" Travel Camera Backpack from Wotancraft?
Interesting the NOMATIC didn’t make the review, any reason why not? (In the market for a bag and was considering this one based on your previous review of it)
Whats that blue bag in the background? Top right. Looks like north face
Thanks, Do you know any bags that are 35-45L with a weight of 2-3lbs?
Hey, what's your take on SBS zippers??
+1 on the OPPOSETHIS Invisible Carryon. I own it and have traveled with it. It’s a gorgeous, understated, well-made bag that can fit under the seat in front of you on the plane. The shoulder straps are a little wider than most and they are very comfortable, even when the bag is fully loaded. Great bag.
I have their invisible roll top and i love it! I just went to London in December for 10 days with just that. Freedom!
Rocio Iribe I did 10 days to Stockholm and Amsterdam/Utrecht in December and everything fit in the Invisible Carryon. Totally agree about the freedom of one-bag travel.
I like the hybrid but it’s real tight if you need an extra pair shoes. Do you ever bring another pair of shoes. How do you squeeze em in with all your shiz
I agree! I just did 10 days in London in December. Wore my boots on the plane and i squeezed a pair of converse and thin flip flops at the bottom. Tight fit for sure.
Traveled with the Oppose This invisible roll top
Request: Next time there's a massive bag, see how far it fits over top of you 🤪
I'm curious, how many bag you got in your basement Chase ? Thanks for the video, I feel like it's gonna be a good already!
Always room for one more.
rn my life is a public service... of bag storage. Gotta have em on hand for bringing into videos so we can all move on with our life (with the right bag for us).
Open a museum - viewing by appointment.
Chase I need your help! I need a new daily carry that has minimum pockets because I have to have my bag checked every day I leave work! But I like Organization.
Evergoods bags do a lot with few pockets. I got the CPL24 on Chase's recommendation and really like it.
Where does the travel pack 2 rank for u here?
Any opinions about the COR surf 28L?
I’m a new subscriber, so you may have already addressed this: what is your height? Torso length? Helps to know for consumer decision making. Thanks.
5’10”, 190lbs.
Hey what’s the name of the jacket you are wearing?
nice
Kathmandu gets so much right, I just dislike that they did not include a fals bottom.
And the main compartment, it looks so cluncky when it opens, like it will rip itself apart.
But a lot of good ideas, like the hidden hip-belts.
Look at you with your fancy new font
So one thing I'd love for you to talk about when you're talking travel bags is the TSA problem. Going through security how easy are they to tear down and put back up? Any tips you have for that! For example, I just traveled the first time with my Wandrd Prvke 21L and realized I could leave all my camera gear in the bottom and my laptop in the sleeve because fold open and BOOM! The only thing that hung me up? Didn't take the Kindle out.
When you've just got a small bag going through security this isn't really important but when this is literally all your shit, how that one bag goes through is definitely part of the calculus of whether or not I'm taking it. Which is why my Prvke just got promoted to regular travel duty. And why I think maybe I should have gotten the 30L. (Camera gear takes up a lot of space).
So true.
I'd suggest getting both TSA Pre and Clear. You walk up to the Clear lane, your fingerprints are your ID, they escort you to the front of the TSA Pre line and you put your stuff on the belt.
Nothing comes out. Boom you are through. Well worth the money, and if you're a Delta medallion member you get a discount on the service
@@JeffJacquesmd Officially got it over Christmas. So looking forward to my next flight just to try it out.
Doug Stewart well worth it, enjoy the experience
surprised ATD1 not mentioned here
Chase lets team up and make our own bag!
The Ember is quite the one I want but hmmmm there doesnt exist an weight - not at matterful nor at black ember :-(