the original aer tech pack was one of
the first bags I reviewed on this
channel and still to this day remains
one of my favorites and one of the bags
that I recommend most for people I am
happy to be bringing you the aer tech
pack 2 today we're gonna be going over
some of the features and my thoughts on
this updated design the folks over at
Aer sent this out for me to try and
review actually reached out to them
because I was so happy with the first
one and they sent this out for me so
thank you to err they're not sponsoring
this video but I just wanted to
acknowledge that I did receive this for
free going over some of the features and
stats to begin with it's a 17 litre
capacity bag so a little bit smaller
than the previous model but still seems
to carry quite a bit for its size out of
hole the less than 20 liter bags this
one seems to fit so much more and I
think it's just because of the way that
it's laid out and organized in such an
intuitive and smart way we have full
nylon on the exterior of this bag the
front here is a 780 d nylon and the
sides are a 1680 d ballistic Cordura
fabric really nice and sturdy you know
you kind of have that looser structure
but it's still going to maintain that
upright position that is something I've
been super excited with this one the
original tech pack did sit upright but
only if you had the weight displaced
properly they seemed to have made some
updates here and this bag is completely
empty and sitting perfectly fine on its
own huge deal for me I always loved
being able to set it down if I'm out and
walking or on public transit quickly
access what I need and put it back you
know and that upright design definitely
helps a ton with that so you have this
nicer fabric this is a little bit
sturdier than the previous models and
it's definitely going to be water
resistant and help if you're caught in
some rain and on the note of rain you do
have the weather sealed YKK aqua guard
zippers I did some rain tests with the
Aqua guard zips on the travel pack 2
which will be coming soon here and you
can definitely tell the difference for
the compartments that have aqua guard
zips and the compartments that
don't the tech pack is full aqua guard
zip so you're gonna be pretty safe even
in heavier rain here and getting to the
back here you have a good padded
exterior with some space for a breathing
room where your spine normally would be
one of the reasons I love the original
tech pack was just the comfort it's the
most comfortable bag I've ever worn and
this one seems to do just as good of a
job as the original which was a big
concern of mine when I heard that they
updated the designs you also have a
luggage pass-through if you're someone
that has carry-on or checked luggage and
you have an additional side handle here
if you do want to carry it more like a
briefcase
or a separate piece of luggage and
moving around here you have a full water
bottle spot which is big enough for a
full one liter hydro flask that's always
my water bottle capacity test because I
carry my 32 ounce hydro flask with me
everywhere so it fits that just fine and
on the other side here you have kind of
a sneaky little pocket here not quite a
security pocket because of where it's
located but it is you know kind of quick
access and not super easy for someone to
come up and steal your stuff so that's
kind of everything with the exterior
here and we can start diving into some
of the compartments in the front main
compartment this is gonna be a lot of
your organization for smaller items
absolutely love this design they kept
most of the inner organization pretty
similar to the original it's simple but
it really is gonna cover everything you
need you have two pens lots you have
this nice mesh pouch here and down on
the bottom here you have these kind of
expanded out drawstring compartments
really handy great for chargers or just
all of your smaller accessory type of
items next in the compartment row you
have a nice padded sunglass pouch here
really nice for sunglasses you can also
put things like your phone in there with
room and you have some nice padding and
soft material on the inside so it's I
might get scratched or damaged and then
moving into the next compartment you
have a sleeve here to put a laptop was
the original intention at least that's
how I used it in
one and here you actually have a
separate laptop compartment that we'll
get to next so you could store in here
if you have notebooks or an iPad
I've actually travelled with the tech
pack one before and that was kind of
where most of my clothes and storage
went so if you have any extra items I've
been taking this to the grocery store
with me through the pandemic you can
store lots of cans in here if you're
stocking up on food lots of compartments
and options if you have an iPad or
Kindle or notebooks folders things like
that but it's not going to get in the
way if you want to use it as just a
plain empty compartment if you're
planning to travel or have to carry a
lot of stuff some of the smaller
capacity bags like this and you have the
organization but they just don't really
fit a lot of bulk the way this is
designed can expand out really nicely so
you're able to fit quite a bit without
really adding to the external footprint
moving onto the laptop compartment here
this is another really nice padded one
this is an addition from the original
and I've been really really happy with
it you have this nice padded soft fabric
here and then a big laptop sleeve that
is going to be elevated from the ground
so if you slam your bag down it's not
going to damage or hit have any sort of
impact on your laptop really nice subtle
touches that make a big difference in a
quality bag overall been super super
happy with the updates that they made
like I said the tech pack one was my
favorite backpack you know I've always
said if I had to pick one backpack for
every scenario that was always the one I
reached for and went to and I'm happy to
say that the updates here have been big
improvements on what was already a
near-perfect bag I'm hoping as things
change out there with the pandemic I'll
be able to get out and use this thing a
bit more but I wanted to make a video
about it to show you it's been my daily
carry sort of backpack for the last
couple of months since they sent it out
for me and I've been super happy with it
I'd love to hear what you think down
below or if you have any backpacks you'd
recommend want me to check out we've got
a few more in the pipeline for the
coming months but thank you all so much
for watching if you want to check this
out
a link in the pin comment and in the
description thank you all so much for
watching and I'll talk to you later
