kelty laptop backpack
Style and performance lead the charge with the Kelty® Versant Backpack. Polyester fabrication with water-resistant treatment. Drawstring closure with fold-over lid. Discreet zip pocket in lid for sunglasses or smartphones. Laptop and tablet organization with external access. Expandable water bottle pockets. Front secure-zip easy access pocket with internal organization. LED light loop and reflective details for added visibility. Body Fabric: 300D polyester melange. Bottom Width: 10 in Depth: 4 1⁄2 in Strap Length: 35 in Strap Drop: 14 1⁄2 in Handle Length: 7 1⁄2 in Handle Drop: 1⁄2 in Weight: 1 lb 6.1 oz We can't currently find any similar items for the Versant Backpack by Kelty. Great simple easy to use pack. Not so heavy before filled...so many packs are so heavy before you put one thing inside! top zip access main bucket part so you don't have to undo the drawstring for something little.
The front latch is an easy open buckle...think women's bikini top clasp...just slips in/out. I was worried I'd be fussing with feeding the lashing strap through the little buckle overtime...but nope! this color is very understated...no glaring brand name or swipes of neon...the bright is only visible when you need it to help you see into the compartments. comfortable on shoulders...straps are not flopping everywhere...sleek. I'd also recommend: dakineBackpack Sale and Clearance About Backpacks on Sale and Clearance: Check out more Backpacks on Sale: School + Work Backpacks Laptop Backpacks Sale Hydration Packs SaleWell this is embarrassing. The page you are looking for cannot be located at this time. Please accept our apology for the inconvenience. Check to see if you’ve typed the web address correctly. Spelling errors or extra spaces are common. Try using the search bar to find what you are looking for. If you came from another website or used a bookmark, it’s possible the page has moved or no longer exists.
It appears that my upcoming Fiji trip is no longer happening. Unfortunately, this South Pacific nation has been hit with some severe flooding over the past week due to a series of storms, including a cyclone, that passed over the area. As a result, the country is not in any condition to host a group of travel bloggers as they deal with much more pressing matters. Actually, the press trip hasn’t been canceled. It’s just been re-scheduled but because of some other commitments I have back in Europe, there’s a good chance I won’t be able to participate with the new dates. So to begin with, I want to send my positive thoughts to Fiji and to wish its people a quick recovery from these floods. Hopefully this situation will be over with as soon as possible and normal life on the islands will resume. I’ll certainly be keeping Fiji at the top of my list of potential destinations and hope to make it there at some point in the near future. Of course, upon hearing the news that the Fiji trip would not be going ahead as scheduled, and despite the reason being perfectly understandable, I still felt quite bummed out as I had traveled all the way to the US specifically for this trip.
However, there is one thing that always cheers a traveler up and after a few minutes of moping around my friend’s apartment, I immediately decided to partake in this therapeutic activity myself. It was time to buy some travel gear! More specifically, I decided to buy a new backpack, which, admittedly, is something I would have had to do anyway given the decaying condition of my current backpack. But once the Fiji trip was called off, this mission suddenly took on a sense of urgency, transforming itself from something I needed to get done eventually into a vital session of healing. My trusty Kelty Redwing 2900, that backpack that has traveled with me all over this planet for the past twelve years, finally reached the end of its career. But twelve years is a long time for a backpack to be in use, especially when you consider that my backpack is my life and it is constantly by my side, whether I’m backpacking in Asia, working on board cruise ships, living in Mexico, traveling around the Middle East or whatever I happen to be doing.
In fact, this backpack served me so well that it absolutely deserves to spend the rest of its days relaxing on a beautiful beach in Hawaii. It’s actually going to spend the rest of its days sitting on the top shelf of a closet, but at least it’s warm in there and you can hear the water passing through the pipes. My search for a new backpack started off with a trip to Paragon Sports, a well-known sporting goods/outdoor shop in Union Square here in New York City. I spent about an hour inside, unzipping, re-zipping, inspecting, stuffing, un-stuffing and trying on as many different backpacks as possible. I’m a bit picky though, and so by the time I left the store, my list of possible winners consisted of only two backpacks. After Paragon Sports, I returned to my friend’s apartment, sat down at my laptop and conducted some more research. I studied the benefits of traditional backpacks versus duffel fusion packs versus backpacks with wheels. I contemplated long and hard about sizes, styles and yes, even colors.
And my eyes read over hundreds of user reviews for every backpack I came across. It was a painful experience indeed but sure enough, about three and a half hours into this research, I eventually had that moment of genius that I had been waiting for my entire life. I suddenly realized that if my Kelty Redwing 2900 had treated me so well, and the newer version of the same backpack received such extremely high ratings on every website I checked, and this newer version also made my short list when I was in Paragon Sports, then I should naturally purchase this new version, the Kelty Redwing 50. Feeling ever so proud at having reached such a brilliant conclusion, I then did what came naturally. For some reason, this involved turning off my laptop and walking down the street to Bagel World, where I devoured a super-soft pumpernickel bagel piled high with chicken salad, tomatoes and extra pickles, and in the process, seemed to completely forget about backpacks altogether. When I returned to the apartment after my meal, I did some work, played around with my friend’s bongo drums, juggled for a bit, cut my toenails and then, well, took a nap.
Only after I woke up from this delightful rest a couple of hours later did I sit back down in front of my computer and continue my backpack shopping, feeling the need to check the internet one more time before making a decision. (My guess is that I was actually feeling very sad about having to say goodbye to my old backpack and I had trouble pulling the trigger on a new one as a result.) and made my purchase, having indeed chosen the…. Kelty Redwing 50 Internal Frame Pack (Charcoal color) So, why did I choose to stick with the Kelty Redwing series? And for those very reasons, I am excited to fly back to Europe in a couple of weeks with my new Kelty Redwing 50 by my side, or better yet, on my back. Before I end, I must also say that moments after I purchased my new backpack, I sat down next to my old Kelty Redwing 2900, massaged its shoulder straps and whispered a few words of gratitude. I then tried my best to express to it the importance of our friendship before I lifted the backpack ever so gently and placed it inside of that closet.