I wanted a bag that would be as good as my pre-Covid Chrome backpack that I used EVERY DAY up until a few weeks ago (yes, like six years). I only gave it up because the chest strap broke and CHROME DOES NOT REPAIR anymore. I could probably have used that bag for another ten years.

This new bag LOOKS really nice.

It is VERY comfortable. I tell you, the way it sits on the back is just about perfect. You hardly notice it there.

I packed for a two night trip to Florida and I had room to spare.

The main downside to this bag is the lack of storage. There are two little flap pouches. They don't hold much.

There is a laptop pouch. You better have a Macbook Air or whatever. My 15" Lenovo will not fit in there unless I let it stick out of the top of the pouch. And there is the question of what to do with the laptop's power supply. There is no additional spot for that.

The interior of the bag is that Chrome waterproof rubber thing. It is fine, but I don't think the website explicitly mentioned that. It's fine, but it has a weird feel. I would prefer if the interior was some regular fabric.

Because of lack of storage: I am buying some more Chrome accessories to make up--a tech pouch and some sort of thing that holds papers and pens. So this becomes like a 200--something dollar bag.

BUT It is still VERY good. It LOOKS and FEELS VERY good. So it is almost DEFINITELY worth it.

(But it would have been WAY better if there were more pouches and storage).

One more thing!…

After choosing and buying the Warsaw 30L in Japan during a recent trip and using it for the next 7 days or so, I find myself wishing that it was a bit bigger, maybe around 35 liters? I bought it to replace an old, more conventional, and slightly bigger (33L) backpack from another brand. I didn't think that the 3L drop would matter that much, especially since the large bucket-style main compartment should, in theory, waste less of the effective space than having a bunch of little compartments and dividers everywhere. But in practice, the stiffness of the materials compared to the standard backpack means that there is very little flex in the main compartment, and stuffing some bulkier clothing and other items into it filled it up very quickly and made it difficult to utilize the full space between the gaps.

Additionally, due to the dimensions of the pack, I found the sizes of the front pockets to be a bit awkward. I often found myself wishing that the two magnetic flap pockets were just a bit taller and wider, as there were several small-ish items throughout my trip that I wasn't able to comfortably fit inside them. The wide pocket at the very bottom of the front panel in particular is a very weird and awkward size. I honestly didn't even know that it existed until after I bought the bag and brought it back to my hotel. Looking at the website again, I see that I probably didn't notice it because the product photos don't even show that pocket being used, which I think is very…