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Swiss Army Backpacks For Laptops

SwissGear by Wenger is the maker of the Genuine Swiss Army Knife and this great ScanSmart 17" Laptop Backpack. It has a unique, quick-recognition window designed to accommodate most 17" laptops. At security checkpoints, unfold to the flat position and keep above and under the laptop division clear. This beautiful and rugged backpack, made of lasting ballistic weave fabric, features an external headphone port to plug in headphones and keep media gadgets safe inside the backpack. The backpack also includes an eyeglass holder, water bottle pocket, organizer and more.

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9 of 9 persons found the following review helpful.
Solid backpack
By T. Rautio
I've had this backpack for closely 6 months now and it is a good solid backpack with tons of room. No defects yet and everything still in splendid working order and I do use this daily.

Cons - I do find a few things odd to me. For instance: The rear compartment, where you put the laptop, has a zipper that goes down one side and only up as high as top center. I now and again have trouoble getting my 15.6" laptop in and out of there. I cannot imagine how easy to use it would be with a more prominent laptop. They ought to have at least let the zipper go all the way throughout the top.
The second thing that bothers me is the shoulder straps. I'm a big guy, 6'1" 250lbs and the padded percentage of the strap just makes it to my chest making it uncomfortable to carry using only 1 strap, like you see school kids do, so I've been wearing it using both straps.

Pros - I would like to state again that I love the room this backpack has. It might not look it but it has volumes of room. I may effortlessly carry my laptop, charger, mouse, phone charger, big bottle of ibuprophen, hairbrush, stain stick, dayplanner, lunch, dinner, two 2 liter bottles of soda, and a couple of books and still have galore room to spare.

4 of 4 humans found the following review helpful.
Great Bag with Ample Space
By destroyer179
I have a 17.3" Gateway laptop and it fits just fine. There are pockets for almost everything and I am yet to run out of room. Solidly made, no ripping or tearing.

1 of 1 persons found the following review helpful.
SwissGear Backpack
By Marcello Borges
This is a Great Backpack!
Beautiful with good quality!
There is a function very interesting, in the checkpoint, unfolds to flat position keeping above and underneath the laptop divisions clear.
I recommend.

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