Amazon Basics Laptop Computer Backpack - Fits Up To 15 Inch Laptops, Black

I travel a bunch for business. I bought this backpack because I was fed up dragging my tote through security, shoving it under my airplane seat, and having the straps rip. From the Amazon pictures, it looked sturdy and like it would hold up through TSA. When it arrived, I was not disappointed!This backpack is a little heavy empty, but nicely padded for comfort. It has a pocket big enough to fit my 15.6" laptop, smaller pouch for an iPad, and that's just section one. Section two opens up to hold all the things that wouldn't fit quite right in my tote - my hair dryer, makeup bag, toiletries, wristlet, straightener, documents, and probably more. The third, little pocket is convenient for little papers or items / boarding passes.My only minor complaint is the zipper pulls clank together (metal), but I love that they're matte black. They're barely noticeable aesthetically, and good quality.Amazon continues to bring great value to consumers with its Basics line, and I'm excited for this backpack to be my new travel companion.

What I wanted for China trip. Not too big. Fits in overhead bin or under seat. The size for a trip up to a couple of weeks, and longer than that I look for a WalMart or laundry. It's Easy to tourist around, you have room for buying stuff to haul back to the hotel. Mine is well made, good zips, kinda ugly, but I like ugly. It's packed right now, ready for another trip.Exactly as pictured. Main compartment has a padded divider, you can put a fair size notebook in there. The next compartment forward is slightly smaller with a pouch. The front compartment is 2/3 the size of the others. There's padding between all compartments and at the back, though it won't protect much serious abuse, such as falling out of an overhead bin all the way to the floor, though it will be fine if you bounce it off a passenger on the way down, which is likely what will happen. I think a notebook would survive a normal drop of a couple of ft. Considering making the 2 large compartments one compartment. Easy to do and lose 1/4 inch of padding between compartments. It's a bargain and Quality, though in pouring rain it should get wet like my other backpacks.

Backpack came quickly as always in a simple cardboard Amazon box with plastic around the backpack.Pros:- Cheap. I've paid much more for lower quality backpacks before. Already a month in with no damage what so ever; this thing feels like it'll last a while.- Comfortable. The padding on the back feels comfortable on my back even when the backpack is full.- Protected laptop pocket. The padding around the laptop feels like it's enough to keep it safe from daily wear and drops.- Lots of pockets for misc storage. I have no issues finding ares to put little things I need to carry around with me like pens/chargers/glasses cleaner.- Modern "sterile" look, no frills or random ties around it.- Carries everything I need to in a day without being bulky. At the extreme end, I went on a trip for a week with just this backpack, packing 5 men's medium shirts, 5 pairs of boxers, 5 pairs of socks, a couple folders, 14 inch laptop and charger, standard mess of pens/pencils/calculator/etc that you'll find in a school backpack, and toiletries. It was packed, probably couldn't have fit much more in there, but held up fine.Cons:- Wish is was bigger. No to much that I'll take off a star, but if it expanded another inch in the main pocket I wouldn't complain.Misc:- Does not expand much, what you see in the picture is what you get. Somewhat at pro and a con. The size in the first picture is about as large as the backpack will get which can be a bad or good depending on what you need out of it. I have a small 14 inch X1 Carbon laptop, so that and the charger fits fine with a number of books. I could probably be happy going up to a 15.6 inch without trouble, but would get something larger for a 17 inch laptop.Overall I am very happy with my purchase

This has a lot more room than I anticipated. I bought this backpack to hold onto all my sysadmin tools and gear. I anticipated that the tablet sleeve would be ipad mini sized or so... nope, it fits my iPad Pro 9.7 in its LARGE protective case with room to spare. My 15 inch Lenovo laptop fits very well, again, with room to spare. In the same pocket, I can fit chargers for both of those products and several Cat6 cables of varying lengths. In the middle compartment, I can fit all of my invoices and other important papers in manilla folders. I also have a bunch of pens and sharpies in the bottom of the compartment.But wait, doesn't the outermost compartment have pen and marker slots? That's actually why I didn't give this 5-Stars. The outermost compartment is disappointing. The pen pockets are maybe 3 inches deep so no reasonable pen or marker can fit. No calculators can fit. My ethernet cable tester doesn't fit. Nothing really fits except small electonics like 3-foot cables, headphones, and the like. Shame.Lastly, the outermost zippered pocket is big enough to fit my iPhone 7+ in its large case.How this product could be enhanced:1) D-Ring connection points on the sides or bottom of the backpack for, say, keys, smart cards, identification badges, or extra smaller pockets/bags.2) The outermost zippered pockt is JUST shy of being big enough to fit portable hard drive case. If the pocket was just a smidge larger, that'd make it much more functional.