OGIO Bandit 17 Inch Laptop Backpack

I've had this backpack for about a month now and felt it was a good time to leave a review. I'll start with the pros.Pros:-Space (Phenomenal)-Quality-Organization (Extraordinary)-Price pointI won't go into super detailed descriptions. Bottom line, the space this backpack has, is phenomenal. Plenty of room for your laptop, textbooks, school supplies, laptop accessories, and have a lot of room to spare (obviously depending of how many textbooks you have in it, which I usually have 2).The quality so far seems awesome as well. I've been inspecting the stitching and seeing if it's starting to fail (i carry around 30lbs+ of stuff usually) but it's held up well. Looks well stitched.Organization is undoubtedly the best I've seen in a pack yet. It has a lot of compartments but not too many that leaves you overwhelming. For me-they were perfectly thoughout placed and are perfect sized. Inside the bag main compartments there are multiple pockets along the sides so it's not just one big empty space, it has pockets.I feel like the price is perfect. Compared to other bags in it's category and price range, it blew every other bag I had been looking at away.Cons:-water resistance (more of a concern than a con)-straps (breaking in)So not many cons, but a few I'd like to mention. First is the water resistance. As far as being in a light drizzle, the laptop compartment was dry, and same with the other compartments. However the backpack itself was fairly humid, so I'd only be a bit concerned to see how it would hold up if for some unfortunate reason I'd be caught in a downpoor and how the pack would hold up. But for very light rain, it was just fine.Now the straps. When I first began using the backpack it wasn't very comfortable. It felt stiff and chafed (not sure if I spelled that right) my shoulders a bit. After about a week or so of breaking them in, they soon became very comfortable and now cause me no issues. Something to keep in mind.Overall thoughts, it's definitely worth it. And if you're still skeptical id highly suggest going to a Best Buy, because this is where I originally saw the pack, so you'll likely find it there so you can personally see it. Wow, I said this review wouldn't be long and look what happened haha. Alright. Thanks for taking the time to read guys and hope you found this useful.UPDATE 10/29/15: Ok, so after getting caught in the rain on my walk back from school, i came to find that the pack doesn't really take rain very well. If it's a light drizzle, it'll be ok, but a steady rainfall will have moisture slowly seep in, specifically in the laptop compartment. Luckily i had a microfiber cloth in one of the pouches to keep my laptop clean, so i just covered the top portion of it with the cloth to protect it from the moist sides of the inside of the bag. If i could, i'd take off half a star *cough cough* AMAZON *cough*. But is it a deal breaker? Nope. I didn't have an umbrella, and had i had one, it would have been just fine. Unless you live in a very rainy climate and have no umbrella, i'd say don't get it, but otherwise you'll be fine! Other then that, the pack has done phenomenally, and really happy with it.

I don't know what kind of 17" notebooks these other reviewers have. My 17" Dell fits fine. Lining is soft and padded, giving good protection. There's a great mix of external zippered compartments and internal pockets.I travel extensively. I need defined compartments/pockets for power supply, mouse, iPad, iPhone, USB chargers and lightning cables, mouse batteries, sunglasses, prescription meds, business cards, a padfolio, and an emergency change of clothing. Hat/gloves a bonus.IT ALL FITS IN THIS BACKPACK, and it still fits under an airline seat. The Blizzard color scheme is always the only one on the plane. Nobody grabs my bag by mistake.Materials and construction have proven top notch. If I could add one feature it would be a flat fabric loop on the face between the shoulder straps for sliding the backpack onto the extended handle of wheeled luggage.The water bottle pocket works well for 20 ounce bottles or less. There is an elastic loop that you can cinch down on your bottle to hold it in place.I shopped every brand of laptop backpack before settling on this model. It has exactly the amount of room and features I need, it is a unique, easy to spot color, and fits under an airplane seat.You can get bigger or smaller, plainer or fancier. This one is absolutely the perfect size and model for my needs.

I bought this backpack mainly to carry my 17 inch Dell inspiron laptop when I travel, and here is what I have so far:The first thing I did when I got it was to put in my laptop to see if it would fit, and the answer is subject to debate. I had to force it in and barely made it. I did not like how it fits, and its pushing the zippers outward. This made me really upset because I really liked this backpack, and I think I got it for a good price compared to the Renegade, which I also considered buying (seems like its the upgraded version of this one), but it costs almost double the price (at least for me at the time I was shopping).I almost returned it upset, but then decided for some reason to reach inside the laptop compartment where I found a sort of "pillow" at the bottom of the laptop compartment that was velcroed at the bottom. This is probably a cushion for additional protection against drops. Anyway, I took it out, and then put my laptop back in, and it fit much nicer now. It probably lost some of its protection at the bottom by doing this, but I think it is still well protected there. Because I had to do this, I'm giving it 4 stars. Maybe It is there so that smaller laptops fit better (again I have a 17inch Dell inspiron) because It still feels like its padded beyond that.Another thing worth mentioning is that this backpack is surprisingly light. I believe it weights between 2-3 pounds.Also, when I put in my laptop in, the inside pockets (where the ipad goes) looses some of its room (note that my laptop is thick), so it is a lot harder to fit an ipad there. Well, let's say if you had a bare ipad with no case, it would probably fit. I have a case on my ipad and it does not fit in it, but I don't care, I can still fit the ipad inside the backpack and still have plenty of room (just not in the pocket they designed for it.It has some nice other compartments for by big headset, external drives, neck pillow, and a sweater and snacks (this is usually what I travel with), and because the backpack is a lot lighter than my swiss army one, it is much more pleasant to carry.The sunglass compartment is NOT crushproof, its just a little fabric pocket, but I can fit my sunglasses in their original case there, so problem solved.All in all, it was money well spent and bang for your buck as this is a very well crafted backpack. If price is no object to you however, I'd go with the Ogio renegade because it looks cooler and looks like it is the upgraded version of this one.