OspreyProxima Laptop Backpack – Organized Everyday Pack with Dedicated Tech Storage, Water Bottle Pockets, and Comfortable Carry – Perfect for School, Commuting, and Travel, BlackBluesignBluesignBluesign

I used this on a trip to Hawaii and packed it FULL of stuff and it fit nicely under the seat, held everything I needed, and was comfortable to wear. The laptop/tablet pocket is nicely protected and I fit a full size laptop and a Chromebook in it.

Fantastic so far, but only used for a week or two.Great for work (IT Networking), and very comfortable.Perfect amount of organization, but the front needs options for webbing. Will likely use the compression straps/tie downs for rain jackets occasionally.

This backpack is perfect for a high school student who has committed to NOT using his locker. This pack is spacious and made very well with easy zippers

Like this pack for the variety of pockets (I like to organize and divide things up). My 15" MacBook Pro fits in the back pocket.

I really like this bag. The size is great, I can fit a ton of textbooks - and it's tall enough that I can stack them inside, as opposed to bulking horizontally away from my back.The two front pockets are highly functional on their own - the front most is near the top and is just one small, flexible cloth pocket. The one directly behind it, the "middle" pocket, has some great little organizers, and the depth of this pocket extends to the bottom of the backpack.But, if you have things in the very front pocket, they will encroach on the space of the middle pocket. So when the front pocket has a few things in it, digging through the middle pocket is a little frustrating because you have to hold the front pocket out of the way.It's cool that the middle pocket is so deep, all the way to the bottom, but....again, if stuff is in the front pocket, reaching down to the bottom of the middle isn't convenient. Even worse, if there is stuff in the main compartment, it will compete for space with the stuff in the bottom of the middle pocket. And vice versa - having stuff in the main compartment will make it difficult to access the bottom of the middle pocket.So essentially, I don't really see myself using any of the large amount of space that is in the bottom of the middle pocket. I still use the front and top of the middle, but they are not convenient to dig through because they push into each other.The laptop pocket is kind of funky too - it's not really fitted, like the internal tablet pocket is. So unless your laptop is the size of the backpack, it's just kind of floating around in there. But, it feels pretty protected.All in all I love the bag, it gave me the much needed extra space (more than I thought I'd have, which is a plus), it looks good (which is hard to do when there are 5 textbooks and 5 notebooks crammed in a bag), and still holds my boards. I've only had it for a couple days though, we will see how it holds up.

One week before I was scheduled to leave for Peru, I got an email from the airline informing me that my internal flights (booked by my tour group) had a lower weight limit for checked bags than my external flights had. I was going to Machu Picchu and the Rainbow Mountain, which necessitated cold weather and some trekking gear, and the Amazon, which needed trekking and paddling gear as well as gadgets to overcome the lack of electricity. There was no way I could reduce the amount of stuff that I was bringing. I needed to find another way. Enter the proxima backpack. I did like 12 hours of research. I did not want to pay a ton of money for a bag, but apparently, even little kid backpacks are super expensive now, and the differences between a bag that was $20 cheaper and this one were immense. Cheaper backpacks had the same capacity, but inferior materials, including zippers which was the #1 complaint for those bags. The proxima also had the exceptionally padded straps and the airscape system, which was a lifesaver. I stuffed this thing with easily 35lbs worth of stuff and as long as it was settled onto my shoulders, I never felt it. It also fit way more stuff than I ever expected it to and the laptop section can double as a security zipper as it is very hard to detect the existence of that zipper. I also used the front compression connectors to carry my hiking boots strapped to my bag and my bush hat dangling from them. Overall, I have zero complaints. Oh, also, this bag survived desert, jungle, cities, seven plane rides, trekking, two trains, and innumerable buses without so much as a scratch and it still looks brand new. I definitely feel like I got the best deal on a bag.

The Osprey Proxima is my third bag from Osprey, and yet again, I was satisfied. (First two bags: Kestrel 48 & Seral 7) I bought this bag for school to hold all my books and was worried about the main pocket size as there weren't any pictures or dimensions online. Still, I was presently surprised when the bag arrived. It easily fits 6" worth of books in addition to my laptop in the laptop pocket, an iPad behind the books in the sleeved compartments, and miscellaneous items in the front pocket. Once I had the bag, the tag said it is 30L and fit most laptops up to 16". The bag is comfortable and comes with the ALL MIGHTY GUARANTEE, which is nice. The bag is very durable, but having the ALL MIGHTY GUARANTEE makes paying for a more expensive bag worth it if you're like me and enjoy getting the most out of sound products.

Pleasantly surprised with this backpack. When I initially got it, I was skeptical as I was going to endure more than a full days worth of travel. I was surprised how much fit in it and honestly, the quality can’t be beat. Osprey for the win!