@MehnofLaMehncha I solved this problem by not having children, and letting my sister- and brother-in-law have them instead. We borrow them occasionally.
It actually looks like a pretty decent pack, especially at $14. Great for back to school! I’d buy one but I’ve got more backpacks than I know what to do with.
@RiotDemon I have an old Eastpack from 1989. It came with a 25 year warranty! I carried it through 5 years of school, at least 100 business trips and dozens of day hikes and camping trips. It’s still going strong. I’d really like another one like it, but unfortunately Eastpack, a company founded in Boston in the early '50’s, no longer serves the US market. Boo!
Description
The Vector 30 is a light weight, stylish backpack for back to school or a quick day hike. Is has a padded back panel pocket that doubles as a laptop sleeve or a hydration bladder pocket. Built from modern fabrics and materials the Vector 30 will get the job done. Materials: Polyester 420D Double PipstopPU, 600D PU Capacity: 1831 cbi Weight: 2 lbs Size: 20" x 13" x 7.5"
@sammydog01 30L is more than ample for most needs IMHO, I haven’t really needed more space than my 32L Patagonia Fuego can provide and my 25L Patagonia Aysen pack is usually more than ample.
@RiotDemon@jbartus Seems like that would be true but my eldest wants the biggest backpack she can find. Then she still can’t fit all her school stuff in it. She has the super deluxe LL Bean one. Thanks for reminding me- she broke the strap and I need to take it back.
@sammydog01 I don’t even think L.L. Bean makes the one I have anymore…
You might want to discuss with her the safety concerns with overloading a bag carried on your back. 30 pound backpacks are not good for you to carry around every day of the week.
Well, since neither of the ones on Amazon have reviews, I did find one on Walmart that seems similar. Six mostly positive reviews… but, you know, they’re still people who shop at Walmart, so…
Sorry. That Walmart backpack looks to be twice as big as this Outdoor Life 30L being offered here on meh.com.
AMAZON:
Description
The Vector 30 is a light weight, stylish backpack for back to school or a quick day hike. Is has a padded back panel pocket that doubles as a laptop sleeve or a hydration bladder pocket. Built from modern fabrics and materials the Vector 30 will get the job done. Materials: Polyester 420D Double PipstopPU, 600D PU Capacity: 1831 cbi Weight: 2 lbs Size: 20" x 13" x 7.5"
Also, it looks like they sold this at Costco earlier this year for $30, so that at least gives the implication of good quality. And this being a very good price.
About this item
Features
2 compartments ; Padded laptop pocket
Bottom mesh side pockets
School / office supply organizer
Front compression straps ; Front panel stuff pocket
Foam shoulder strap padding ; Foam back for laptop padding
Product Information
Product Dimensions 20 x 7.5 x 13 inches
Item Weight 2 pounds
Shipping Weight 2 pounds
Manufacturer Outdoor Life
ASIN B01B6D6HJC
Manufacturer reference Vector 30
Best Sellers Rank 1689953
Date first available at Amazon.com January 28, 2016
I call Photosh…enanigans on the product photos. There’s no way to get the straps and cloth to fold exactly the same way for two different photographs; let alone repeat the same feat for the front, open, and rear blue/green picture pairs. Come on photog, have some pride in your camera work already!
Edit: FYI, the blue backpack pictures are real. The “green” ones are simply recolored versions of the blue; you can tell because of the lighting errors within the embroidery. The reflected blue light is still visible in the embroidery on the fake “green” backpack pictures.
@mwarren What you’re complaining about is pretty much industry standard. You photograph a nice vibrant color, a black and a white if you’ve got them, and recolor for the rest. You can then, if you’re really picky and enterprising, photograph each bag without the half hour of setup for use as a color matching source but otherwise you just eyeball it since you’re a professional with a color calibrated monitor.
There is no ROI for spending a full day doing a photoshoot of each color of a product instead of just recoloring a good starter color to achieve the required photo set. When I had to do it at my old job I’d get neutral things that reflect like zippers and null them out as well as the fringes of things like embroidery like you picked up on but ultimately that was the OCD in me, one user in a thousand (if that) will even notice and even fewer will care.
I did some research and discovered that “Outdoor Life” is basically Sears slapping their magazine logo on to High Peak backpacks. Thankfully, that brand has pretty good reviews on Amazon – though their 30L backpack is $17.
Specs
What’s in the Box?
1x Backpack
Pictures
Green
Green open
Blue open
Blue front
Green front
Blue back
Green back
Green back
Birds
Price Comparison
$40.40 at Amazon
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Warranty
Warranty: 90 Day Meh
I only hunt balls… Some people call it ‘Golf’
Meh
Meh back pack-- for the “life” of me don’t know why I’d buy another one but “meh” be just “meh” be…
Geez the new fucking speaker docks
Meh
Dora says “backpack backpack”
Speaking of Dora and backpacks …
Tried 6 times to take the kids hiking this summer with their new Camelbaks.
So infatuated with the whole hose thing, drained their bladders in the parking lot.
Then had to pee every five minutes.
Total disasters all 6 times.
Then I realized, I don’t live in the fucking desert.
They can drink when we get back to the car.
Hikes went swimmingly ever since.
@MehnofLaMehncha Took you SIX times to figure this out? That’s five times too mehny. Really.
@MehnofLaMehncha I solved this problem by not having children, and letting my sister- and brother-in-law have them instead. We borrow them occasionally.
@mike808 Kids have an acute ability to distort logic and reason.
@mike808
Figured it out on try #0. But thought they’d get better with each iteration. Actually regressed.
#6 is just when I said fuck it, giving up.
They’ll go thirsty for a few years.
Then they can carry an old milk jug filled with water a few times.
Only then will we reintroduce the CamelBak
How many speaker docks in a liter?
It actually looks like a pretty decent pack, especially at $14. Great for back to school! I’d buy one but I’ve got more backpacks than I know what to do with.
Five below for 5 bucks
htab
Throw in a pair of headphones and a speaker dock and I’m in.
I have a Jansport from about 10+ years ago. I have a camelbak. I have a messenger bag. I have a galaxy backpack.
I think I’m good.
@RiotDemon I have an old Eastpack from 1989. It came with a 25 year warranty! I carried it through 5 years of school, at least 100 business trips and dozens of day hikes and camping trips. It’s still going strong. I’d really like another one like it, but unfortunately Eastpack, a company founded in Boston in the early '50’s, no longer serves the US market. Boo!
@RiotDemon haha me too. Mine’s pink and I have no idea where it came from, but I’ve been using it since mid 2000s.
edit: jansport backpack I mean. I also used to have a blue eastpack with the fancy leather bottom, but I have no idea what happened to that
@RiotDemon @ruouttaurmind @Pantheist We love our 2 vintage navy blue Jansport backpack/book bags. Main zipper was even replaced once - under warranty
Wow neat, a pack that lets me store things on my own back? I don’t have a dozen of those, in for three!
/giphy sarcasm
@mehdaf that’s the spirit!
WTF are the dimensions???
@Achromatter
GEEZ!
Do I have to do EVERYTHING?
You do trust Amazon don’t you?
Description
The Vector 30 is a light weight, stylish backpack for back to school or a quick day hike. Is has a padded back panel pocket that doubles as a laptop sleeve or a hydration bladder pocket. Built from modern fabrics and materials the Vector 30 will get the job done. Materials: Polyester 420D Double PipstopPU, 600D PU Capacity: 1831 cbi Weight: 2 lbs Size: 20" x 13" x 7.5"
Anyone know if this has a hose pass through for a hydration bladder?
30 L seems kind of small- I think my kids have 40 L ones.
And what if your books aren’t liquid? Will it still hold them?
@sammydog01 30L is more than ample for most needs IMHO, I haven’t really needed more space than my 32L Patagonia Fuego can provide and my 25L Patagonia Aysen pack is usually more than ample.
@sammydog01 the original jansport I carried in middle and high school was 25L. Anything bigger than that seems ridiculously heavy.
@RiotDemon @jbartus Seems like that would be true but my eldest wants the biggest backpack she can find. Then she still can’t fit all her school stuff in it. She has the super deluxe LL Bean one. Thanks for reminding me- she broke the strap and I need to take it back.
@sammydog01 I don’t even think L.L. Bean makes the one I have anymore…
You might want to discuss with her the safety concerns with overloading a bag carried on your back. 30 pound backpacks are not good for you to carry around every day of the week.
Yay, it’s laptop backpack friday! Meh.
Damn, Meh. You got real close. I need a dedicated laptop bag.
@vanslaterco Last weekend you can’t skip a day
@cranky1950 I know. Bummer. The laptop wasn’t acquired until this week.
Well, since neither of the ones on Amazon have reviews, I did find one on Walmart that seems similar. Six mostly positive reviews… but, you know, they’re still people who shop at Walmart, so…
http://www.walmart.com/ip/Outdoor-Products-2.0-Vector-19-Six-Pocket-Backpack/44577825
@haydesigner
Sorry. That Walmart backpack looks to be twice as big as this Outdoor Life 30L being offered here on meh.com.
AMAZON:
Description
The Vector 30 is a light weight, stylish backpack for back to school or a quick day hike. Is has a padded back panel pocket that doubles as a laptop sleeve or a hydration bladder pocket. Built from modern fabrics and materials the Vector 30 will get the job done. Materials: Polyester 420D Double PipstopPU, 600D PU Capacity: 1831 cbi Weight: 2 lbs Size: 20" x 13" x 7.5"
@jeffreywsnyder, that’s why I never trust Walmart
Also, it looks like they sold this at Costco earlier this year for $30, so that at least gives the implication of good quality. And this being a very good price.
https://www.theblackfriday.com/Outdoor-Life-Vector-30-Backpack/18751.htm
@haydesigner This is the most helpful thing posted yet. I feel much better about the purchase now. Thanks!
I regret I have but one “meh” to give to this item
OG - Orignal Gangsta
@Hanky Oh, Geez.
AMAZON:
About this item
Features
2 compartments ; Padded laptop pocket
Bottom mesh side pockets
School / office supply organizer
Front compression straps ; Front panel stuff pocket
Foam shoulder strap padding ; Foam back for laptop padding
Product Information
Product Dimensions 20 x 7.5 x 13 inches
Item Weight 2 pounds
Shipping Weight 2 pounds
Manufacturer Outdoor Life
ASIN B01B6D6HJC
Manufacturer reference Vector 30
Best Sellers Rank 1689953
Date first available at Amazon.com January 28, 2016
Fill the bladder (stop giggling, mike) with mixed-margarita, the backpack with ice and go for a merry jaunt.
I’m in for 1. Looks like a deal to me.
No red, no deal. I roll with valor.
I call Photosh…enanigans on the product photos. There’s no way to get the straps and cloth to fold exactly the same way for two different photographs; let alone repeat the same feat for the front, open, and rear blue/green picture pairs. Come on photog, have some pride in your camera work already!
Edit: FYI, the blue backpack pictures are real. The “green” ones are simply recolored versions of the blue; you can tell because of the lighting errors within the embroidery. The reflected blue light is still visible in the embroidery on the fake “green” backpack pictures.
@mwarren What you’re complaining about is pretty much industry standard. You photograph a nice vibrant color, a black and a white if you’ve got them, and recolor for the rest. You can then, if you’re really picky and enterprising, photograph each bag without the half hour of setup for use as a color matching source but otherwise you just eyeball it since you’re a professional with a color calibrated monitor.
There is no ROI for spending a full day doing a photoshoot of each color of a product instead of just recoloring a good starter color to achieve the required photo set. When I had to do it at my old job I’d get neutral things that reflect like zippers and null them out as well as the fringes of things like embroidery like you picked up on but ultimately that was the OCD in me, one user in a thousand (if that) will even notice and even fewer will care.
Is it actually reasonable to use this thing with a water bladder, or is it truly a laptop bag that I would hate using as a wannabe camelbak?
I did some research and discovered that “Outdoor Life” is basically Sears slapping their magazine logo on to High Peak backpacks. Thankfully, that brand has pretty good reviews on Amazon – though their 30L backpack is $17.
@Qub3d Here’s an article describing the collaboration: http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/sears-and-outdoor-life-to-collaborate-on-a-branded-lifestyle-apparel-line-150409305.html
Sears carries Outdoor Life clothing, but not their backpacks. It appears that the backpacks are not part of the collaboration.
I finally stayed up for the switch. Seriously. At least it was better than my FB feed full of political crap but I am not buying that shit either.
Don’t do this to me… My current hiking bag literally broke yesterday.
The picture links are all wrong. What size laptop can fit inside?
No way in hell is that putrid mess green! Come on!
This is a good deal. This week has had decent stuff.
My first purchase, and I’ve been mediocre near 500 days. I just love lurking.
@addor Welcome out of the shadows! You must be a very patient bargain hunter.
@gio I just like to watch. I’ve watched my buddy get Ninja blenders, multiple vacuum androids, and other bags. @whistlingwilly