Then I went to a business conference in Paris and I had to take the bag with me in order to please my wife. Packing was never an easy thing to do for me, but with Targus Zip-Thru my problem was solved within minutes.

It has 3 major compartments, the back one is especially designed for laptops and it can easily fit my 15.6 inch Acer Aspire laptop; there is also a small compartment that splits the bag in two and a larger sleeve were I stuffed a set of indoors clothes. A large external pocket is placed right in front of the bag and there I stored some files, the laptop adapter and some hygiene items. It also features some smaller pockets for various accessories.

Moving around with this backpack in the airport was quite ok. All the weight of my bag rested on my shoulders instead of my right hand, and that was a pleasant change. The check in was a lot faster than usual, I only had to unzip the special compartment and split the back in two for easier X-ray scan. I still had to take out the laptop since they scan it separately, but that took only few seconds so I gained extra time to visit the shops till my plane arrived. In the plane the bag fit perfectly under my seat.

If you travel by air, this Zip-Thru Air Traveler Backpack is a must have. It saves you a lot of time at check-in and it doesn’t feel like a boulder pending on your shoulders.

I particularly like the display of those three sleeves marked by grey zippers, it helps me keep all my stuff organized. I use the small front pocket to keep my audio devices and cell phone, the middle pocket for school books and the large one for my laptop and cables.

When I have to leave the house for 8-10h a day I always take with me an extra t-shirt, and even with all this weight on my shoulders it’s still comfortable due to those padded shoulder straps that take all the pressure.

Another great advantage of this backpack is its simple design and I can tell you now, it really has good zippers; even after a few months of daily usage they haven’t got stuck once. The main compartment designed for the laptop is padded and if you wonder whether that is enough to assure your equipment safety, it really is! Within these past few months I constantly dropped my bag in all that school rush, yet my laptop is still in perfect condition. I even carry the bag with me on my school trips.

If you need a simple and resistant backpack for any kind of outing: school, work or trips Targus BTS Groove TSB152US Backpack for Laptops should be the perfect choice for you too. I haven’t regretted once buying this product; it’s really worth the money.

One of the reasons why I bought it is because it is less conspicuous than this regular type of bag, it doesn’t draw much attention and it’s proper for various occasions. The bag is water resistant but not water proof, so I usually make sure I don’t push it to its limits when it rains heavily (and that’s a serious drawback).

The bag has two dividers in the front compartment so you can keep things organized. I usually stuff them with small things like notebooks, iPod, cables. It also has an additional pocket on the side, for various-sized water bottles. It also has an easy accessible and removable mobile phone pocket, placed on one of the shoulder straps, but I’m glad it’s detachable, as I’m no fan of such feature. Now the inside: there are two large compartments, one for the laptop (it can accommodate my 15-inch laptop or an ultrathin one, however I haven’t tested it on a 17-inch widescreen yet) and the other one for any other items you might use, even bulky ones, such as a blouse, multiple textbooks or magazines.

After using it for three months, I can confirm it is made of a top quality nylon, so it’s very durable, impact-proof due to all that padding on the shoulder straps and the back of the bag and thanks to that my laptop hasn’t suffered any damage, not even a minor scratch. My own back hasn’t suffered any damage either and this is how I got to really appreciate the thick padding system of this SwissGear laptop backpack.

I tried to avoid the mistake I made before when I bought a not-so-flexible portable DVD case where I couldn’t even add a bottle of water without adding extra pressure on the zippers. And that’s when I decided to give up using that case and start searching for a new one. I’m also a great fan of the black-fabric-metallic-zippers combination, it gives me that motorcycle rebel feeling ?

Its sporty looks are complimented by plenty of extra features, like the padded laptop main sleeve which can easily hold both my net book and its power cord, the easy-to-access phone carrier placed on one of the comfy padded shoulder straps and the two flexible pockets for water bottles or other small items, that can easily adjust to objects that vary in size. The great thing about it is that, despite the good number of storage places, where I regularly stuff all the misc junk I like to carry with me, it’s still light and easy to handle and it fits to all occasions, even the most formal ones, like conferences and work meetings.

After using it for a few weeks, I only have a couple of things I don’t like about it: the pens sleeves are a bit too small if you normally use pens with any sort of rubber grip on them, so if you consider buying the Mobile Edge Ultraportable Backpack consider buying different pens. Secondly, the cell phone pocket is a bit too large for my phone and that is a bit annoying, but I can live with it.

Overall, the Mobile Edge Ultraportable Backpack was worth every penny, the quality is great, the handle is well padded so it doesn’t hurt my hand at all and the design is right on my taste.