Travel Backpack

Nomad 28L Travel Backpack

$279.00 In stock

A 28-litre travel backpack built for two-week carry-on trips. Clamshell opening, padded 16-inch laptop sleeve, 1.06 kg. 420D recycled ripstop with a DWR finish: water resistant, not waterproof, so add the Stormline Pack Cover for a full day of rain. Lighter than the Trek Pro, with less suspension under load.

Colour

Clear

Specification

Best For: city travel
Capacity: 26 to 35 litres
Carry On: cabin approved
Laptop Fit: 15 to 16 inch
Pack Weight: 1 to 1.4 kg
Waterproof Rating: water resistant
Weight: 1.06 kg
Dimensions: 50 × 32 × 22 cm

The detail

The Nomad 28L is the pack we built first, and the one most people end up travelling with. It opens flat like a suitcase, so you pack it on a bed rather than posting things down a tube, and it closes to a profile that fits the sizers at every airline we have tried it against.

The back panel carries a padded laptop compartment that takes a 16-inch machine, reachable from the outside without opening the main compartment. Inside there is one large volume, a zipped mesh lid pocket, and two compression straps that stop a half-full bag turning into a bag of loose objects.

The trade-off

At 1.06 kg this is a light pack, and lightness costs suspension. The hipbelt is a webbing strap, not a load-bearing structure, which is the right call for twelve kilos through an airport and the wrong one for twenty kilos up a hill. If you are carrying weight for hours, the Trek Pro 32L is the better tool.

Weather

The 420D recycled ripstop has a DWR finish. That sheds a shower and a bit of spray; it is not a waterproof barrier and the zips are not sealed. For sustained rain, use the pack cover.