Oakley Men's Status Pack 2.0

I'm writing this after just a couple days of use. I'll update my review in a couple months so that it is consistent with what I've actually been experiencing.

I'm coming from an absolutely enormous Jansport Backpack that I purchased ages ago. I need something that will carry tons of stuff all the time. This fits the bill for the most part. It's a 30 liter pack and it makes good use of the room that it has. The laptop slot is just big enough for my massive 17.3" laptop, by that I mean I really wouldn't put anything bigger in there. So if you have one of those 18" gaming laptops, I would recommend looking elsewhere. This probably won't work. A complaint I do have is there isn't a great place to put my power brick but I suppose that's a minor one.

The main compartment is nice and roomy. The pen and misc pockets are also in this area which is not something I've seen before (normally it has a dedicated pocket) but it seems to function just fine.

The water bottle holders are one of the huge pluses of this pack and are one of the reasons I picked it. They will hold a 1 L nalgene problem just perfectly which is exactly what I needed. I tested a SwissGear SA1923 backpack prior to this one and was a bit annoyed that I couldn't fit my 1 L bottles if anything was in the side pockets.

I also really like the armored sunglasses shell. It has a soft coating for the sunglasses and is roomy enough to carry around 2 pair (as long as you don't wear bug eye sized glasses.

The pack itself is very light. That may be a blessing and a curse. The blessing of course being that you're carrying around less weight. The curse may or may not exist in itself. I'm hoping that it doesn't mean less durability than a heavier duty bag. We'll see when the time comes.

I'll try to post a nice pic of it fully loaded to give you an idea of how much stuff will fit.