Timbuk2 Sycamore Laptop Backpack

I was looking for something a little smaller than Timbuk2's Uptown and Q Laptop bags and the Sycamore seemed to fit the bill. No local retailers carried it so I went by the Amazon description. The bag in person is very well made and sharp looking to boot. It's a little basic in that it doesn't have the many nook and cranny pockets that the Showdown, Q Laptop and Uptown have, so I simply use a Cocoon Grid It (http://www.amazon.com/Cocoon-CPG10GY-GRID-IT-Organizer-Inch/dp/B002T0HRVY) to keep the small items I carry organized.

The built in organizer faces the back of the pack, which takes getting used to and it means that anything bulky you put in there is going to catch on anything you want to slide into that pocket, so you have to look carefully when you slide anything into that pocket -this is where I put the Grid It, facing that pocket so that I just have to locate the Grid It and slide papers or folders behind it to avoid it catching. But, the simpler answer in my opinion would be to have had the built in organizer more comprehensive, with more pockets and zipaways, and facing the front of the pack.

That one design quibble is why I knocked off a star, otherwise this bag is superb and well worth the price.