Built with a Coolmesh back for extra comfort, it has a separate main compartment, a padded laptop compartment, and a handy organiser pocket, all providing plenty of space for your daily essentials. In addition it features external pockets for extra storage space, a drawstring fastening and water bottle holders on the side, with Karrimor branding to finish. You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice. I’m just about to purchase this Karrimor Urban 30L rucksack and would like to find out from you whether is this bag durable with heavier items (15 inch laptop along with a 500 pages textbook)? These bags are not particularly waterproof but will handle a shower just about, they do hold large heavy amounts and allow him to carry heavy books and folders for an hour.

Read more about the condition New with tags: A brand-new, unused, unworn and undamaged item in the original packaging (such as the original box or bag) and/or with the original tags attached. The main thing I like about it is the wide-opening main compartment – the zip goes right round and you can get in and at stuff easily. But all things must come to and end, and some time ago the zip started to go, pinging itself open at various inappropriate moments. pockets: side - mesh, open, zipped pocket with a sewn-in organizer, small pocket on the top of the backpack , closed with a zipper.

With an internal organiser and laptop sleeve you'll find it useful on a day to day basis while its generously sized main compartment and coolmesh wicking back panel opens up the possibilities for walkers planning an all-day trek. We would like this to mean that you've kept all original packaging and labels, and that it's unused. Thought I would treat myself to a new backpack for an upcoming trip and knew I wanted the same one if it was still available. It is fully waterproof, having used it through winters and heavy rain and no damage to my laptop or wet stuff, everything always stays dry.

The only two things to watch are it not being very waterproof, and if you leave the zips at the top of the bag (i. This may seem a little low, but after a year, the fabric will start to fray ans then the zippers start to suffer. Also, the mesh pockets on the side do little; they are too small for an average sized bottle of water and tend to have pretty small openings.From the pioneering Haston Alpiniste - the world's first dedicated mountaineering backpack in the 1970's to the more recent products, Karrimor has been at the forefront of ground breaking innovation in rucksacks and backpacks for more than four decades. The original has been all around the world and on countless local day walks and is still going strong, apart from the colour has faded somewhat. The Metro 30 Daysack, from Karrimor, is a fantastic value backpack that is ideal for commuting, walking and hiking thanks to the variety of pockets, padded laptop compartment and coolmesh back system. I’ve always been given to believe that it’s somewhat inferior – not a good make, not really big enough for a ‘proper’ daysack, probably a bit too pink – and have from time to time bought putative replacements or supposed improvements but they’ve never quite been as convenient and have always ended up rejected, while I’ve gone back to my favourite little pink one.