- This week we've got something new
and a little bit different from our partners at ROKA.
And this one is too large to fit in a box.
It is the new Transition Pack
and of course, we will have some
of these to give away at the end.
In fact, we're actually giving away
three of these Transition Packs.
All you need to do is watch to the end
to find out exactly how you can have the chance
of winning your very own Transition Pack.
But for now, I think it's time that we got unboxing
or in this case, unzipping.
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Well, as you can see, it's looking rather full.
We are going to be delving inside
but before we go into details though,
we're going to take a look at the outside.
Now this back is labelled a Transition pack,
but that does not stop sell the whole story.
This is not purely a bag for transition on race day.
It's about transitioning from your everyday life
to your training life, to being in traffic,
to travelling through airports.
The designers really have considered every eventuality.
Right, lets look at the numbers first.
It's actually got a thirty six litre capacity
and it comes in at twenty two inches high,
thirteen inches across and then nine inches deep.
Now that actually complies
with airport hand luggage regulations.
So you can fill it up and still travel with it very easily.
Obviously being this size, if its full,
it can get pretty heavy.
So they thought of that, lets look at the back here,
with these padded shoulder straps that are adjustable
at the top and the bottom
so you can find the comfortable fit.
Which is especially useful if you are lugging heavy
hand luggage through the airport
and it can end up being a long day carrying a bag.
And also if you want to go out adventuring
a little bit further, it's got this adjustable piece here
that you can move up or down to fit around your chest
or waits for that extra security.
But I think before we look any further,
I need to try this on.
Well, as much as it is a bag that's aimed at travel,
I actually feel ready to head out on an adventure with this.
And I know that the designers certainly
put the bag through its paces.
So much so that the CO Rob Canales actually went out
into the desert for a weekend
and used solely this bag to carry all of his needs.
Right, back to the everyday use of this bag
and while we're on the topic of carrying it.
Does actually have three handles for ease of use.
It's got one here on top and then these two side handles.
Which are all reinforced both for comfort
and durability when picking it up.
Alright, the final part of the outside
before we start looking into the pockets, is it's structure.
You can see that it's stood up on it's own right now.
It's actually got this internal ridged structure
that make it more comfortable for carrying
but also means it stands up whether it's fully packed
like it is now or whether it's almost empty.
As you can see, there are plenty of options
for carrying your kit inside and out.
I particularly like this idea for the helmet.
So it's actually recommended
that if you are flying, for example,
you don't pack your helmet in your main luggage
you carry it in your hand luggage.
But also if cycling to work or training
and then you don't want to leave your helmet on your bike
and you attach it to the outside of your bag
then there's nothing more annoying than it flipping around
and banging and getting scratched.
So this not only protects it,
it keeps it out of the way very nicely.
But if you don't actually want this extra pouch;
you can just unclip it, both at the top and the bottom,
and leave it at home.
The other obvious external pockets
are these on either side.
And these are actually designed for your water bottles.
Amazingly they can stretch enough to carry
two standard sized water bottles
both on this side and the other.
If you don't want to use water bottles,
you can use them quite easily to put
maybe dirty or damp kit that you don't want inside your bag.
I hardly know where to start with the zip pockets.
But as we've removed the drink bottle I think it makes sense
to start with this one behind here.
Now as you can see it's the size of a drink bottle,
if you wanted to keep your bottle inside and keep it clean
or maybe cold and away from the sun.
You have this option here with again a mesh pocket
and a normal pocket here or for just for any other kit.
And it's exactly the same both on this side and the other.
We're now moving back to the front of the bag
and we've removed the helmet
and we have this big pouch underneath.
With more zip compartments both in the mesh section here
and then a more protected one
as well as sections for your pen or your wallet.
Then this little sleeve I quite like,
you can keep a tablet or a phone in.
Actually got a protected thin bit inside
just to keep your kit nice and safe.
Moving on up, staying on the front,
we've got more pockets up here.
Now the zip one on top of the flap
which is actually designed to keep your sunglasses in.
Nice and handy.
Then underneath that we have two more pockets here.
Which I personally find quite useful
for keeping my wallet in,
just makes it really easy to access.
Now to take a look at the inside.
This bag is really rather like Mary Poppins bag
because it just has so many segments
and areas that keep appearing.
Well, we're gonna start at the top of this section
and as you can see there is a another mesh zip,
great for keeping your nutrition in.
Another zip mesh pocket here as well
and then this quite useful stretchy mesh for
just sticking in any extra bits of kit.
But it's here where you're going
to keep the majority of your kit.
There's actually three separate sections.
So we'll start at the top, with this one.
I actually just filled it
with some of my kit for the time being.
Let's take that out of the way.
As you can see inside of this, we've got more pouches
and that actually goes the same through all of these.
There is another middle section
which is filled with my trainers.
And then this bottom section has another bag inside it
that comes with the bag.
It's actually a dry bag that fits a wetsuit inside.
So you in case you every want to swim,
put your wetsuit back in here.
Put it in the bottom of your bag and keep it out of the way.
Or if you don't want to have all these separate segments,
they're all actually interconnected
and you can remove the layers
by simply taking out the velcro
and then you have one big open bag.
But it does mean things can get lost in the bottom
so these layers separating just help keep
all your kit a bit more organised.
Roka has even thought about zipping the bag back up
and unzipping because they've made it even easier
by adding these larger finger loops.
Which just make it easy to grab hold of.
Now there is one last feature which I almost forgot about
because it's very discrete and hidden.
We spin the bag around to this side here.
We've got one final zip
that opens up to give a laptop compartment case.
Now this is going to be useful
and definitely something I would want to use
when I am travelling through an airport.
Because there is nothing worse
than to have to take all your stuff out
to try and find your laptop,
then at the end when you want to put it back in
it just doesn't go.
A very useful thought and they considered everything
when it comes to this bag.
Now for the exciting part and I expect
you've been waiting for all video.
Because as I mentioned we are giving away three
of these bags and its pretty simple.
All you need to do is click on the link in the description
below and follow the instructions.
You will have to answer a simple question
and then your in with a chance to win one of these bags.
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