what's up guys is Alexander Travelbum and today I'm gonna show you the three
best backpacks that you can get in 2020
so there are a few features that I always look for in my backpacks and
those features are front-loading I want to make sure that the backpacks can open
like a suitcase so that you can get all your stuff easily and the second is size
we want to make sure that you can carry on your bag when you go onto flights
that's a big deal and I'll explain later so before you watch this video I just
wanted to say I've tried many backpacks in my life I backpacked all over the
world and I think I have finally found the backpacks that do everything that I
think a backpack should do and so I want to help you out because it takes a lot
of time and effort to pick out a backpack you don't know what size you
want you don't know the cost the brand any of those things but I'm going to
show you all of this in a really short video all right so let's introduce you
to the three backpacks so first is the nomadic second is the Redwing 50 and the
third is the motherlode so the nomadic is my current travel
backpack over the last three years I've used all three of these but let's start
with the one that I'm using right now alright so what I love about the nomadic
is it's minimal it's stylish look at that and it's the perfect size for
carry-on so you'll never have to check this bag because it fits perfectly on
all the airlines and a feature that I really like about this bag is that it
opens from the back so this is where you put your back so it just shows that
there's some extra security people can't really open it because you can only open
it after you take it off so this bag is waterproof completely waterproof let's
open it up all right so the pneumatic is 40 liters
so it is perfect I always look for between 40 and the 55 liter pack but 40
is the best because then it's as I just said it's perfect for carry-on but look
at this a lot of space is perfectly designed to
fully fit everything in there the space is great and something I really like
about this bag is here at the bottom this open and you have a shoe
compartment you put your shoes in here so that you don't get the rest of your
bag dirty enough that it's amazing a lot of bags don't have that and so you
always you have to get a shoe bag or something to keep your shoes kind of
separate oh another thing that's really cool about this bag so it's a backpack
and it kind of looks like a suitcase right but if you just switch it from
these straps to these straps you just pull them up and it just switches
straight into a duffel then you have three easy access compartments up here
but this one is really cool this one is a waterproof compartment so this is
actually designed so you can put a water bottle in there's a water bottle or
anything that might drip a little bit of liquid maybe a banana
you might squish in there alright the other feature that I really like about
this the last one that I really want to share with you is this RFID safe pocket
so you can put your passport in here you can put all your credit cards and things
that you want to keep very safe you can put a little lock on here they actually
provide you with the lock so you can lock it up and that has been an amazing
either so the nomadic for the price and gets a six it's a little bit steep it's
the most expensive bag on here but if you use my promo code which I link below
you get a good amount off for the size that gets a 10 it's the perfect size 40
liters I think that is the absolute perfect size for a backpacker feature as
it gets a 10 it's minimal its sleek its well-designed it has extra features that
I haven't seen in these other bags security it also gets a ten but
the RFID pocket and because the zippers and because it opens from the back
quality I give it a 10 it is a high quality bag it's made with good
materials and I feel like I could travel with this for many years and it's not
gonna break comfort I give it an 8 the reason I give it an 8 it's actually very
comfortable but this is all you have for the back it's not really designed
specifically for your back in any way so unlike the Kelty which you'll see here
and a lot of the other backpacking backpacks you'll see they have a
specific material made to support your back and this bag is minimal but that
being said you don't need that unless you're going backpacking like hiking
through the mountains with your backpack all right so next is the Kelty Red Wing
50 I use this as I backpacked through Asia for six months and it was perfect
so you get to the main cockpit and open it up like this
alright so here it is so this bag is front loading but it's not completely
not loading see how it stops at maybe three-quarters of the way down so it
does kind of open like a suitcase which is which is great and that's the reason
that I like this bag but it doesn't Foley like these other two bags but it
gets the job done you're not gonna be having to only open it from the top and
try to grab your things at the bottom like you will with almost any other
trouble backpack also pretty basic but you have a laptop folder right here and
then you have a front opening or easier access here and then you have all of
these pockets for miscellaneous items so it is a 50 it's a 50 liter which means
it's a little on the larger side which a lot of people will like but to use this
as a carry-on on an airplane you're just gonna have to make it look small and
you're gonna have to get past people I actually probably took 20 flights with
this bag and only once did I have to check it in because they really looked
at it and they check the dimensions and the weight and everything but most of
the time you'll get by even though this is
d later it doesn't even look like that big of a bag
and the best part about this bag is it has a lot of support at the back and so
this bag is the most comfortable at the back see this it has all this padding it
is a nice mesh material so that air can get through and I don't know if science
behind it but I'm sure it has a lot more than that all I know is it feels really
good and then you have a couple easy access pockets on the side and then
water bottle pockets also on the sides so the price of the Kelty Red Wing I
give an 8 it's a pretty good price it's a hundred and fifty or usually around
there and that's pretty much the average of what you're gonna pay for a backpack
like this the size I give it a 7 because it's a 50 liter it's a little bit on the
larger side the features I give it a 7 it doesn't have a lot of extra features
and things that you want but you have the easy access pocket with the
miscellaneous pockets in the front which are really nice to hold everything and
then just the back support it's great security I give it a 7 so you'll see
these zippers on the side it doesn't have this little extra part that you
need so that you can close it with a lock I guess you could use these and
that would work but it's just not as secure because you can just cut those
off but when you're carrying it you do clasp these closed and so you can't
really open it nobody can open it while you're walking around with it so
security it's it's good enough but it's not amazing quality I give it a 10
Keltie they're a really good brand again the quality of the back is amazing the
quality of all the materials in this it's just it's perfect so great quality
and comfort once again it's all because of the back comfort the Kelty gets a ten
alright last but definitely not least is the motherlode it's by e bags and
obviously i put the patch here but this bag I used all around Europe
and I loved it so again this is completely front-loading let's open it
up alright so here you go so this one is the most like a suitcase it is
completely open here over here you can put a full bed shirt you can put your
laundry something you want to keep separate from the rest of the bag and
then this part here I really like you can unclasp this or put it up and when
you put it up it just separates this here you can put your clothes in here
and just separate them by different compartments and so they don't fall down
when you're walking around if you have extra space in there and the absolute
best part of this bag is look at this extra secret zipper here so you unzip
this all the way around and voila this bag has just expanded so look you get
all this extra space about two inches extra space all around the bag so this
bag goes from about 45 litres to about 60 litres so you can zip that up and
make it really small when you leave for your trip but then when you have extra
stuff but then they got souvenirs and you got extra clothes wherever you
travel to you can just expand it and you have a bigger bag that is amazing and
also something I used a lot with this bag is these straps on the side here so
once it's full you strap all of these down and then you pull them as tight as
you can and that will collapse your bag and make it as small as possible so if
your bag is full and it's starting to look like a big bag that you might have
to check in on the airplane because it's huge then you just strap all of these up
and then compress it down with all your might and it'll get smaller and it'll
look like a little bag so that's the front
camp right here I usually use this little hook here to put keys on
especially if you stay in a hostel or hotel when they give you some keys just
put them on there this has really heavy-duty zippers so
it's great and each zipper has this little hole here where you can put a
lock through so it's very secure you have a pocket up here at the top for
easy access and the back here kind of like the first bag we looked at the back
doesn't have that much support so it's not the best but it does the job that is
the e bags mother lode for the price I give it a 10 it's a hundred bucks
typically it's a hundred dollars and that is the perfect price point for a
backpack and for the size I give it an 11 and 11 I give it an 11 because it
expands and so you get two sizes in one backpack how about that features I give
it an 8 it's pretty minimal pretty sleek but again that opening that makes it a
bigger size that is just amazing brings it up to an 8 security I'll give it a 7
these heavy-duty zippers with the ability to put the lock on them that is
just perfect quality I give it a 7 it's decent quality is worth perfect for me
and the comfort I give it a 7 very comfortable I think it's just the back
could use a little work next time if they redo this bag but it's gonna be
great for you so if you're looking for a bag in 2020 I guarantee these are three
of the best bags you can find and if you don't take my opinion that's gonna take
you many many hours to find a backpack I can't see any of these are gonna be a
good option for you I've tried over 20 backpacks so I know what I'm talking
about I've also tried on over a hundred
backpacks in stores and I know what to look for and these are the main
ingredients that you'll need for a good backpack and therefore a good experience
when you're traveling leave me any questions below if you have any
questions any comments about these bags or any other
I will answer honestly and I'll help you out I love to help people pack and pick
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traveling so thank you if you do that so as always thank you for watching and I
will see you in the next one