Today we are reviewing another Pacsafe bag and this is the Vibe 325 Econyl Sling Pack.
So, what is Econyl? I had no idea what it was.
It is a company that takes synthetic waste -- stuff like fishing nets and stuff that can't decompose and it's bad for the environment
they will then take that and um repurpose it and make it...
make it into nylon.
Make it into nylon and it makes amazing bags like this.
It's very durable.
Pacsafe is now starting to make a line of bags using the Econyl.
Pacsafe is also well known for the anti-theft features so we'll go over the anti-theft features first and then kind of go into the back.
So first of all, we've got -- we'll do the PopNLock system here.
So...
Sorry, my dog is here. She just did not want to go anywhere else.
Yeah, she wanted to nap right here.
Kind of in the way.
So yeah, this is called the PopNLock Security Clip and this is a pretty new feature they added to a new line of their bags
and it took us a little bit to figure this out at first
and I think it's great because thieves can't figure this out easily.
So what you do is you turn this knob up top...
You'll see a lock and then an unlock symbol up there
but you turn it to the unlock symbol
and then you push it in and then it's supposed to pop up but it's not.
Well you push it in and then pop at the same time, so you have to...
Push it in?
No, no, you have to keep it -- this is good.
Candy's going to show me.
So you have to keep it down.
Ok, alright. So let's do that again.
So there's two symbols, there's the lock symbol and the unlock symbol, so you turn it to the unlock symbol,
then you push it down and then you take it out.
Yeah, you did it!
I did it!
And then you just put it back in and then you put it to the lock symbol and now you can't take it out.
Pop it in and lock it.
Pop 'n lock, pock 'n lock. Hahaha!
So what this is used for is if you're outside dining and you want to place your bag on the side or somewhere around you,
but you don't want to worry about somebody stealing your bag,
you can just take this and and then put it around the chair and lock it
and then you can feel safe without anybody -- having to worry about taking your bag.
Yeah, so you can keep your eyes off the bag and know that your bag is secured
to whatever it is you're securing it to.
Because, you know, I hate that feeling where I'm dining but you're constantly like, okay, my bag's still.
I've been pickpocketed before, so I'm just very, very cautious and I'm just always worried that something's going to get stolen
so I don't really have to worry about that when I have it secured to something.
And then another thing about this bag is it's made out of eXomesh material and also Carrysafe Slashguard material
which basically means that it's made out of steel
so that if somebody tries to slash your bag and steal contents inside your bag, they won't be able to because it's made of wires
so that's another anti-theft feature that Pacsafe is well known for.
And you wouldn't even think that either looking at it because it's like interwoven in there which is great and it's still lightweight.
Yeah.
And then up here, I guess Candy, do you want to go over the Roobar?
Yeah, so they have the Roobar system on their other bags but this one they kind of like named it differently.
They call it the Sport Roobar and it does look a little more sporty to me compared to the other one
but what you do is -- I can go ahead and demonstrate with this one.
Let me go ahead and unlock it first.
So you see these two zippers here?
So I'm going to -- what you do is you kind of slide them in together here.
So it can like, you know puts the two -- uh, what do you call this part?
I don't even know what it's called.
Zip tabs?
Zip tabs. Yeah, so I put this zip tab together
and then you put it inside the Roobar and...
This is a little bit more trickier than the other ones because there's four zippers at once
When it's just one zipper, it's a lot easier
but if you want to secure both -- so I put them both in there, I closed the Roobar,
and then I snapped it -- but then I lock it actually
so this goes up to lock.
There you go. I don't know if you just heard it.
But now it's -- oops, that was the opposite. I just unlocked it. Hahaha!
Let me get it back in there.
Did I unlock it? Oh there. It wasn't in all the way.
There. So now, it is secured.
So to unlock it, I push this back down, slide the Roobar, and then I can take out the zipper clips or tabs...
Whatever it's called, and then you can unzip it.
So that is how you use that.
I'm glad that it's not very easy to figure out because you don't want the thieves to be able to figure that out.
It takes -- usually whenever there's something new with Pacsafe, it usually takes about five minutes for us to figure it out.
But yeah, it's great to have this to make sure everything is locked
because you wear this on your back most likely.
Candy likes to wear in the front, right?
Yeah, I like to wear the sling packs in the front.
But I usually will carry it in the back, so you don't have to worry about somebody unzipping your bag and taking your things.
You can feel safe with this locking system because this is really hard to figure out.
Yeah, if someone's trying to pickpocket, it's pretty hard to do it with this because they're probably going to start making sounds
and then they're not being slick anymore.
Mhmm, yeah.
There is one more security feature that's actually not on the outside of the bag.
It's actually in the interior and that is their classic RFID-safe pocket.
They usually have one at least in their bags
and this one actually is not in the small one. I think it's in the main larger one.
So... take out the book.
So you can see right here it says RFID-safe.
This is where you want to maybe store credit cards, ID cards, passport...
Anything that has critical information on it that can be easily scanned
and this device -- I've never been a victim of it.
I've had friends that have been victims of their personal information being scanned like their credit card
and then of course, a bunch of purchases were made on it.
I feel like it's not as common as pickpocketing, but it is nice to have that feature.
Yeah, I didn't even know anything about it until I started looking into Pacsafe bags
and so this device that thieves get, they could just use the frequency from the device and steal your credit card information or any badge information
so this material, RFID-safe material, will protect you from against those waves.
Yeah, it'll block those waves.
Alright, so I guess we'll kind of go over the front pocket.
The features of the front pockets.
They have a zipper inside -- a mesh zipper which I really like
which it's nice to have extra compartments for organization
and what I love about the mesh zipper is that you can see what's in there.
You know when I'm looking for chapstick or keys or whatever and you're like going through all the zippers because you can't see what's inside.
So this you can easily see like, okay yeah, my chapstick is there, so I don't have to go in the other pocket and try to find it, so that is an amazing feature.
I love how Pacsafe really thinks about the interior of the bag and not just the exterior.
This interior -- we have the Citysafe backpacks and we use them all the time on our travels and it's pink inside
and I love that it's pink so it's easy to locate things and it's easy to see
and this one, I feel like they kind of made it to match the whole like -- their vibe with...
because I know they like do the whole sea turtle thing and now with the environment, with Econyl, I feel like this kind of matches that.
It seems like a coral reef design.
Yeah, that's what it looks like.
But yeah, nice light color, easy to find things, plenty of room in here.
Crystal likes to store like... do you want to?...
Yeah, so I store my little things like chapstick.
Essential.
And then a USB charger.
I always need these because my phone runs out of battery real quick
and then of course your cable.
So that, I put in the mesh pocket because it's easy to find and grab.
And then on the outer side, you can put your cell phone.
Yeah, I like easy access to my phone, so the outer pockets is where I usually put it.
Oh, also this holds 10 liters. This is a 10 liter bag.
And they have a pad -- so in the main compartment, they have a padded sleeve where you can put in your 10-inch iPad or tablet
Yep, so it fits in real nicely. It's pretty snug in there
so anything bigger than that, that's going to be a no-no. 10 inches is definitely the max.
On the other side, that's where the RFID pocket was and then they have another little compartment next to it.
They have a pen loop in here or a pen compartment and then they have another zipper compartment inside here
where you can store more things like a wallet or a little camera
and then they also have in here one of our favorite things that Pacsafe adds to a lot of their bags
is this internal key attachment.
Yes, I hate it when I'm going through my bag and trying to find my keys.
It really annoys me and I'm like sitting in front of my door all frustrated, so I don't like that.
Yeah so you can easily attach your keys in here
and snatch it up like that and it'll be easy to find.
So right now we don't have too many things in here.
We have the iPad, um...
I did have my book in there.
Oh, that's what it was. I felt like we had more.
But yeah, you can fit a pretty big size book here, inside here.
It's about -- let's see... compared to an iPad,
a little bit larger or actually the same height as the iPad and then a little bit wider and it's thicker, of course
so that's just to show you the size of this book and what it can fit
so that can fit in pretty good in there.
Alright, so that book fits in pretty nicely and that's about the biggest you can go as far as size
but you can fit in a few more things in here.
Yeah, I feel like any more than that, it's going to get really bulky.
Really bulky and heavy.
What I like about Pacsafe -- because I have a couple of their sling bags,
is how padded the strap is and also the back part is a very nice material
so whenever it's resting on your skin, it's really nice.
It feels nice, it doesn't irritate your skin or your clothing
so they really thought about the material on the outside and where it rests on your skin.
Another thing too is I love organization and one thing I find about sling bags is that I can't hang them up
to where it like sits on a hook nicely
but they actually have these convenient hooks
just for that, I'm assuming because I don't know what else this would be for
but I love it, so now I have my sling bags all hanging up really nicely in a row and it looks organized.
Yeah, it's a pretty good feature they have there.
Alright, so one other thing we want to mention is the strap length
and right now we have it on the shortest length
which is I think at 40?
40 inches, yeah. So if I put it on my back...
Is that right?
No. There we go.
Okay, alright, so right now, if I put it on my back, it's pretty snug up there or behind me.
Yeah, this looks so cute with your outfit.
Yeah! Sorry, I can't stand up right now.
But yeah, so it's very, very snug.
I could probably loosen it up a tad to like maybe 42 inches, but this is the shortest at 40 inches.
So I like to wear it in the front...
So I like to wear it across my chest like this.
If you want this at its max length, max length is 58 inches.
So it accommodates a variety of sizes.
One more thing we're going to note is that we tend to always get black bags just because it's easier to match with our clothes and outfits
but they do have this in a variety of colors.
They have it in a dark blue and dark gray, so yeah, they have other options out there as far as colors.
So this is one of our Pacsafe bag reviews, but we have a slew of other reviews
that we did on other Pacsafe bags because we love them so much
so make sure you check those out. We'll link them below.
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