- Hi, I'm Nicholas Demski from The Single Dad Nomad,
and I'm down here in Medellin,
a city that some people would say is not too safe.
Now I've only been here for about four days.
I haven't felt a degree of insecurity,
I haven't felt threatened at any time.
In fact, the Paisas, which is what you call
the local people here, are quite pleasant,
they're helpful, any time I've had to ask for directions
or help understanding something
they've always been really open to doing it, so
Medellin I don't think is as unsafe as people say it is.
However, traveling does bring up some safety concerns.
So that's why today we're going to be looking at
this one backpack that I've absolutely loved,
it's the OutJoy Anti-Theft Backpack.
Now I've been using this since August,
which is about four months now,
I've taken roughly four flights with it, or sorry,
eight flights with it, and I've found it to be
really useful in a lot of situations
so let's dive into that real quick.
The number one reason that I really like this backpack
is that it can lock right up top, so see that
locking mechanism right there?
That keeps anyone from being able to just pickpocket you
while you're walking around, it's really effective,
you can set your own combo on it,
and it's really easy to open.
Let me just set my code real quick.
There we go.
And pop, there you go, and it's open.
There you go, and it opens right up,
and it opens up on two sides, you'll see like that.
So perfect.
Another thing is that even though it has this
locking mechanism, some people might still worry about
like say people running up and clipping your bag,
you know, snatching one of these things,
they're not going to be able to.
This is really thick, they're not gonna be able
to cut through that, maybe they could cut through this,
but again it's still, there's a couple layers of nylon
here it feels like, it would be tough to cut through
really quickly.
Lastly it's got this semi-hard shell.
It's not completely solid, but it's not like,
it's not squishy, there's something inside there that's
semi-solid so you can keep fragile things in here
and they're not gonna get broken either,
so a lot of good things that keep not only your money
and stuff safe but anything fragile that you might
put in here, like your laptop.
Additionally, since it locks, you might be wondering,
well, I wanna keep some things on the outside,
I don't wanna get into the locks every time.
That's fine, there's an extra zipper right here
on the sleeve so you can put in about, it's less than
a credit card size.
And there's another one on the bottom here
that you'll be able to see.
That opens up, hi-ya, struggling with this.
So I've just got my copies of passports down in here
just in case I need to get to it quickly.
And something else I just realized too
is that it has one of these straps right here
so if you have a larger bag, which I do,
you can just put it on like that and it will hang onto it.
So actually I just found that out, I've had this
for four months and I just realized that.
So that's cool.
Let's get on to the inside of it.
I'm actually gonna fill this up with some of my things,
I'll show you what it looks like when I take it
on carry-on and I can show you how much it actually carries
and protects at one time.
So I actually made another video that showed
all the 14 things that I really consider the essentials
to take onto a carry-on, especially for long flights.
I'll link that up in the top right here.
You can check that out.
But I'm going to show you real quick what I'm
putting into my check-on nowadays, so here is the bag.
And this is what I really love about it,
it opens up really wide.
So you can open it up all the way, it's actually got some
Velcro straps here to keep it tight at the bottom.
The very first thing that I always take with you,
of course, is my laptop.
I use a Dell XPS 15, it's one of the only laptops
that can actually edit 4K video.
Now it's not great at it, maybe I'll make another video
about that sometime, about how well it actually does
in those circumstances, but for now, yup,
that's the computer I'm using.
I upgraded from a MacBook Pro, actually, to this.
So that fits in there just perfectly.
Let's see what else goes in here, I have my
Bose headphones, these are noise canceling,
they're absolutely amazing and essential
for getting on any kind of long flight.
These fit really well back in this pocket here,
so you can see right there, already I have
my computer and the headphones in and it hasn't even
taken up any room yet.
There's a little compartment for a battery,
so this is a little battery right here.
Now there's a wire inside here, I can plug it in,
and then I can slip it into this slot
and then there's an out slot right here
where I can charge my phone or Kindle
or whatever I need to so that is awesome,
I love having that with me.
I'm getting a little bit heavier here, of course.
Always gotta take a water bottle
so that'll fit in there really well, right in the side.
Let's see, I take a couple books with me,
one for writing and one that I'm reading right now
which is "A Million Miles in a Thousand Years"
by Donald Miller.
It's been a really good book, I'm only, let's see,
about 30 pages into it right now
but I really like this author's writing.
It's a really well-moving story, it's funny,
he uses a lot of intelligent ideas and stuff like that,
so if you wanna get this book, check it out,
I'll link to it down in the description box for you.
Yep, so that goes in there.
This is my notebook, like I said,
that always comes with me too.
So that'll fit in there pretty well.
And these I'll actually put into this other slot right here.
It's got the book slot, so that fits well.
Of course I have to have a couple pens with me,
so this bag also has an area, whoa, sorry about that.
Ah! (laughs)
Hopefully that's still squared up pretty good.
So there you go, couple pens, I'll stick a couple of them
here, you can see that, they all go in there pretty nicely.
Furthermore, I gotta have my toiletry bag,
so that's going to fit in there.
And so if you have your keys, there is a key slot here,
so it attaches to this thing.
You can just put it on, click,
and you never lose your keys, so that's really helpful
for me.
Cell phone can fit right into an additional pocket
that's right next to that battery I was pointing out.
Obviously my wallet can just go right up in here on top,
and then I have the things that help me sleep.
Now I'll get more in depth on these on that video
I was telling you about, 'bout the 14 travel essentials,
again I'll link that down in the description box too,
but it's got my ear wax, (laughs) ear wax,
no, they're ear plugs but they're made of wax,
they're really nice, I like them a lot.
The neck pillow and the eye shade and things like that,
so to sleep on.
So what you can see here is I've got all that,
that's my carry-on, and you can see there's still
a ton of room left in this bag,
so I can zip it up for you.
So yeah, you can zip that up, and then lock it up,
and there you go, you're ready to go into any airport
in the world and you don't have to worry
about anybody taking any of your valuables
'cause they're all right here inside.
Yeah, if you want a reliable anti-theft backpack
that's going to keep all your things safe,
it's going to be comfortable, which this one really is,
I'll link to it down in the description box.
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