Here we have the black hole pack 25 liter a burly day pack with just the right amount of space to carry your daily essentials and the durability and weather resistance. You expect from our black hole bags the fabric is 450 denier polyester with the TPU film laminate and a durable water repellent finish. This guy is super tough and highly weather resistant. The large main pocket holds the lion’s share of the load and packs easily, thanks to the bucket style. Opening inside you’ll find the dual purpose sleeve that holds most 15-inch laptops or a hydration reservoir for long days.

On the trail, there’s also a mesh pocket with a key keeper and an organizer panel, and on the top, a small stash pocket that seals with the zipper. The heavy-duty molded back panel sheds moisture and allows for a cooling, airflow and padded shoulder straps and a sternum strap to secure the pack stretch both and pockets on the sides accommodate a wide range water bottle, shapes and sizes. A stealthy, zippered front pocket holds quick access items and daisy chain, lash points, secure, small items or a bike lights.

We built the 25 litre black hole pack. Extra, tough and highly weather is the zip with an urban, aesthetic and Alpine psyche.

Hey Chris here I know, I mentioned love Patagonia and their bags, specifically their black hole line. So today, I’d like to take a look at their black hole, 32 liter pack, so let’s go ahead and jump right into this. To start with, I would like to take a look at some exterior features of this bag. So being from the black hole line, you will see that the black hole material is used on the majority of this bag.

As far as handles go, you’re gonna have one on the front of the bag and in your typical grab, handle on the back of the bag again. Looking at the front of the bag here, I’m gonna see some nice daisy chain to attach items if necessary. This bag does include two water bottle: water bottle pockets that should easily hold say a 32 ounce water bottle.

You will have one pocket on the front of this bag. That’s gonna give you some nice space. Anything you don’t have a smaller pocket on the top of the bag. That again gives you some pretty nice space that you can throw some quick grab items your battery, some cords, your cell phone, some snacks, thanks to that effect, so move it to the back of the bag.

Here, some nicely padded, backpack straps you’ll get a sternum strap. It does not include a waist strap and then, of course, on the backpack straps. Some connection points for items again if necessary, and then you will get some nice padding on the back of this bag. This bag does load from the top, and one thing I want to mention and we’ll look at this a little closer here shortly.

The back can also hold a laptop and possibly even a tablet. So let’s go ahead next and take a look at the inside of this bag, and I also want to show what we can pack inside as I mentioned. To start with. This is a 32 litre bag, so some nice space inside this bag, so I, do want to show what we can pack inside, but before I just want to show you a few of the interior features of the bag.

So again, the bag does low from the top. So here, why is it so when you do unzip? Hopefully this comes across, you will have 1 interior mesh pocket here and inside this mesh pocket. It will give you a place to connect your keys, so you can easily keep up with your keys and again just a nice large opening here, pretty basic besides your 1 mesh pocket.

So what can we possibly pack in this bag? So I do have a few items here that I want to show and I will start with the Eagle Creek clean, dirty, packing, cube and typically, what I have in here is gonna, be approximately 5 pair of rolled Hocking, pants and then I’ll have just a painting. You know maybe some t-shirts, socks, underwear, but normally socks and underwear, primarily so I- do have this stuff, pretty full, so I’m gonna slide this inside and now do have one of the go: necks, compressible, packing, cubes and typically what I’m gonna have it here is approximately 60 shirts.

Hopefully you can see inside the bag and then to finish up on this main space here. I’m, just gonna throw a pair of headphones in. This could easily be a toiletry kit as well, and really you could put both in here without any issue and even possibly a lot weight jacket on top, so we’ll zip this up and then on this top smaller size pocket here.

There’s plenty of additional room here, so I’m gonna take my pouch just gonna have my cords and wires and possibly a battery headphones or earbuds I should say can fit in here, and you want to show what this looks like when I have this packed and all I have with me currently is just a 16 ounce, Nalgene bottle and I want to show how easily this fits inside one of the side pockets here and that’s why I say you can easily put a 32 ounce water bottle in here so again, just to show what this looks like and then one thing I want to show here is I did mention that you can put a laptop in the back of the bag.

I want to show how that works, and another feature that I did fail to mention previously is that it looks like it does, have a place here: I’m guessing it’s for a water bladder can fit in here, and you can run your lot out of here, or even maybe an electronic wire like a some earbuds or whatever. If you have something inside like a love, an iPad so but this is gonna, unzip really gives you a very nice large opening here.

I love this. So it’s gonna have nice padding on the back part. That’s gonna have your items against it and some very nice padding on the part that goes against your back as well. If you think this is gonna, give you a couple of pockets here, and there is some lighting in here. So it’s not gonna scratch at least a smaller pocket, your item and then again, I’m assuming this is probably for a water bladder, but you could definitely use it for say an iPad as well and as I mentioned just a second ago the fact you can run your line out the top of the the back as well, but again putting a laptop in here and just zipping this off.

It’s super convenient and again I did mention that there are no lockable zippers on this bag, though the next one I want to do is I. Do want to show what this looks like when I put it on my back and want to give some overall thoughts on this bag. A couple things I want to mention before I show what this bag looks like when it’s worn.

The first is I’m approximately 5 foot 9 around 200 pounds, so I wanted to throw that out. There also the backpack straps here, and if you recall what the backpack straps look like on the black hole, duffel bags. It’s gonna have this small section of daisy chain here. That again is nice to connect some items to, but the way the sternum strap on this bag kind of clips.

In here to me, it looks like these are gonna, be interchangeable with the black hole duffel, which I think is awesome, because to me that’s one thing: I’ve always thought would be nice on the black hole. Duffel is to have some way to push you a sternum, strap on there and again, the black hole duffle, whether it’s 45, 60 or even a larger bag, can get heavy and it’s nice to have your backpack straps kind of stay in place, especially if you have a jacket on like a puffy jacket, that’s kind of slick, so just nice to have that again just for the comfort level and to keep your bag from sliding off your shoulders.

In some situations, just wanted to throw that out. There I think that’s kind of neat and I’m hoping that up again, we might see that I’m, the black hole duffel at some point in the future. To finish up I didn’t want to give just some overall thoughts on this bag. This bag does retail for approximately a hundred and forty nine dollars and really I guess to hit on some of those pros and cons of the bag.

We’ll start with the pros: the pros of the bag to start with, adjust the material. This is that black hole material that we love so much. That’s nice, durable and should last forever so love that love the daisy chain. So whatever you need to connect to your bag, you’re gonna have the ability to do so. Like the fact you have a pocket here on the front of the bag.

Also, you have a pocket on the top and what I like about the pocket on the top. It doesn’t seem like the main compartment, eats into that. If you have a lot of items, which again is always nice I like these oversized water bottle pockets. So if I want to throw a 16 ounce for 32 ounce water bottle in there, it’s definitely gonna hold that with no issue whatsoever.

Thinking about the back of the bag again I. Do you think this is a comfortable bag like the backpack straps I, like the sternum, strap I? Don’t like to be the way they have included this back section for your laptop or an iPad or whatever device you want to throw in here like fat, it’s padded and again it keeps it separate from the interior of your back, which is good in a lot of situations in overall fill like all the different black hole.

Duffles I’ve looked at in the past that this is a very well-built bag, so just a quality product from from Patagonia. So what are some cons of this bag, and really just a few I can think of the first to me, and probably the the biggest con of the bag is just the prospect. This is again approximately a hundred and fifty dollar bag and at $150 there’s a lot of other bags on the market that you might want to consider even cheaper bags that could save you anywhere from thirty to fifty dollars.

So at 1:50 this is one of the more expensive travel. Backpacks I’ve had a chance to look at. So again, that’s probably the biggest comment I can think of the second con and again this is this is actually very modern and just the back of the bag, if you’re wearing this for an extended period of time. There’s no ventilation on this, so your back is probably gonna get hot.

So if you’re carrying it again for a long time or if you’re in a hotter climate, just know that your back is gonna get hot and another I guess con towards the back of the bag. Some people like having that waist strap on the bag and again this bag doesn’t have. It doesn’t even have the option to have a waist strap on here. So with that being said, I’m hoping that it comes across that I actually really really like this bag.

This is probably one of my favorite bags. I’ve had a chance to look at recently. The only thing I keep coming back to you is just how expensive the bag is. So, if you’re able to find this bag discounted- which probably is hard at this point, but if you can find it discounted or if you’re just like you know what processing and an issue for me, then I highly recommend taking a look at this bag.

Again, absolutely love the bag and you definitely recommend checking it out. As always. Thank you so much for taking time to watch please like subscribe and leave those comments again. Thank you. So much.

For organizing your daily commute and rugged enough to haul around the globe, the main compartment opens wide with an ankle to zipper, providing easy access and has a zippered mesh pocket with a key clip. A zippered pocket on the lid is sized for quick grab essentials, plus a stash pocket on the front for quick access. Daisy chains provide multiple lash points and stretch woven side, pockets, hold water bottles.

The tsa approved back panel, zips, open and flat, giving access to padded laptop and iPad sleeves. The main pocket can also be used for a hydration reservoir. A reinforced top mounted handle lets you carry it by hand. Padded shoulder straps and back panel are made with lightweight and highly breathable mesh that dries quickly and provides a cooling airflow.

An adjustable sternum, strap posts to pack clothes and stable lightweight and strong. The black hole pack is made with 300 the near post-consumer recycled, polyester rip, stop that has a TPU film laminate and is lined with 100% recycled polyester with a polyurethane coating. Both fabrics have a durable water, repellent finish for weather and abrasion resistance, tough weather resistant and built almost entirely of lightweight recycled fabrics.

Our mid-sized 32 litre black hole pack will carry you away.

Leader pack, with all the practical features for your daily routine and all the toughest nails technical prowess you may need, when that routine, takes an unexpected turn made from weather, defiant, 100, recycled, polyester, rip, stop and 100 recycled nylon, webbing, it’s built for a shorter torso and curved shoulder straps for a women’s specific fit that carries as well as it withstands gnarly conditions. The top loading main compartment opens wide for easy access to all your stuff with a padded laptop sleeve and a variety of internal organization pockets to keep that stuff safe straight and separated.

This organization continues outside with a zippered top pocket to keep small items close at hand, stretch woven pockets, hold all sorts of water, bottle, shapes and sizes, and a large front stash pocket holds anything else. Life is hard. The women’s black hole, 23 liter pack will help keep things reasonable, even if your schedule gets ridiculous.

Hey guys so today we’re gonna be taking a look at the 32 litre, black hole pack from Patagonia, and this is actually the first bag that I’ve tried out from Patagonia and I know. This is a company that people really love and so far I can definitely see why it’s been a great experience. The black hole pack has a lot of great features. I really like the look. It feels really durable and it has an interesting size and shape that’s more compact than you would expect for a 32 liter bag, which makes it more usable for your day-to-day than you would think, but still a really capable travel bag, and so this is another great suggestion that came in the comments for one of my previous videos.

So thank you, as always for the ideas and the suggestions and I’m really excited to share this with you guys. So, let’s just jump in and take a closer look at the 32 liter black hole pack from Patagonia, starting out with the outside of the bag. It has a pretty nice outdoorsy look, although it has some webbing and straps on the outside. It isn’t overwhelming it doesn’t look too much like a hiking backpack, so pretty nice mix there.

The bag is offered in a variety of colors. I, of course, have the black version here, but it’s often in an orange or white, so you can definitely see the different colors that are offered on the company’s site. One thing I noticed about the black version here, and it seems to be the case with the other colors is that the outside is a little bit on the shinier side. So it stands out a little more than the bags that I like to use, but it does give it a feeling of being a little bit more weather resistant as far as the materials the bag is made out of a hundred percent recycled polyester, and it all has a DWR coating to make sure that your stuff is protected.

If you do get caught in some rain. On top of that, the bag has nice, YKK zippers all around. That also seemed to offer a good amount of weather resistance, so in general the bag is really well built. The materials feel like they’re, going to hold up to any sort of travel that you can throw at them, and on top of that, Patagonia has really good warranty and repair programs. In case you do ever manage to damage your gear, and one really nice bonus with the materials used here is that the bag is very lightweight when it’s empty.

It comes in at around a pound which is gonna, be great, especially if you’re trying to travel on airlines that have stricter weight restrictions and so moving on to the capacity as I mentioned earlier in the video. This is the 32 litre black hole pack. This is also offered in a 25 liter size, but I wanted to test out the 32 litre as that’s typically a size that I like to travel with, been really impressed with the overall size and silhouette and how much I’ve been able to fit into the 32 liter size.

This fits my body really well with the items that I currently have in here. I could definitely travel for a week or two and I’ve just really been impressed with how slim the bag looks. Even when it’s fully packed out, it never sticks out too much, which makes it very easy to stay mobile and just walk around crowded cities or jump onto a public bus or a train, and because the bag has a pretty small and slim silhouette.

Even at this 32 litre capacity, I found that it works pretty well for day-to-day use, especially if you have a little bit of a bigger frame, so just a really great balance on capacity and form factor here, even though this is technically the same size as something like the chrome Summoner pack, which we looked at pretty recently I feel like this is gonna, be able to hold a lot more and still not look any bigger.

Continuing along the outside I was happy to see that the bag has two external water bottle compartments, one on each side and this one I currently have the same water bottle that you’ve seen in all my other travel bag videos, and that fits in there pretty comfortably. The compartments are made out of a nice elastic mesh, so they come out a decent amount of. You want to put something a little bit thicker in there.

If you have the bag fully packed out, even though this is elastic, it can get a little bit tricky to fit thicker items in here. So even though my water bottle isn’t quite that big, once I’ve filled the bag out, it was a little bit harder to stick it all the way in on the front of the bag. You have a really solid handle. That’s gonna, allow you to pick the bag up very easily or just carry it while you’re walking around and then along the front.

There’s two rows of webbing that are gonna, be great for attaching things with carabiners. So I’ve used this to hang my Beats Studio wireless headphones when they don’t fit inside of the bag. This might also be a good spot to attach an extra pair of shoes so really like the additional versatility that this webbing adds. Moving on of the straps on the back paneling. So far, the bag has been pretty comfortable to wear the straps offer a nice amount of padding, they’re fairly thick and they’re soft on the inside.

They don’t have much of a messy material to help prevent moisture from building up, so that would have been a nice addition, but they do have a nice width and I really like the contoured shape for the straps. They really fit my shoulders well. In addition, the straps have an adjustable and removable sternum strap to help distribute the weight when you have a heavier load and although I haven’t had any issues yet this does feel like the type of system where it would be fairly easy for the sternum strap to fall off and get lost so just something to keep in mind, but, as I mentioned, I haven’t had any issues yet moving out on the back pedaling.

This has been pretty comfortable as well. It has a similar material to the strap. So it’s nicely padded, it’s pretty soft. It feels great against the back. One thing that I notice is that there isn’t that much elevation, so there’s not really much of an air channel here. So there is a tendency for moisture to build up when you’re wearing it with a lot of weight. So I definitely would have liked to have seen more air channels all throughout the back, paneling kind of like we see on the Tortuga set out bags which make it a lot more comfortable and less likely for your bag to get as wet while you’re wearing this for a longer period of time.

Throughout the day. The last thing I’ll mention here while we’re on the back, is that there’s this little hydration cord. So if you place a water bladder into the laptop area, you’ll be able to have water accessible throughout the day since we’re on the back pedaling I’ll go ahead and jump into the laptop compartment, so this bag has a laptop compartment that opens up completely flat, so it has a nice well-protected zipper that goes all the way around the bag and so opening this up.

This lay flat design is meant to be tsa approved from what I’ve heard from different viewers on the channel. It can be a little bit hit or miss with this feature, but in theory because the bag opens a flat. You can just place this on the security line while you’re going through the airport, and you won’t have to take it out and even if the airport security from wherever you’re traveling gives you a little bit of a harder time, it’s still easy to get in and out of a laptop area and I really like how it’s been implemented.

It offers a nice amount of padding and protection I really like that. It has a separate sleep for a tablet. So currently, what I have in here is my iPad Mini 2, and that fits in there pretty comfortably. This should be able to hold up to a full size, 9 or 10 inch tablet, but I might stick out over the top just a little bit. The tablet sleev offers a nice amount of padding, and it also has a soft fleece lining on the inside to help prevent against scratching and then moving on to the laptop compartment.

It has this nice strap to help keep your laptop in place and slipping out if you do lay it down flat, so that opens up easily and then this is meant to hold up to a 15 inch laptop. Currently, what I have in here is my 13 inch macbook pro, but you can see there’s a little bit of leftover space here for a taller device and one thing that I was really happy to see for both the laptop pocket and the tablet. Sleev is that they are elevated off the bottom of the ground.

So if you need to place your bag down or you Rafat, it’s gonna be pretty well protected and so pulling the laptop out. It offers a decent amount of space. The compartment doesn’t have the same fleece lining that we saw in the tablet sleev, so I do wish that that had been included to provide a little bit of additional protection. It gets scratching, but the back paneling does have a very nice thick padding.

The sleeve itself isn’t very padded, so I do wish that this offered a little bit more protection, but it does have a nice amount of elasticity. So if you have a little bit of a thicker device, it should be able to fit in here pretty comfortably, so pretty nice implementation and versatility overall in the laptop area, and it matches up well with similar compartments that we’ve seen in other travel bags jumping into the organizational options of the bag.

I really like the Patagonia chose to go with more minimal but effective pocketing. So on the front, there’s just one simple, quick access compartment with a side opening zipper. It offers a nice amount of protection and has this nice flap that comes over to add it, some additional water resistance and so opening this up. This is just a very simple taller compartment that offers a decent amount of space and so jumping into the items that I currently have in here.

First off I have my Apple Magic Mouse and then I have a lightning cable to charge my phone and then I also have my Kindle e-reader and even with the items that I had in there, I still have plenty of left over space. It’s would have been a good spot that there on something like my bag, smart, cable, organizer or maybe a laptop charger, and so because this is a larger compartment. If you put some smaller items in here, it can get a little bit disorganized.

It would have been nice to maybe have a slit pocket or two in here, but I’ve just been really impressed with how much space this compartment offers, even when the bag is pretty full and it’s just nice to have an area where you can quickly toss in some bulkier items or even your wallet and phone while you’re going through TSA at the top. There is another simple but very spacious, quick access compartment.

This has a nice wide opening. That’s gonna make this great for holding bulkier accessories and to be able to easily see everything that’s in the compartment at once, and so currently, what I have in here is my Ray Ban sunglasses with their case and then I also have my GoPro Hero, 3 plus, and then I also have my in case accessory pouch, which is the Dobb kit that I typically use when I’m trying to save a little bit of space.

This is even going to be a great spot for putting something like a larger pair of head if you want to carry them inside of the bag. So now with the compartment empty, you can get a better look at how much capacity it actually has. Even with all those items that I had in there, which are pretty bulky, there was still a little bit of leftover space if I wanted to throw something else in there. So no internal organization offered here no sort of felt lining or anything just very simple, but I really love having these larger compartments.

That let me organize things the way that I want to, and so the last pocket that we’re gonna be taking a look at is the main area, and although this doesn’t have a clamshell style opening it does open nice and wide, which still makes it pretty easy to pack out so with the wider opening. I can still have a pretty good feel of what’s in the main area. I can’t see all the way to the bottom, but it’s still pretty easy to get the items in and out and so jumping you know what I currently have here.

First off is a pair of Tom’s that I’d like to take with me on every trip. Next up, I have my smaller packing cube. That has my t-shirts and socks and smaller clothing items, and then the last thing that I have in here is the medium size, peak design, double-sided packing cube, which I’ve been testing out recently I’ve heard so much about this packing cube and so far I’ve been pretty impressed. It holds the same amount of stuff that the larger double-sided packing cube that I typically use hold, but it’s a little bit shorter, which I like which gives me a little bit more flexibility and how it can use the rest of the compartment so definitely excited to test this out with a few more bags now with the compartment empty or you can get a better feel for the space no sort of internal organization in this main area, just a very simple big bucket, where you can toss in a ton of stuff, even though I switched to the peak design, packing cube, I was able to fit the normal double sided.

Packing cube that I’ve used in all my other travel bag. Videos very comfortably. The last thing to mention in this area is that on the flap there is a small mesh zippered compartment that you can use to hold smaller accessories, that you don’t want floating down into the bottom of the bag, and so opening this up. I, really like that. The mesh makes it very easy to see what’s in the compartment nice amount of space here.

Currently, what I have is just a simple field, notes, notebook and then I also have a USBC hub for my touch bar MacBook Pro, and then on top of that, there’s just a simple lanyard, with a clip that you can use to hold your keys or in this case what I have here is my Gerber shard multi-tool, it’s a really great job in this main area and throughout the rest of the bag, of keeping things simple and making really smart choices with regards to design and use of space.

So, if you’re looking for something durable and versatile, that’s gonna work well in a ton of different environments, the black hole pack from Patagonia is gonna, be a great option to keep in mind and so to wrap up. It’s been a really good experience. Testing out the 32 liter black hole pack from Patagonia the bag has a great look. It feels really solidly built. It has some nice features and it comes in at a really good size, and so you can purchase this bag for about a hundred and fifty dollars on patagonia site and it’s a pretty reasonable price.

In my opinion, for the quality of bag that you’re getting and compared to a lot of the other similar bags in this price range, and so as I was testing this out, one of the first bag that this reminded me of was the North Face Caban. That was another really well-made. Backpack that had a slick minimalistic. Look it’s a little bit, slimmer and smaller than this bag. Here, the one that I looked at on the channel was about 26 liters versus the 32 liters that this one is, and it was also a little bit slimmer.

So it was harder to fit bulkier items, but I did slightly prefer. The look and organization of the Caban, backpack and I know that it’s offered in a few different sizes. So maybe one of the larger versions would be more comparable to this and how much it can actually hold and that bag came in and around 130 dollars. So, if you’re looking for something similar to this with a slightly more modern look, that’s gonna be a good option to keep in mind the next bag.

This reminded me of was the fjällräven raven 28, which we also looked at pretty recently. That was another very versatile bag that worked well for daily use or even for quick trips and had a lot of great organization. It was comfortable well built and it came in and around $100, so a little bit less expensive than this. That bag was about 28 liters, so it wasn’t gonna be able to hold quite as much as the 32 liters that this bag has.

But if you want something with a little bit more of a traditional look that has maybe a little bit more organization and is gonna help. You save a little bit of money. The fjällräven raven 28 is definitely gonna, be a good option to check out. Another Magnus reminded me of was the 2019 opposed this invisible carry-on, and that’s been one of my favorite bags that we looked at this year. It has a really great look.

It comes in at 25 liters, making it really good for your day-to-day or for quick trips. I’ve been really impressed with how much that bag can hold, and it definitely has a little bit more of a modern and professional look than this bag. So, if you’re looking for something similar to this, that’s gonna work well for daily or travel use, but also work well for the office. That’s definitely gonna be a good option to look into the next bag.

This made me think that was a 5-11 rapid, quad, zip pack, which is gonna, have a little bit more of a tactical look than this, and it’s not going to quite as big, but it’s just a really versatile bag that has a size. That’s gonna, work well for day to day use or even for quick trips. It opens up flat. It has a nice amount of organization, it’s very comfortable and durable, and it also comes in at under $100.

So, if you’re looking for something like this- and you don’t need as much space- and you want to save a little bit of money, the rapid quad, zip pack is gonna, be a great option to keep in mind as well another bag. That reminded me, a lot of this one was the cotopaxi alpha 28, which we featured a little while back. That was a very versatile kind of minimalistic travel backpack that open flat like a suitcase and the 28 litre version of that bag isn’t gonna be able to hold quite as much as this one.

It is offered in a 35 liter, but we haven’t featured that on the channel, but the 28 litre version is a really good size for traveling on airlines, with tighter restrictions. They’re still gonna be able to hold a decent amount of stuff, and on top of that, it has a nice look with a variety of colors and it’s really well made, and then the last option I’ll mention here is the nomadic travel pack, which we’ve talked about a bunch on the channel.

That’s been one of my favorite all-around bags of all time. It expands from 20 to 30 litres, making it really good for daily use or for quick trips. It has a lot of great organizational options: it’s comfortable its well-made, highly weather resistant, and, if you want a bag that can kind of do it, all you don’t mind paying a little bit extra. The nomadic Travel Pack is still gonna, be one of the best alternatives that I can think of for this bag.

Well, with all that being said, the Patagonia black hole pack holds up really well against all those bags, as I mentioned throughout the video. It’s really well built it’s comfortable. It has a nice amount of features, I really like the size, and on top of that, it’s just really great to see all the initiatives that Patagonia has as far as sustainable materials and practices. So if you’re already a fan of Patagonia’s products or you’re, just looking for a really solid all-around bag, that’s gonna have enough space for traveling I, definitely mind you guys check this one out and I’m definitely curious to hear what you guys, think of a 32 litre, black hole pack or any other bags that you’ve used from Patagonia.

If you have any good suggestions, as always, please let me know in the comments and I want to thank you guys again for watching and if you found this video helpful, please go ahead and give us a like, and if you haven’t already, please go ahead and subscribe. So you don’t miss any upcoming videos and thank you guys so much.

Hey this has been welcome to Benny Ford room. This is one of my favorite backpacks by one of my favorite brands. Patagonia. This is the Patagonia black hole backpack. This is a 25 liter version I liked how to going you, because their stuff is sturdy as hell. Nothing ever goes wrong with it. Built to last is kind of a mantra that they live by and they also have an element of social responsibility which is awesome.

This 25 liter black hole backpack is waterproof its rip proof it’s just about everything proof, but yet it’s super comfortable. It’s an awesome day pack for everyday use. You can use it in the city you used to take to school. You could take that on the trail. You could take it to Everest and handle to spend anything for the exterior, the Patagonia black hole. Backpack 25 liter is made of 13 ounce 4 50 denier, 100% polyester rip, stop for the TPU film laminate for durable water, repellent finish.

This thing will send most weather conditions that you’d ever want to be in how to go in black hole. Backpack feature this awesome bucket style opening for easy access to a surprisingly spacious main compartment inside you’ll find all sorts of holders for pretty much anything you can think of including a padded laptop sleeve for a 15 inch laptop on the top of the bag inside the flask.

There’s a handy, zippered pocket for smaller items such as the phone wallet or your passport. So you don’t have to open up the bag to get to it. How do you make some of the most comfortable and durable technical backpacks on the market? This features a heavy-duty molded back panel and padded shoulder harness straps and the sternum strap. This pack is a pleasure to wear all day long.

It’s almost weightless on the sides. You can see these stretch woven pockets that hold a wide range of water, bottle, shapes and sizes. The best part is once you pull the water bottles up. They sit flush against the pack. The top mounted reinforced hull handle makes it easy to carry this in transit. One of my favorite features, though, about the padding and black hole.

Backpack. Is this sneaky front zipper? It looks like it shouldn’t. Even be there, but it opens often it’s the perfect size for a notebook or tablet plus you’ve got this nice row of durable nylon handles perfect for a carabiner or anything that you might want to strap it from the pack. So, from the trail to your urban commute to a trip up and down the coast, this Patagonia black hole backpack, this being the 25.

A bigger version is about as good of a backpack as you’re going to find anywhere. It’s sturdy. It’s comfortable! It’s practical! It’s super light. It’s a great all-around AIPAC.

What is going on everyone connor here from gear reviews bringing you another installment in the Patagonia black hole, 25 liter mini series today, we will finally see how well this bag does when it gets. You know water on it and how well it withstands and holds up to it, sort of in like a rainfall scenario. So it’s just gonna be a quick video. There’s not much I can really do other than put it on this water and then see how well it’s done. I have listened and I have some paper here that I’m gonna put in the backpack just to show the water a bit more.

If stuff gets in, as it is hard to do with just a towel doesn’t always show the water very well. So we have that and I’m pretty optimistic I think the Patagonia black hole bags are renowned and, as I, keep saying that durable water repellant finish should help hold up and keep that water out. But let’s just get right to it and see how well it does once we put it through the test. Alright, so we’ve got the Patagonia black hole bag here. I have just put a towel in it for shape just to see how well it does so.

You know, there’s no water in here now so I just have two normal pieces of line paper. It’s pretty obvious when these get wet it shows it pretty. Well. So, let’s hope that helps a bit alright. So I’m gonna put one piece of paper in here and then I’m gonna put some paper in here in this front compartment as well, just so that we really get an all-around feel for how well each compartment does when it gets water on it. So we’ll just rip one piece: you know conserving this one here and then the last piece we’re just gonna walk right in here.

Just try and get as much of the area covered as possible and then make sure we zip this up nice and tight all right, so I’m gonna make sure that all the zippers are completely closed up. We don’t have any issues like with the North Face borealis bag, so there we go all the zippers are done up and we’re ready to put it in and see how it does all right. So I’m just got it positioned as if you’re sort of walking with it. So your back would be right here. It would, you know, simulate a bit of a different feel and obviously this part doesn’t you know you usually get that wet when you walk so all right, so you can really tell that that durable water repellent finish here.

It’s just feeding right off. It’s basically as if it’s like a car or something I am focusing a lot on that nipper. So it’ll be interesting to see all right. So I think that was a fair bit of water that just got on this back part is come really much completely soaked, as well as the bottom, which I guess. I should have accounted for and put a piece of paper down there as well, but let’s open it up and see how we did all right. So, let’s start with this top compartment, as you can see, there is a lot of beating up on here and it did wash off really easily.

So that gives me a lot of hope. But I did you know, sort of just leave the water falling on here. So let’s just take a look all right, so there is some water, that’s for certain there’s, quite a bit of water. You can definitely see that so there’s there has been water come in there, I’m, not certain where it came in, but I guess one good thing is, you might be able to see. The water is just kind of pooled in here. So you know that’s I, guess a plus, because it’s not going to be seeping through and getting in other compartments, and that is the you know that rains pretty forceful, it’s pretty extreme and if we check this one, so this page is completely dry.

I guess now really the main component here is this big compartment and that page looks pretty bone-dry to me, which is amazing, I think that was probably a bit of a severe water test compared to the North Face borealis bag. So there’s no water in that bottom either. But let’s take the piece just sorta give it away. There might be some that’s dripped into it. Now, I, don’t really see much out, but again, you’re, not gonna. Leave your bags sitting down in the water in the rain, I, don’t think on an average occasion, so I think that’s fair to say that that’s a pretty impressive reaction to a pretty intense water test.

In my opinion, I think that we can give that a double thumbs up on how well it did that did not disappoint at all with the way it just beat it off and came right off of it. I know I say that with a lot of the bags and the way they do it, but if you really look at the way the patagonia bag had it just come right off of it as opposed to the North Face or even the Black Diamond they all sort of had a bit of you know the the bounce off, but with this you could really tell that it wasn’t even affecting it and that just completely was coming off of it.

So big props to Patagonia for being able to make such an amazing backpack out of recycled polyester. It’s just amazing that they’re able to make such a high-quality product out of you know recycled materials because a lot of the time you would think that might impair the quality of it, but clearly they’ve skipped no steps and it’s amazing, so definitely a bag to check out if you’re in the market, for one that looks like this or this kind of functionality, really. The only part that got wet was this front compartment here and I did leave the showerhead right on that top part.

So, probably not the most realistic to have it doing that, but you know those rain clouds that follow you around. They are pretty hazardous, sometimes, but I hope you guys have enjoyed this quick water test here. I’m really impressed with this bag. As I said, you know, I love the the Patagonia Company I’m glad that their bag is just as good as the rest of their stuff. I have some of their clothing and I think it’s absolutely amazing. All right, so I hope you’ve enjoyed this water test on the Patagonia black hole, bag, I, hope.

Overall, it’s helped. You guys figure out if this is a backpack for you or what you look for in a backpack so feel free to. Let me know down below if you have any follow-up videos you want on this bag. If there’s any other testing, I should do and also you can follow me on Instagram and Twitter I, occasionally post things about videos or different adventures, I’m on or outdoor activities- and we will see you guys later, oh boy, you.

Hey guys damper voyages back here with reviewing the Patagonia black hole, 25 liter backpack, real, quick before we jump into the features of this backpack. If you’re interested in other travel related gear, I’m gonna be doing an entire series of reviews on different travel, Laden items, so please do subscribe for more. Let’s get into the features with this guy. As you can see, this one is the black version, there’s several different colors available, as well as a different variation of black.

The ink black which I know what the difference is. I’ve had this bag for about two months now and I’ve used it pretty extensively in that time, so I originally purchased this bag to use as a day pack, while traveling, but also just kind of as a daily pack, so the bag itself weighs a pound and a half fruit size. It’s pretty lightweight. It also is very foldable compressible.

Now this backpack is a little bit bulkier and a little bit heavier than some day packs out there, but it’s got a lot of really great features which really set it apart from other packs, so starting with the outside. Here it’s got one pretty good sized zipper pocket this guy I like to keep. You know, outerwear, like rain gear, sweater stuff like that in there it’s perfect for that.

It’s also got several lash points here on the outside great for tying extra pair of shoes too, and then it’s got a really nice pocket right here on the top I’ve found this excellent just for carrying snacks around, while I’m traveling or, like I, said a headphones, something you need to access easily right here on the top. Now, as far as the inside goes, it is pretty good-sized in there it’s got several compartments on the inside.

It’s got a electronic sleeve. This is large enough to fit a 15-inch laptop. It’s also got the second pocket here on the inside, and this is meant to hold something like a tablet or an e-reader, and now both of these are going to be insulated. So they’re going to protect your electronics if your bags getting tossed around and then now for the other side of the pack- and this is where it really comes in handy for school- it’s got a couple spots for writing.

Utensils here it’s also got a spot, it’s great for storing, not only a phone but a wallet as well. So if you’re, someone who likes to not carry stuff in your pockets, okay, grace bust- for that it’s also got a little loop for a keyring, and then it has like a little mesh pocket here as well, which in your store, you know whatever alright. Now. As far as the back of the backpack goes, there are a couple of neat features, as you can see here.

It does have kind of these nice grooves in the back, and this is to help vent the heat away from your back I’d say: there’s a pretty good job. It’s not great. Additionally, on the back here, there is kind of a little area here where you can put a water bladder. So something like a Camelback. If you need it also, you can put your headphones through there as watch your phones inside your backpack, and then you will see here.

It does have chest strap, which I think is great, really helps, distribute the weight from the pack over your chest and your shoulders whenever I buy a new day pack. This is always a feature that I want. It does have a couple of other lash points here as well for clipping some small stuff too. Another feature I really like is these little elastic ties, it really kind of holds any extra straps here keeps me from getting annoying and then, lastly, on the outside here got a couple of good-sized pockets.

These are great for a holding a water bottle, tripod stuff like that. So overall I think this is a great day pack. It is a little bit heavier and bulkier than some. So, if you’re looking for something just for traveling, I wouldn’t recommend this, but if you’re looking for a great bag, you can travel with and use in daily life highly recommend the Patagonia black hole.

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What is going on everyone Connor here video today, I really just wanted to give you sort of that final summary on the Patagonia black hole, 25 liter bag. Just my end, thoughts on it really. You know how I’m feeling about the bag and what I would want to use it for or if I even want to use it. So I figured we’ll do a quick summary video, let you know you know my final verdict on it and that way you have all the information to decide if this is a bag that you want to get and if you it’ll be good for sort of your day-to-day life or any adventures that you had in mind with it.

Alright, so, let’s just get right to it and we’ll go through my summary of the Patagonia black hole bag. Alright, so sort of the the overall first thought I have about this bag is I. Think it’s a really great bag. I, like the the back panel design, a lot I’m a fan of the way the straps are and sort of. The main thing that I took away was how amazing the water resistance. Was you know, I’ve done, I think that’s the fourth bag that I’ve done a water test on for you guys, and it really just the way it beat it off of it and ran off of the the material was really really shocking to see, especially with it being that recycled, polyester, so I mean that is a huge, huge thumbs up for this backpack.

In my opinion, as water resistance is something I really look for in bags, and you know, I was shocked by the way the North Face borealis bag did it, and this one was probably equally, if not more shocking other than the water resistance. The big thing that impressed me was that it was using recycled materials which, to me that’s a really big thing to do, especially with the way the earth is today. So I think. That’s amazing that this bag is held to such a high quality and perform so well, even with it being made out of recycled polyester, so that that again is a big plus in my books.

Alright, so the the sort of big negative that I have this bag is just the way. The main compartment set up it doesn’t really stretch that much it’s sort of set the way that is I do like my backpacks main compartments to have a bit of give to them, just so that you can adapt what you’re doing with it. So for me, really, the design of that main compartment isn’t a big win for me. I do have to give that part a thumbs down when I think about the way I like to pack things I like it to have a bit of that stretch to it just to allow for different things or for a different way to pack it just so that it can hold that bit more really, you know, there’s there’s two main pluses to the bag, and then one sort of downside in my mind, so with that I I, would use this bag as sort of an overnight bag or a weekend trip bag.

I, don’t think I would use this as a daily carry bag. I, don’t think it’s adaptable enough! I, don’t think it’s able to perform in the various scenarios or really hold everything you know if we look back at the way. The North Face borealis bag held all of those things. When I did my everyday carry test. I really think it’s. It’s got a much better use of its space and it’s much more efficient in the way it uses its space. So to me, I think this is a great bag for probably school sort of the university college student you’re gonna be able to put in what you need and take out really simply with that half clamshell opening you’re gonna be able to do that.

You know run the class. Do things like that and it has that stand upstraight feature I can actually have stuff in it, but that exempt T right now. But you know the standing up straight and that sort of clamshell are gonna, be really beneficial to students, I think and because, when your student, usually less is better. So it’s not as bulky it’s not. You know, gonna take up as much space in the lecture halls, but anything where you know you’re carrying a lunch all the time.

So you know high schools, elementary schools, even for working I. Don’t think I would use this for every day, but I would definitely want to use it when I go I’m. You know quick overnight trips to load all my clothes in or even like. We can get away to a cottage or camping, because I know I can depend on the material to you know, survive if it’s caught out in something but yeah. That’s that’s really where I think the bag lacks. Is that everyday carry efficiency of space, sort of adaptability, so for me, I would still stick with my North Face, borealis, backpack and I do plan to, but for this I do think it’s a really good contender for college university students and, for you know those short-term getaways because of the the ease and simplicity of it.

I think that’s where it’s going to benefit in those certain scenarios. So, overall that’s my sort of just quick thoughts that end of my Patagonia black hole. Miniseries. Let me know what you guys thought down below. I have seen a couple questions asking which I would choose and I really think it just depends on your scenario. It depends on what you’re using it for and what you really want to get out of it. So I hope you guys have enjoyed.

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Video we’re taking a detailed look at the patagonia black hole pack, 25 liters, which I’ve been testing for the last two weeks head on over to packhacker com for the full written review link in the description below, let’s dive in okay, so we will start off just by covering some of the materials on this bag and, as the bag’s name suggests, this bag is made up of patagonia’s black hole fabric and what that is, is a recycled polyester rip stop and it’s this kind of shiny stuff on the front with a tpu laminated coating.

So it’s really weather resistant and we’ve had pretty good experiences with it. In the past, we like that it’s recycled patagonia does a really good job there and um. Personally, I’m not a crazy fan of how it looks this kind of shiny material, but all in all, it comes together to look pretty good, and I know a lot of people really dig um what patagonia have with their black hole.

So that’s the kind of bulk of the material there. As you can see, they’ve got some branding. There’s patagonia a little label on the front here, which is actually gives it quite a nice little look and the zippers are all ykk see around here, which is great. Had some good experiences with ykk really solid zippers should hold up and then hardware wise.

We have got duraflex, sternum, strap here and buckles and duraflex, just like ykk had good experiences with, and you know you can’t really ask for much more better hardware on a pack like this ykk zippers and duraflex hardware, so all good there when it comes to kind of materials. Um. Looking at the front here, we’ve got this daisy chain which I’ve just popped a little carabiner through.

So you can attach a hat onto the front, something like that. It is a kind of urban-ish kind of daypack, but as with patagonia, there’s definitely an outdoor element. You can take this on the trail and pack it up with loads of stuff and you’re good to go, and this kind of daisy chain gives that away and it’s cool to add some stuff um onto the front and also you’ve got this thing here, which could actually be used.

As a handle like that, I haven’t used that a ton, but you know if you’re grabbing this from the car um you just want to grab this. Take it out to your campsite, something like that. Then it’s pretty cool, that’s pretty much it from an exterior point of view. If we just take a look at the harness system on the back here and before I forget actually um just because I haven’t used it that much with a water bladder kind of trailing on from patagonia’s kind of outdoor um with this bag is there’s.

Actually a water bladder passed through, as you can see up, there sits into the back which I’m using as a laptop sleeve, but you can pop a water bladder in comes out through you can tuck it in between here and you’re. Good to go so definitely have made this with the kind of outdoor adventures in mind, but I’ve been using it as a kind of urban edc bag and it works pretty well as both to be honest, quite a versatile back then, when it comes to harry uh, carrie.

Sorry, we’ve got nice shoulder straps here, pretty much what you would expect and like to find on a 25 liter bag. You got a sternum strap, which you don’t always see on 25 liter bags and that’s nice. It can just secure it a little bit better, but your body definitely improves the carry and um yeah shoulder straps.

Really nice padding it’s a really comfortable bag to carry overall and the back padding. Even though there’s not a ton of ventilation. Maybe this back panel might help a little bit in the middle here, but really nice padding and it’s a pretty comfortable bag to wear. Overall, I’m definitely not too shabby. Then we will just pop it back over to the front.

As you can see, on the right hand, side here got a water bottle in the water bottle side pocket there pop that down there, and then we’ve also got one on the other side. Now they are stretchy. You can fit numerous sizes of water bottle in there they’re not the most secure. Obviously, if you’ve got a really big one, it stretches out, but they’re not crazy.

Deep. If you’ve got like a big 32 ounce, it’s going to pop out a little bit, it’s going to be secure and they are pretty solid. Water bottle pockets, but just know that they’re wide, not crazy, deep and they’re stretchy. So um, you know stuff could maybe jostle around a little bit. But overall, pretty good side. Water bottle pockets on both sides there and they helped add the aesthetic of the bag.

I think as well then we’ll take a look at the kind of compartments on the outside, so we’ve got one at the top there that I’ll just get into in a second and we’ve actually got one down this front of the bag, and sometimes a bag will have one on the front or one on the top. This has both and I’ve kind of just been using it to compartmentalize.

So in here I’ve just got some hand gel, and I have got a face mask as well and you can pop it actually covers this whole main area of the bag, so great for loads of different stuff. If you want to use it, I just haven’t been carrying anything that kind of fits this dimension, so I’ve just used it. As I know, this is where, like my face marking stuff is- and this is where my wallet and keys are so I’ll- zip- that back up there but really useful front pocket here, really nice integration into the bag.

Then, as I said before, we’ve got a front pocket here or top quick grab pocket. I should call it probably and in there I’ve just got my wallet and I have got my keys now. I’ve actually got this bag pretty jammed up, as you can tell when you do that, and the top pocket kind of eats up into the space a little bit, but I haven’t found it too hard, but I’ve got my keys there as well.

Usually I don’t have this bag as full I’ve kind of just packed it super full just to show how much it can hold and it can hold a really decent amount of stuff so put that back down there. Two really nice, quick grab pockets on this bag definitely been utilizing them a lot and I think it’s about time to get inside the main compartment.

So this is a top loading backpack and it’s this front kind of top area. Here it’s got this zipper. In fact, I’ll just cover um this top handle here is another way to carry it. Apart from the harness system- and this little front thing here um, this is pretty good. You know actually actually not that bad. You know if you want to hang this bag up or something this um.

You know nothing, fancy you’re not going to carry it around with this, but it’s a nice little addition for sure. Then moving back up, you can see it kind of zips around the top here and opens up like that. Now I’ll just take this out straight away, I’ve just got a little hoodie in there. So it’s getting cooler here in the uk, it’s always good to carry around an extra spare hoodie.

If you need another layer, then I’ve got a tech kit and the top there as well, which I’ll just pop down and then I’ve actually been carrying around with this bag. My um camera um internal camera unit, which is pretty big, doesn’t fit into all bags, but this one it fits really well so I’ve had it when I’ve been out and around taking photos so I’ll.

Take that out. It does fill up that space pretty well, as you can see, that’s a pretty decent size, so I’ll pop that down there as well and yeah 25 liters decent size of a bag. You know I’ve you can, if you’re carrying this around as a work, bag or you’re going on outdoor adventures plenty of space. Now I will add, when it’s not all the way, full, it’s a bit kind of crinkly and it kind of sags a little bit.

So I’m not a crazy fan of what it is when you’re not kind of packing this stuff out so definitely and be aware of that they do do different sizes and also different colorways of this bag as well. So take that into account. But just pick it back up here: we’ve got as I said that water bladder passed through here at the top and in the back there there’s also all the water pocket, but I’ve been using it as a laptop pocket.

Now this will fit 15 inch, laptops um. It won’t usually fit a 15-inch laptop with a case I found. I can’t get my case in here as well, and I will add it’s not the best laptop compartment. It’s not been made with kind of laptops specifically in mind this bag, um more so than you know less so than other bags, but they’ve obviously included it because it is a versatile bag.

Now, it’s kind of slanted a little bit if you can see that and I’ve just in all honesty, just had some troubles with being able to get it in it’s a little bit further down the pack, and this isn’t ultimately useful for a laptop, whereas more so with a water bladder. So yeah just note that, but it does hold 15 inch, laptops, no problem and then in the front it’s got another little pocket where I’ve just got a tablet.

So I’ll take that out there then, on the other side. Finally, there’s a little internal pocket mesh, which is nice in there it’s got a little key lash, I’m not entirely sure where you’d want that in that compartment. Now I haven’t been using this one: it’s just a little bit hard to access in all honesty, so I haven’t found and because I’ve got like tech equipment in like a tech pouch in the main compartment I haven’t been.

You know, haven’t needed to use that, but there is a mesh internal pocket there. It lays flat, if you don’t use it, but it is there and it’s nice addition to be fair, just a little hard to access overall and yeah that’s kind of the inside of the bag. There, we’ll zip it back up um. It is a little bit hard to find stuff at the bottom.

It does get quite dark in there because it’s a top loading backpack but yeah, that’s pretty much it. The patagonia black hole pack 25 litres head on over to packhacker com for the full written review, where you can also find the best buying options that support our channel at no additional cost to you. We will see you in the next video.

Hey everyone connor here from gear, have seen your guys comments. I have read them and you want something other than North Face gear, which I can completely understand so today, as you can already tell we’re, looking at something from Patagonia, which is another brand I love, they have a lot of great products and they’re definitely ethical and their production and the way they make things. So that’s a that’s a huge thumbs up right.

There alone, you can already tell that a company’s doing well, if they’re willing to you know, invest in ways and strategies to help the environment, and this is sort of one of the flagship things that they do as well and that’s make things out of recycled materials. So today we’re looking at the Patagonia black hole, 25 liter backpack. So let’s get right to it and take a look at this awesome bag. Alright, so in the tag just to know, it does say, recycled polyester on it, so you know they they are using those different materials and then they’re doing that, and it says using this, makes the product lessen our dependence on petroleum as a source of raw materials and reduces waste compared to using non recycled polyester.

So it’s really just helping out in the long run, and you know it doesn’t look any different and the material is just as sturdy and Patagonia stands behind it just as much as they would something else. So, there’s not really any difference but they’re helping the environment at the same time. So you know it’s great to see. Companies do that I know ten trees, another big one that does that with using recycled water bottles and stuff to make thread for different things.

So great note on that, but let’s get to the details of the bag just to give you an overview of it and then we’ll come back another time to look at. You know how it holds things and how it does against water. The black hole bags from Patagonia are really known for being water resistant and having that durable water repellent finished, all right, so start off we’re just looking at the outside here it does have that sort of webbing and strap stuff on the front for you to attach things to right.

Here’s a big one, a couple smaller ones and then at the bottom they’ve got another a smaller one there, but and then, if you rotate to the side, there is a sort of flap here with nothing on it, but then moving over to this side, this flap out of zipper are you gonna, go in and put some things in here. You know anything. You want to access really quickly on the bag. You can just unzip it dive in there and grab it.

It also does with having that flap here that you can see it all sort of like that. It’s not going to interfere too much with the main compartment of the bag. It’s gonna! Let you still use it and it’s not that thick, that you’re gonna be stuffing, and you know a sweater in there and then trying to fit stuff in the main compartment and you’re not gonna, be able to. If we move up a bit, you come to the other outside pocket.

That’s right here! This is another quick access pocket that you’re gonna be able to you know, put keys or sunglasses or glasses phones. Anything like that you’re gonna be able to access it really quickly when you need to- or you know, maybe use it as a pencil case, if you’re in class or something you’re able to just throw those in there instead of having to lug a pencil case around it inside the bag with you, if we move to the side, we have the two pockets here for water bottles.

It is really tight, webbing right now, just because it’s brand-new, so the bag hasn’t been used. It’s not been stretched out at all. It’s you know fresh and unexposed to any adventures or tests that we may put it through. So those will eventually you know it’s banned a bit and allow you to carry a bit more in that pocket. It’s just so brand new that it’s not really used to it. If we move then to the bottom of the bag, you’re gonna see that different material as I like to call out it’s just companies are realizing now that you know people use the bottom of the bag a lot and those are usually the places that fail so they’re putting in a more durable material.

You can see it sort of. You can tell the difference, obviously in it from one to the other, but you can sort of see and hear that difference to it. It’s gonna be more durable, it’s gonna last longer and when you know you’re scraping it across the ground or you’re, putting it there and then Falls and stuff you’re, not gonna, have it. You know, create holes or get worn out as easily and also you’re, probably gonna, be able to resist some more water and moisture with it, because it is that tougher material.

So you know great to see that that’s been included in this. They thought it through and they they’ve even gone one step further, really and they’ve brought it up higher around the whole bag. Here comes up to here so that it’s still gonna sit, and if it is, you know in a bit of rain or snow or something it should protect it that even bit more because it’s coming up past just you know that bottom itself, so that’s a big plus and on the other side there is any other water bottle pocket.

If we move right along to the back panel, I’m, actually quite a fan of the wave, how to go near those their backpack back panels, it’s very simple, its padded, it’s comfortable and it sort of has that moisture, wicking effect to it, but they don’t overdo it as a lot of companies try to compete with ones like North Face, where they have. You know the fancy webbing and padding Patagonia is like hey. You know what we have our thing: people like it, we’re gonna, do it that way.

So you know it is just simple padded. It’s comfortable on your back and those shoulder. Straps are quite small padding, but it is comfortable padding from my experience with them and they again have the straps as this is a water bottle double backpack, so you can put that water pack in the back of it and you’ll be good to go. Two note on the sternum: strap it does move up and down into the variable locations is a really simple and small one.

So it’s not as bulky and so I can be in your way. If you don’t want to use it and then there is no waist strap. So that’s a nice thing to have, because you can just take off the sternum strap and you have no straps on your backpack and it’s quick and simple and you’re good to go another one of the things I love about Patagonia is the simplicity of things. You’ll find a lot of the time with any of their gear or their clothes.

It’s usually very simple. Looking and it’s not got. You know too much going on with it so that you are just getting you know what you need and you don’t have to try and you know, make things work or you know worry about different small things you can just use it go out, explore adventure, do whatever you’re doing and get along with it. So if we take a look at the inside, that’s exactly what they’ve done. They have a you know, sort of small clamshell opening here I do wish.

It went down a little further just for easy loading. But if we look right in the inside there is just this small pocket here which I’m imagining is just to keep some of the smaller items up near the top. They have a keychain attachment. So again you know going right there with that. Then you’re not digging through the bag, to find your keys, that’s pretty great, and it really is just a giant open pocket here you know it’s clearly: 25 litres is just right in there.

Basically you’re not really getting anything else going on in there, but you could easily fit enough for a weekend. You know get away in there or you know, going up to the cottage or all of your school supplies. I would think fit in here. I know that some people I know fit everything that they need in their Patagonia backpack for school and then also you’ve got a spot here for a tablet or book or journal or whatever it is, and then also a laptop could easily fit here.

It is just allowing you to use it the way you want it. You’re, not. You know competing, as you know, sort of a big problem that people see with the North Face bags is that from the compartment that impedes into the main compartment it you know, has all that organizational stuff and it’s heavy and it pulls the bag down, and it you know, prevents you from putting you know a big sweater in here, but I really do like that about Patagonia.

That’s one of the things that dreamed of them as a company in the first place was the simplicity of it. That’s been the Patagonia black hole, bag, 25, liter, size, I, hope that you guys have enjoyed the video. It’s just a quick introduction, like I, said we’re gonna, you know, do another video packin it full of stuff to see how well it holds. Everything will do one doing a bit of a water test and then we’ll also do some sort of real life test so that you can get the whole picture of the bag and see how well it works in different scenarios.

That way, you know if it’s right for you and whatever adventures you’re gonna get to, but in the meantime, I hope you guys enjoyed this video and we’ll see you later boy. You.

What’s up guys, this is Levi and I am from shop and we are gonna talk about the Patagonia black hole pack not to be confused for their brown hole pack. Make sure guys if you want this as a gift and you’re showing it to someone make sure you. Let them know that you like it in the black because they might ask you, do you like it in the black one or do you like it in the brown? So first thing you’re to notice about this back pack is the material that’s on the outside. It is a heavy-duty polyester rip, stop material with DWR coating all around it, which makes it water-resistant not waterproof, because the zippers aren’t taped.

None of the seams are taped and the back up here isn’t water repellent, but it’s great backpack if you’re walking around I in the light snow or in the rain, not heavy duty rain and yeah, it’s good riding backpack. So another thing about this outer fabric- it is blue sign approved, which is basically it’s a company in Switzerland that goes and it approves fabrics buy some of the stuff they’re looking at is the chemicals that are going into it is: are they environmentally friendly? The factories that are making this fabric? Are they paying their workers? Well they’re taking care of people? Is it? Is it not a great impact in the environment? Those types of things there’s a lot of other brands that go to the extent to make sure things are blue seal approved because that little mark blue seal approved lets us know that okay, this is like high-end and they’ve done their due diligence as far as making it safe for the environment and good from start to finish so so one thing: cool, that’s cool.

The check out is the way the zippers down at the top it zips around, and it dumps the whole thing wide open, making it really easy to pack your black hole, and you can. Basically it’s got a ton of extra little pockets that are in there. It fits a 15-inch, laptop lots of cool stuff. This is just to make it look sexy. It’s just an air bag, but yeah cool zipper, really easy to access everything and lots of little details to make sure your stuffs not falling just chilling at the bottom of the bag.

So the other thing to flip it around check it out. This is the backside where you’d we’re up against rec. There is a ton of really good soft padding on there. It’s really breathable making it for less sweating that type of thing, but it’s also good for we’ve all packed our backpacks, so full of junk. That there’s been that sharp thing. That’s sticking on your back! That’s not going to happen here, and these really says the contoured straps are going to sit comfortably under and they’re gonna.

Be nice guys thanks! So much for watching this is Levi. I am from shred shop comment below with things are ways that you would pack your 25 litre black hole and yeah have a good one, see you guys later peace [Laughter], we just finished drinking all this eggnog. We did this dumb thing, then one of our friends does call the nog dog and we have to drink two liters eggnog and then run a kilometer. So we did that and I tried to make myself throw up as much as I could to get rid of the stuff out of my stomach, but it didn’t work.

Then I went back to my house and I was watching a movie with this girl and we were seriously watching the movie furious. There’s lots of war scenes and stuff like that, and then we went and I like was like I’m just gonna go get you a glass of water and I got her some water and then I went upstairs to my bathroom upstairs and seriously had so much diarrhea and the loudest poop that I’ve had in an entire year, and so I just had to wait that the thing is: there’s no fan in that upstairs bathroom and the vent from that bathroom goes directly down above where the TV was so I had to wait for war scenes to go hon for me so seriously like infuriated, and at that point that’s when I would be and just farting my brains out and I flushed I think six times to also cover up the fart noises and the girl never noticed so got away scot-free.

But then I told the story in front of her the next day and she found out how many times I farted diarrhea.

What’s going on everyone Connor here from gear reviews bringing you another Patagonia black coal, 25 liter again this time, we’re gonna do the first of two packing tests, so this is sort of the adventure packing test. It’s some things you might find in your bags. If you’re going on a day trip or overnight or weekend trip, just a couple staples that you might bring along with you, seeing how it fits inside the bag and whether or not everything on this table can make the cut or not.

So, let’s get to it all right. So, on this side over here we have the Patagonia better sweater, and then we have here the North Face resolved to rain jacket. That is a really popular one. Then this right here is just a small medical kit. It’s got the staple things you might need, depending on what you’re doing and just for those short trips, and we also have a flashlight, because you should always have a flashlight, a pocketknife sunglasses, just in case you’re driving somewhere a trail map, depending on, if you’re, actually going out to the trails and then also our handy action camera.

So, just over here, I wanted to include something to put in the two side: mesh pockets. So I have my standard one liter, Nalgene water bottle and then the Yeti tumbler that we looked at a little while ago, just to really give it that feel that you’re loading the bag full because a lot of the time side, mesh pockets do get pushed out when the bags loaded too much- and you know your water bottles and sights don’t fit in as well.

So, let’s start filling this bag up and see how well it does alright. So a really helpful feature on here that I mentioned before is that sort of half clamshell opening. It’s gonna really allow you to pack the bag a little easier and just sort of put everything inside of it and also get a good look at where you’re putting it in things like that. So probably one of the first things I’d start with the action camera is a bit heavier, so I, probably stuff it right down at the bottom.

There then, after that, I probably put the sweater, because it’s not a huge deal if I can’t get to it quickly and it’s trapped at the bottom. So there we go, got the sweater sort of half on top of the acting camera down there. Alright. So after we have the spider in that I thought it would utilize the organizational capabilities so I’m, just gonna put this notebook in here.

Just you know you never know. Sometimes you bring notebooks on your adventures depending on what you’re doing then also I’m gonna put my laptop in here again. It’s just gonna help us simulate that sort of realness to it and also, as you can tell, makes it a much more packed, look and feel so there you go. We got both of those in there and all that, and you still have this whole top part up here.

So what I think we’ll do is in here. So in this top part up here, I’m just gonna put the knife: it’s just gonna, allow for simplicity, you know, maybe you need it quickly. It’s right there you’re gonna be able to get it alright. So we’ve got the nice braid up top there and then right in this area. Right here, I would just put my shelf, or in this case my rain jacket.

It’s just gonna allow you to really access it quickly and if you get caught in the rain or it starts to snow and you’re, not wearing a protective shell, then it’s right there at the top you’re good to go and you can grab it pretty easily. So then, if we go up here in this top compartment, here, I would just put sunglasses there. It’s kind of the spot to be in right sort of perfectly made for it and right here on the front compartment.

Still, as you can see, if you remember me mentioning it, doesn’t really impede this pocket when this main compartment is full, which is really great. It’s just a simple design that Patagonia have gone with, gives that bit of elevation gives you that coat of hand width of space, so just with that we’re gonna stuff in our trail map and our flashlight, because those should always be sort of readily accessible and they can just snug right in there get all zipped up tight and then I’ve actually forgotten to put the small med kit in so I’ll open.

This back up probably take out the raincoat put the med kit right in here with the night. Just because then they’re both together, usually they can go hand in hand. Zip it right back up. So, as you can see, still got some space in there, but once we put this rain jacket, /l back in gonna, zip up nice and snug, so there you go, there’s all of that load it in there.

It looks kind of bulky, but it also looks like you filled out the bag itself. So then we’ll put now Jean on this side. It’s a little tough to get in there. As I mentioned, these haven’t been used, so they aren’t it stretched out yet and then we’ll put the Yeti on this side a little tougher all right. So there you go. You got the fully loaded powder going, a twenty five liter bag already for your sort of day trip out or even an overnight trip, packed full fits all rather nicely and you’ve still got a bit of space in there depending on.

If you need to throw anything extra in, that’s a pretty great that it can fit it all. And now, let’s take a look guide, just changing a couple things to see how it fits sort of a weekend trip side of gear, all right, so I’ve left the MacBook and the notebook in here just to keep it simple. You’re, probably still gonna have those on a weekend trip, but what I’m going to change up is I’ve loaded, a packing cube, just full of some odds and ends some things you might have on a ski trip or a weekend trip.

You know change your clothes different socks, some warmer clothes things like that, just the the stuff you would usually bring and I just want to put it in here, just to show you it fits it pretty handily. This is a medium or large one I believe from Amazon. It is quite a big pack for a just a weekend trip, so probably more than I would bring, but you can see it just fits in there pretty easily it slides right in and out again that clamshell opening makes it pretty easy.

Alright, so I just put a couple other things in here. Probably because that’s got you know my clothes and everything so I don’t need the sweater anymore, but I’d still want. You know my knife and medical kit, so I put that in here put that right in that top compartment again and zip that up so it’s all slugging away definitely still bring my sunglasses, it’s probably driving somewhere.

If it’s a weekend trip that can fit in there. That pocket is actually huge. You can fit a lot in there if you need to, and also I bring my shell or rain jacket just to make it. You know simple again right at the top and then I just slip this right up and if we switch to here again, just gonna put my map and flashlight in there some pretty standard items, depending on where you’re going I’m at first, so I, don’t crinkle it so yeah there.

You go map and flashlight in there, zip that all up, and then we’ll put our two bottles in here. So we load this one here so fits in actually easier this time and on this side fits in pretty well alright. So that was the adventure packing test on the Patagonia blackpool, 25 liter it did about as well as I expected. I didn’t think it would have any issues just because of the sheer size of that main compartment.

And then you know the simple pockets on the side and up top. You know I’m really glad that this front of compartment here did work the way they I thought it would just because of that sort of like a packing method that it’s not imposing on that main compartment. So I’m really happy about that and we’ll give it the every day packing test next, just to see how it goes and then, after that, we’ll we’ll give it the waterfall test.

You know really put it through the wringer make sure that it can support and do what you need it to do. Look out for those videos and we’ll see you guys later. You.

What’s going on everyone connor here from gear reviews bringing you another liter pack we’re continuing that sort of miniseries we’re doing today. We’re gonna do an everyday, carry sort of test, we’re just gonna load it full of some of those items that you’re gonna have on a day to day basis, whether you’re going to work, your friends or even, if you’re, a student, we’re just gonna, put it to the test to see if it’s really gonna be worth it to get it, and whether or not it’s gonna be able to hold up and put everything in it that you’re gonna need, depending on what your day to day scenario looks like, and we already know how it does for those overnight and weekend kind of adventure scenarios.

It can hold that gear that you need, but really backpacks come into their own. A lot when they’re holding day to day supplies as a lot of us, don’t get to go on adventures every day or even every week. Sometimes. But when your student or you work I mean I myself, I wear my backpack to work every single day, so I needed to be comfortable and I needed to be able to hold everything.

So, let’s check out the black hole bag and see how well it does, and if it can stack up and hold everything that we need it to alright. So the first test we’re gonna do is we’re gonna, do a laptop test just to see how the sleeve back here sort of fits and holds a laptop I know in the other. Video I just put my macbook in there, but I thought for the purpose of this we’ll. Do it a little more so I have a 17 inch laptop here.

It’s quite big. It is thick as well, so we’ll see how that goes. First, so slide this here, so it doesn’t actually fit. If you can see right on the side there, so it’s it’s too big for it. So just a precaution for anyone, a 17 inch laptop, won’t fit in the bag. That’s not a big shock, because when you look at this pocket it isn’t super wide and it’s not really that thick either. It’s made for the slimmer laptops, because that’s what’s more common nowadays, especially with people buying lots of books and MacBook Airs those kind of things.

So it’s not the most shocking, but let’s test a 14 to 15 inch as well just to see how that does alright. So here’s a 14 to 15 inch laptop, it’s still fairly thick, but not too thick, and it’s a lot smaller than that other one. If we slide it in here so that fits so, we can fit that in fairly easily there’s still a lot of space in here you know, strap it down and it’s not gonna go anywhere and it’s got some padding in here.

So it’s really not gonna be endangering the back padding. Obviously, it’s gonna provide a lot of support and comfort. So it’s not as heavy on your back. So now we’ll try the MacBook Pro stuff 13 inch MacBook Pro, as we saw in the previous video, it does just slip in there. It’s really simple small laptop. It’s not very thick, it’s not really that big. It fits in it’s completely engulfed so you’re getting the maximum amount of protection.

So so the 13-inch range you’re gonna be more than covered. It’s just gonna sort of cover, all of it. It doesn’t even really look like a laptops there that 14 to 15 inch range. It’s still gonna hold it’s gonna be able to cover it all. It just might be that those laptops can get a little thicker, so you might have to be careful with that, but other than that, it’s still really good and realistically that 17-inch you could just fit right here.

If you want it to so, I would just put my lunch bag in my backpack. So let’s see how that goes. So it does fit in there quite easily and simply it does firm up right down here. So the bottom of the bag is full with that, so you’re not gonna fit as much else down there, but if we go and put a notebook as I always carry a notebook, you never know when you’re gonna need to write something down, it does fit.

It might be getting pushed a bit by the lunch bag with the big containers in there again. That might not be really flickable to everyone. I know a lot of people do carry lunches. So take that at what you will, if you don’t put your lunch bag in your backpack you’re, probably good and don’t need to worry about it. So if we move right along I like to carry headphones with me, just because sometimes people can be noisy where you want to focus in and get some work done, so always good to have those and then again also always carrying some kind of rain jacket in the spring summer and fall.

So that’s handy to have and just stuff that right in there and it fits pretty easily. But I did forget again about this front mesh pocket. So in that front, mesh pocket- probably just gonna, put my portable power bank. It’s gonna fit nicely. It’s not gonna affect anything, just zip it right up and then stuff our coat in and we’re good to go. Zip it right out so right. There we’re already still got quite a bit of room.

All of this is empty right here, there’s not really anything there. So it’s a good sign! You have space to play with then on this front. Compartment you’ve still got quite a bit of space, so nothing has impeded this yet. So it’s still a good sign that they’re sort of Engineering has worked. So you might have seen in my north taste. Borealis video I have a little pouch with you know, headphones and charging cords things like that.

So I would just slip that right in there it’s gonna stay, secure, nothing’s, gonna get tangled in there. So it’s perfect and can just sit in there. Then this front compartment I mentioned, could be sort of a pencil case kind of pocket. If you don’t want to carry that and I, don’t so I’m. Just gonna put my two pens right in there then also just put my glasses case in there and zip that up so that right there is pretty packed, but you still have some space to play with.

As I was mentioning, there is still stuff you can see it squishes in still some room to play with if you had more stuff on your day to day alright, so we’ve got the fully loaded bag. Here it is sitting flat right now. I know that’s something! A lot of people will look for is: can the bag just stand alone by itself, and is it able to not have to lean on something because North Face is famous for having bags just fall over on? So it’s really nice to see that working next, we need to see if our travel, mug and our Nalgene will fit in it.

So again, just a standard 1, liter Nalgene and the Yeti Rambler tumbler travel mug, so we’re just gonna put those in the side. Pockets really see that realistic view just to see if it can still hold it when we’ve already packed it full of stuff so step 1, the Yeti travel mug is in it fits quite well. It can even come up a bit more if we wanted it to, but I think it’s safe to just leave it.

There now step 2 put the Nalgene and it is empty. So it’s gonna be a little tougher. If we just stuff that right there, it pulls it this side of it. That’s probably just due to flexing it. So much because again, brand new bag hasn’t been used. A lot stuff is still rigid, hasn’t been worked in things like that. So overall still fits quite a lot of stuff all right. So let’s put in this big math textbook, just to see how it can do with that.

So we just slide it in. It does sit in with a lot of extra space in there because we don’t have that lunch bag in there anymore. All right, so we’ve got the textbook down there. It fits pretty easily as its not. It is a thick book, but it’s not the same size as that lunch bag. Alright, so we’ve got the headphones in there, we’ll put our rain jacket just to simulate another layer and we’ll zip.

This up still fits really easily. You do have space down here, still quite a lot of it. Actually, if you were to put you know more books or notebooks whatever you need, depending on where you’re going. If you are a student I know a lot of the time one textbook is, and everything or one notebook isn’t everything you need more than that. So you know good to see. There’s still lots of space and now we’ll put in the travel mug see if the down team can fit and there we go, there’s the bag again.

Alright, so there we have it Patagonia black hole, 25 liter, now we’ve seen that it works for overnight trips small weekend trips, your everyday carry and also pretty good for students as well. So I want to hear what you guys think. So let me know down below what you’ve thought of the backpack and we will be doing a snow, slash water test soon on this bag as well to really test that durable water repellant finish that they put on the bags.

So look out for that and we’ll see you guys later, oh boy, you.

Hello, my name is hannah, and today I’m mini 26 liter bag. I’ve decided to review this bag because there doesn’t seem to be any reviews of people packing it online, and I really wanted to show everyone just how much fits inside this personal item airline bag. This bag has dimensions that should fit under the seat in front of you on most airlines in the us. So this bag can be carried three different ways: it can be carried briefcase style by the side handle it can be carried as a duffel bag.

It comes with a duffel strap that attaches to two clips that stow here and here it also has stowable backpack straps that I will show you later so today. I’m just going to be doing a quick overview of what I’ve packed in this bag for a five day trip. The materials on this bag are the outside is a recycled polyester ripstop nylon with tpu film laminate, and then the inside liner is 200 denier, recycled, polyester with pu coating.

What all that means is that this bag is a very water resistant bag. The dimensions of this bag are, it is 19 5, inches tall by 12 and a quarter inches wide by six inches deep. So it’s right at that maximum personal item size. It doesn’t really have a frame, so you will be able to squish this in to one of those sizing bins if they have, you show that it fits also. If this matters to you, this bag is blue sign approved, which means that it is made very sustainably so going into what I actually have packed in the bag on this front, quick access pocket, it’s a very thin pocket, there’s, not really any interior organization, so I don’t have much in here.

I have a charging cable. I have a power bank and then I also have a pen in here and that’s really all I keep in here again, there’s not a lot of dimensions to this pocket, so there’s not much that can fit something to note about this bag is that all of its pockets are easiest to access when it is in briefcase mode on the side moving into this next pocket. This is large, zips, all the way down and folds out in this pocket.

I keep my bose headphones. I don’t really like the smaller earbuds because they give me a headache. I wear them too long. So these are really nice for longer. Plane rides, it has my tsa quart sized approved liquids bag. I like having this on an external pocket, because that makes it really easy to access when going through tsa inside this bag. I just have my makeup: wipes a shampoo and conditioner bottle, mascara and concealer an eyebrow pencil.

I’ve got toothpaste and floss my foundation, some lotion and then toothbrush and nail clippers, and that is all that I carry inside my liquids bag. Now. This pocket has two felt line: components right here we have a pocket, that’s just big enough for your cell phone, probably an iphone or an android. Here we have a tablet compartment that I fit my ipad mini into and then other components in this pocket are two mesh elastic pockets.

Here, one of them has a clip that you can carry your car keys in for quick access and then there’s a zippered pocket up top here four pen holders and then one more mesh zippered pocket here, that’s really really thin. You could probably get your passport in there and really not much else now that is it for this pocket. Moving on to the main storage compartment of this bag. One of the selling points for me is that this bag opens fully clamshell.

So you have a ton of access when packing this bag. It makes it really easy for those short trips on this front. Flap right here, I mostly just have more of my toiletries. Kind of makeup items have face powder. Some advil blush deodorant highlighter. In this little coin purse I keep my hair ties and my bobby pins over in this other pouch. I have my anastasia, beverly hills, soft glam palette, as well as a whole bunch of makeup brushes, that’s it for that flap moving into the main compartment.

I have a small purse for daily carry this fits my phone wallet and keys as well as an extra pair of sandals gem, sharp sports bra. I have a pajama set hair brush. This contains my intimates. I think I have three bras in here. A week’s worth of underwear, as well as a few pairs of socks, have a workout top, and then I have five shirts right here, four just kind of blouses and then one long sleeve shirt in case it gets chilly I’ll, take those out and then down here another workout top.

I brought a dress just in case we got somewhere nice, it’s a short knee-length dress. So if you have a full length dress, it’s going to be a little bit bulkier, also for reference, I’m a little under five seven. So if you’re taller than me, you probably won’t be able to fit as much and if you’re shorter than me, you’ll probably be able to fit a little bit more. I also have two pairs of jeans and two leggings, and that is all I have in this really large compartment.

I like that it has this mesh here, because I can help compress it down a little bit and keep everything nice organized and easy to access so closing this pocket going to the back of the bag. We have our laptop pocket. I don’t have anything in here currently because I don’t tend to carry a laptop when I travel. However, in this laptop compartment, you could probably easily fit a 17-inch laptop. My 15 5 inch laptop fits just fine in this compartment.

There’s a little buckle down here that you unlatch, so that you can secure your laptop the next feature of this bag. That’s really nice is it has a luggage pass-through that, when carried in briefcase mode, this also acts as a pocket, because there is a zipper on the bottom that can make it a total luggage, pass-through or just a pocket. If you use it as a pocket, keep in mind that there is no way to secure it, it is just nice and open, and then next we have the stowable backpack straps.

You can just pull out of that. Zippered pocket really really easy to get out and they clip in down at these bottom corners here, there’s a couple of hidden buckles. You can just slide these in too can be a little bit tricky if you don’t slide out the buckles before you try and clip it, but anyway it also has a sternum strap, that’s adjustable. These are removable and you can move it up to different parts along this daisy chain so that it fits right for your height.

Otherwise, that is all I have to say about this patagonia mlc mini 26 liter bag. Thank you.