Customer Reviews

Brenthaven MetroLite Backpack, Titanium (2251101)

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3 star:		(1)
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1 star:		(1)

 

 

This backpack is slim. It is designed to carry a laptop, a couple spiral notebooks and maybe a 1" binder. This does not carry your books for all 4 periods, and makes no claim to do such. For me, I wanted a compact pack which I could justify carrying only my laptop in (without the excess material for my laptop to slosh around in when empty). The pockets are appropriately numerous and likewise designed to fit your very specific laptop accessory needs.

Best features: very robust laptop compartment keeps a notebook very safe; ergonomic shoulder straps (there are 2 of them = not metro!) and mesh back padding (minimal back sweat!); looks pretty, in a not-at-all-metro kind of way (which is important).

This the perfect laptop bag. If you are looking for the perfect laptop + textbook bag, I think it also comes in a larger model for that reason. Check it out.

Although it looks great in the picture, I was surprised to see how shiny it was. To be honest, the look and feel of this backpack are very cheap. The shoulder straps were uncomfortable and shoddy. It looked like I paid $20 for this backpack. I was not impressed with the inside as well; the padding around the laptop was minimal. Finally, when I put it on my back, it felt like a huge and stiff box was on my back. I was ready to turn on the jets and fly away. But then I realized that although this looks like a jet pack, this is only a very ugly and poorly-made laptop backpack. Sorry, nothing good to say here. I returned this the very next day.

Hands down, this is the best slim backPack for any Macbook. I should have bought 2.

Should have heed the other reviewer's words on this, but couldn't resist that it was being sold on Brenthaven's site on clearance for $20, when it retails on Ebay stores still at $60-90. When I received it in the mail it definitely looked cheaper than I thought it would be. The keychain clip inside the front pocket is dull and I wouldn't guarantee that my laptop is safe if this was dropped. Even so, as a laptop case, it serves its purpose and is okay for the $25 I paid in total. I wouldn't pay any more than that, and if I knew what this looked like before ordering it (instead of my pereception from the pictures), I wouldn't have ordered it. The silver is pretty gaudy, and that's coming from someone who owns a pair of shiny silver Adidas shoes. Wish Brenthaven had spent more time creating a laptop backpack that was better in quality.