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Hi, I'm Dustin Abbott. Over the past
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couple of months, I reviewed a couple of
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fantastic travel backpacks, including
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the Peak Design 2in-1 travel backpack
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and then also the Black Voyage Zephyr
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Pro with its vacuum seal technology.
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Now, while both of these are technically
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marketed to the same basic audience,
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those that are looking for travel
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backpacks, I found in reality they
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really serve very different purposes.
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And so, I'm recording a brief video here
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today comparing and contrasting the two
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bags and letting you know who I think
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each one is actually better suited for.
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Now, there are some things that they
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both do really, really well. Both of
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these are tough and well-designed bags.
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They uh both have high-end materials on
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the outside that have a high degree of
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weather resistance. And in fact, as far
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as the vacuum seal portion of the the
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Zephyr Pro, it can actually be fully
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submerged and uh and not leak and
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anything under that. For that reason,
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both of them are easy to clean and to
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maintain and no problems with scuffs,
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marks, or issues with them at that
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point. Another test that's really
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important to me just on a practical
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level is whether or not they can take my
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Yeti and if I'm getting my tea in the
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morning at an airport and they can hold
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that upright without it spilling when
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I'm wearing the backpack. The good news
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is is that both of these pass that test
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with flying colors and are able to hold
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that in a stable position that's going
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to keep it from spilling as I walk
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around. Both of them are fairly
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comfortable with a heavy loadout. And I
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did test both of them with a lot of
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weight in them and tested them over the
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kind of distance that I'm typically
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going to walk if I'm walking through an
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airport. And while there's a little bit
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of variance between the two, I would
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give a very slight edge to the Peak
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Design in terms of the the strap strap
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comfort. I found that both of them are
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able to give you a comfortable
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experience. And of course, they do have
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optional waist straps that you can use
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if you want to distribute that weight a
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little bit better if you have to travel
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longer distances wearing them. Finally,
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they both hold a lot of stuff. Volume
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runs between 42 and 50 lers, depending
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on how you have them configured. But
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bottom line is that those of you that
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are very efficient packers are probably
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going to be able to get a week's worth
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of stuff into either one of these bags.
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I would buy the Peak Design if you want
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a big open space that you can configure
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as you like. And to me, this is one of
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the great strengths of this particular
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bag is that it's got a very large volume
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inside here that you can configure down
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further through their packing cubes or
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things like that. And and so you can
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actually pack a lot in here, but you
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also have flexibility in what you can
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pack in there. Now, that leads me to my
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second point. Buy the Peak Design if you
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are wanting to carry photography gear.
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This bag is not really designed with
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photography in mind, I wouldn't say.
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Whereas the Peak Design has been
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designed with photography in mind from
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the beginning. And if you use their
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actual camera cube in here, you can pack
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in a lot of camera gear and then also
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utilize some of the other spaces for
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other things. And so it's definitely
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more purposely designed with the idea of
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carrying photography gear in it. And
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then of course the whole main uh reason
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for this bag's existence is the reality
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of the twoin- one. And this is kind of
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its killer feature. It's the ability to
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separate the two sections and to have a
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daypack or as I use it something to
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carry to my seat on an airplane. Whereas
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the main bag can go into the overhead
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bin and that certainly is a really
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practical application by the Zephyr Pro
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if you want to use the vacuum seal
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technology. And of course, that is the
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killer feature for the Zephr Pro is that
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its integrated vacuum seal section and
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its ability with its portable pump to be
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able to compress things down and pack a
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lot of gear into this section and of
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course eliminate all of that extra
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volume that is taken up by air. And so
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it works really, really well. Buy the
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Zephr Pro if you want to save money. As
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this bag is configured, it costs about
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$240 versus about $400 for the Peak
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Design bag. And so there's a huge
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difference in the price point. This also
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has some of the features that you might
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desire, including built integrated TSA
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locks. It's got a charging port down
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here that allows you to remotely access
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if you have a battery bank inside.
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You've got both a USB C and a USBA port
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where you can charge your devices off of
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that without having to have things
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outside of the bag itself. And so it's
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got some of those killer features that
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are a part of that. Both of them have
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lots of straps, but lots of attach
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points. They have, you know, the
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integrated uh trolley straps to help you
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if you want to put it on top of your
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luggage. I do like with the Zephyr Pro
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that its trolley strap is upright and so
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allows the bag to stay upright, which to
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me is very, very handy. the end of the
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day, both of these bags work really,
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really well for their intended purpose.
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But I would say that their intended
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purposes are not identical. And so, if
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you want more information, I recommend
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that you check out the full reviews of
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both bags that are linked in the
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description down below. That will help
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you to maybe make a little more informed
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decision as to which one is the better
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fit for you. As always, thanks for
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watching. Have a great day and let the
