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The KNKG Edge Backpack is OVERBUILT! (That’s both GOOD & BAD)
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Jan 25, 2025
The KNKG (King Kong) Edge Backpack is the most intense backpack we have reviewed yet! High-quality materials, sturdy walled design, and a 3-in-1 backpack. Is that right for you? Well, Luke put it to the test (as a previous gym owner), and he's sharing what he likes and doesn't like and if he thinks it is for you. Get your KNKG Edge Backpack here (Paid Link): https://shrsl.com/4s7e6 Read the full article here: https://gear43.com/knkg-edge-backpack-review
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well thanks guys for joining us here at
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gear 43 I'm Luke I'm one of the
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reviewers here and uh today we're going
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to review my favorite backpack in all
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the world cuz it scares me a little bit
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it is The Edge from King Kong and it is
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amazing it is overbuilt it will get you
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what you need the question is is it for
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you I've owned a gym in the past I've
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personally trained out of it I love the
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gym world I love the gear game all the
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stuff that comes with it so gym
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backpacks are near and dear to my heart
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this is the most expensive one I've ever
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had it was gifted to me to us here at
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gear 43 through the company big shout
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out to them so thankful for that and uh
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so I do get to test this one which is by
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far the most overbuilt backpack I've
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ever had and I say that in a good way so
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I'm going to give you my thoughts and
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opinions on the Edge from King Kong and
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I'll let you know all about what this
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backpack is and whether or not it's for
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you we'll talk about what I like what I
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don't like everything in between and uh
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you should be able to walk away knowing
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if it's for you or not all right well
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let's take a look at what the backpack
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actually is made of so it's going to
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come with
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1000d nylon material it comes with two
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yeah two water bottle holders on the
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side and it comes with four of these
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fidlock quick disconnect magnetic side
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strap locks it does have YKK zippers all
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the way around so you know that the
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zippers you're getting are going to work
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really really well it has a front
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compartment right here that opens up
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clamshell style I'll just unzip it here
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from the top and you can see I've got a
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lot of my stuff that I've been packing
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around with me right there it's got some
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open compartments some closed
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compartments organizational compartments
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it's got this uh nice material right
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here this netted material uh that closes
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up to keep things separate that you want
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another thing that it offers is sort of
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a handle no matter where you're at if
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you look on the top right here there's a
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handle on the back like a luggage style
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handle a luggage style handle on the
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front if we flip it back over it's got
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another one right here so you can carry
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it like luggage speaking of luggage if
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you pop off the
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fidlock quick release straps you can
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then if you can find it open up your
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luggage style opening to the main
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compartment on the bag inside the main
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compartment you are going to have this
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really nice organizational pocket that
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spans the whole length of the bag I've
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used that quite extensively let's just
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pull out some stuff from in here
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actually let me show you really quick
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here on the the bottom of the bag you
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have a wet dry compartment for your
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shoes or clothes if you shower at the
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gym stuff like that uh and uh you can
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tuck them right in there I'll pull these
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messy guys out and you can see the bag
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right there fully enclosed so it's going
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to keep your stuff on the inside with
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that out of the way let's look at the
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actual main compartment of the bag now
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uh if you do have shoes in it you're
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going to lose some space but if you're
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not running shoes it does have this nice
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luggage strap right here for your
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clothing and your belongings that's
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going to be in there it's got a quick
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magnetic disconnect and then some
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organizational netted pockets on the
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inside that you can open up and keep
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your stuff separate one thing that is
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nice is if you're packing gear back in
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your bag the even with the shoes in it
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it sort of gives you some structure to
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store your things almost like a little
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side compartment as you fill it back up
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and get ready to hit the road so you at
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least know where your stuff is and it's
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not spilling and mixing all together in
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the bag put it all back together here
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let's take a look at the back of the bag
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so so on the back you do
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have something you did not expect a
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laptop sleeve that holds up to I think
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16in laptops I've been running mine in
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here for the past two weeks and uh it
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fits in there really really well I've
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actually stuffed some other stuff in
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there just to give it a full test and
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it's held up really well I'm pretty
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comfortable putting my laptop and other
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things in here because of these guys
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right here this bag is overbuilt so uh
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you've got these four big pads actually
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feel pretty good on your back as you're
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walking around and uh it's going to
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protect your laptop pretty well anything
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gets through that I fear that thing the
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straps themselves have a really nice
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that 1000d nylon material feels really
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good and uh The Branding again is really
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subtle but really nice on these ones and
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uh of course you have your sternum strap
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that is adjustable on the sides and uh
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just your typical clasp on the top my
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favorite thing of all right here you
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might like is their quick actually I'm
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going to put it up on top right here is
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the quick access compartment I use this
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endlessly I love this compartment it's
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the same material with the rip stop uh
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it's a wet dry compartment and you can
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put your wrist straps and ChapStick
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whatever you need for the gym in there
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on the top your your key pass to get in
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whatever you can get in and out of this
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compartment really easily all right one
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more thing we got to get really quick
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before we move on this I love it it's
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got this velcro patch holder right there
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even when you take it off it's got The
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Branding built in that looks looks
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really cool or you can throw that back
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on or if you have your own custom patch
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for your business or whatever you're
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doing you can slap that guy on there all
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right well let's talk about the things I
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like about it and number one has to be
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I've been looking forward to this is
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this bag and this is not an
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understatement is over built in a good
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way not a bad you're not going to be
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stuffing this in little Locker or
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cubicles in there I have purposely been
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grabbing this bag throwing it in and out
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of my truck I've even kicked it around a
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few times and it has held up it's kind
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of intimidating you walk into the gym
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and everybody's going to think that this
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bag can rep more than them it's
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impressive it will hold up with your
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laptop anything in it it is an
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absolute Beast you
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can you can do I don't want my water
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bottle to break so we'll just set there
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it can't hold up to what this bag
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can this bag can do anything you want it
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to do and it's going to be fine all
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right well one thing that I really like
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about this one I kind of mentioned it
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before is my favorite feature and that
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is the front quick access pocket now
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I've got it laid down so some things
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might kind of spill out but the zipper
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works really nice if you look on the
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edge it's beveled it's got an overlap
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which is going to keep spills water
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rain off of your keys or your phone or
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your earbuds when they're sitting in
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there so if you've ever been like me and
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you're standing like leaving the gym and
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you grab your blender bottle and shake
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up your post workout but the top isn't
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latched down all the way and you just
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spilled like post workout all over your
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backpack not a worry with this one all
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right well let's flip it around the next
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thing that I like about it of this
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amazing overbuilt backpack is the shoe
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compartment it almost it looks feels
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Works operates exactly like your top
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access pocket but it is a bit bigger now
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if you are wearing shoes that are 12 or
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13 in
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size this might not fit it you may they
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may have to be flexible to scrunch in
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there I have a a size 11 and it kind of
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fills the shoe compartment and but
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here's what I like about it listen your
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shoes when you're in the gym those look
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pretty nasty your shoes when you're in
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the gym I'll just put these down here
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you walk into the bathroom you get I
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don't even want to know on the bottom of
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your shoes right and then you're going
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to stuff them in your luggage or in your
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backpack with your other clothes I don't
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think so that's disgusting so having a
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compartment that's completely separate
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is really nice to to keep your gym shoes
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in plus if you got good clean gym shoes
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you don't want the you don't want to be
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walking through the snow or the rain to
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get to the gym you want to put those
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nice clean shoes on use them in the gym
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and if you're a gym owner like I was
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you'll appreciate not having people walk
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in with Muddy shoes destroying your
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treadmills all day long you know what
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I'm talking about you another thing that
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I like about this one is that this guy
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carries it all I may have forgotten to
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mention it earlier but this is a 3in one
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King Kong designed this bag to be your
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work travel and gym bag for those of you
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us that need it and so it has the
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computer compartment on the back it's
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got your quick access up here for your
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gear it's got the luggage if you're
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traveling or for your gym stuff or both
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at the same time with your shoe
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compartment and the front sort of if you
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got charging cables and pens and your
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your uh writing materials whatever is in
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there so I like that this can if you
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just need one bag to do all three of
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those things this is definitely for you
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all right well let's talk about some of
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the things I don't like in this bag now
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it's overbuilt I love that but there's
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some things that are like a little bit
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in my opinion too far or actually I
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think unnecessary and that would be
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these side straps there's four of them
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they are the fidlock quick disconnect
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magnetized uh lock so let me just show
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you really quick how these things
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connect and disconnect it's actually
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really awesome you slide them up they
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come right off and then to put them on
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you can almost just let them fall into
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place that's really cool and then you
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can tighten them down now I know that
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they're on there to be able to tighten
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down your water bottles and your overall
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luggage if you don't have much in it you
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can slim the profile by doing that but
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here's the problem with it two-step
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verification it annoys us with digital
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stuff and it really annoys me when it
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comes to having to use this bag if I
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want to open up the luggage compartment
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it becomes a two-step process because
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you have to to get the luggage
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compartment into your main compartment
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you have to undo open it up close it
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back
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up and then relatch your sides uh for 2
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days I left them off just to see what it
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would be like uh to not have to go
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through those two steps and that's more
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more annoying because obviously these
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snag and they catch on stuff and it
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looks clumsy as you're walking around
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with it let's talk about another thing
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that I don't like and uh it's not the
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front pocket I like the front pocket I
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just and I like the zipper they got the
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YKK zipper on it um you open this guy up
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and all the stuff on the top is great as
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you open it up but what I don't like is
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that you can only open it up about
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halfway now under here there are two
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pockets I'm not sure if you can see them
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right here I'll give you a second to
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move up there's two pockets in here and
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then it just sort of bottoms out in this
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compartment and this netted mesh
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compartment runs all the way to the
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bottom so it's you I found myself
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consistently wanting to just get a
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little more View and access to the
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bottom of the compartment it's not a big
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deal like I'm just being picky so you
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know what you're in for so as long as
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you know that's going to do that it's
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not going to be a problem for you all
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right last thing I want to talk about
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just being a little bit picky on it is
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again and this is the last time I'll
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reference it is the fidlock buckles now
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they work good they look really good a
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matter of fact I think they probably
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added all four of these on here because
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they have that King Kong gym aesthetic
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like overbuilt they look really
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impressive aesthetically but one little
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thing is that all four of these buckles
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on each side let me throw the these guys
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on here are the same meaning there's not
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a right hand and left-handed side clasp
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on the buckles so they did put a little
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arrow to show you which way you need to
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slide it to get it to come off but if
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you're just standing over the bag and
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you want in the main compartment really
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quick or you're standing on this side or
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that side you're going to have to learn
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how which way to slide each one cuz one
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side goes up and one side goes down well
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with that being said let's talk about
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who this bag is for and who it's not for
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first off who it's for if you like the
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song I Want It All by Queen this guy is
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for you um it's for the people who want
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it all it's for the the weekend
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Travelers it's for the people who like
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to travel and still go to the gym
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whether that's on a cruise ship or or or
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where else this is for you it's also for
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the people that are carrying gear
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luggage and your work laptop this is
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going to be a fantastic bag for you yeah
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and with that being said if you have a
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really busy lifestyle let's say you're
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not even traveling or you kind of need
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it for work a little bit or not one
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thing particularly if you just got a
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busy life like you don't have time to go
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to the gym go back home cook your food
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get your clothes change out go to work
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all that kind of stuff and you just need
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to carry all of your everyday carry in
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one bag this is a pretty good option
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it's going to it's going to meet all
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your needs well let's talk about who
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this is not for if you are just a casual
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gym goer if you're not dropping your gym
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bag when you walk in and spreading all
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your stuff out 10 ft your rollers your
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blenders your prein poost workouts your
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your wrist straps your waist belts all
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that stuff if you just want a a bag to
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carry into the gym to have your basic
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stuff this is going to be overkill for
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you all right well Matt hopefully that
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helped you uh decide whether or not this
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bag is for you this threein one Edge
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backpack from King Kong one more thing
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