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The Vessi Astoria Backpack is Comfortable! But has some flaws…
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Jan 25, 2025
Adam has used quite a few backpacks in his time, so testing out the Vessi Astoria Backpack that the brand gave us was the perfect match. In this video, he's going to review and go over everything he liked, didn't like, and exactly who it is for! Get your Vessi Astoria Backpack here (Paid Link): https://vessifootwearltd.pxf.io/PO0orR Read the full article here: https://gear43.com/vessi-astoria-backpack-review
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hey everyone Adam here and today we're
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going to check out the vessie atoria 13
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L backpack well before I get into what I
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like and don't like let's talk about
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what this bag actually is and some of
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the details about it and I just want to
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thank vessie for gifting this to us to
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review and tell you about it and so as
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we get started this is a 13 L bag it has
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a front compartment here and then just
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one main compartment on the bag you can
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put as you can see you got your laptop
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sleeve you got your iPad sleeve or maybe
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a book pocket um your puffy jacket and
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then the other single main zippered
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pocket on the front maybe for passport
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something like that if you're traveling
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the other is here on the front this is
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kind of a nice design feature has this
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small pocket here I don't if you can get
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in there and see has a flap you can kind
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of divide it you a little clip for your
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keys which is elastic very nice and
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overall construction of this is kind of
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minimalist and it is a very lightweight
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bag um this is perfect for if you're
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commuting every day if you're not taking
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a lot of stuff this is going to be the
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bag that you're going to want so the
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main thing I love about this backpack is
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the styling um very minimalistic not a
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lot of pockets or things everywhere on
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it the main not the main pocket the
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secondary pocket here on the front looks
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like a seam from the front integrated
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very very nice not a lot of exterior
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Pockets or anything like that and that
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is something I really really like a lot
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of backpacks seem to go kind of
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Overboard pocket here pocket there this
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that the other but vessie just is like
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Hey we're going to keep it simple pocket
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on the outside keep it clean keep it
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simple and that's what they did very
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good job of it too so the second thing
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is comfort and this backpack has
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probably the most comfortable uh straps
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system and back padding that I have had
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on a everyday backpack ever it is very
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very comfortable I have had this uh on
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for many longer um walk commutes and
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also just you know going to and from
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work different things like that and it
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is extremely comfortable even if you
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have um a heavy MacBook in there or any
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kind of computer or you have it loaded
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down with a bunch of different things
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it's super super comfortable and that is
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a key feature of this backpack if you
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wish wear a backpack for commuting uh or
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maybe you ride your bike to work in the
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summertime and you have this on you this
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is going to be a great option for
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comfort so let's get into what I like
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less about this backpack this material
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is great but it gets dirty and it can
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get marked up really really easy you can
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kind of see right here I barely moved a
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pen over it and left that nice ink stain
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on there I did that probably two days
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after I got this uh which was
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unfortunate I was hoping this would stay
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nice and clean but literally even just
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being in my car and you know getting in
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and out not even setting it on the
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ground it has accumulated some some kind
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of grime and different things like that
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and I was hoping that it would stay
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clean I don't know if it's this color um
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I don't I'm pretty sure it's more the
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material than the color which is kind of
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a downfall of this backpack so
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another lack that the vessie atoria has
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is the lack of good small compartments
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uh you have your main laptop sleeve here
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you have your iPad sleeve or you know if
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it's a book anything like that and then
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the only thing you have left is this one
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larger zippered pocket yes it is pretty
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big but there's no storage for penss for
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uh small notebooks anything like that
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you are limited in what if you're a
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highly organized person and you want
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space for every cord and every pen and
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every different little thing pack of gum
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even uh this backpack lacks in having
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small compartments it does have the this
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small compartment on the outside but
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it's literally just a piece of fabric
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that separates the interior of it and
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it's not even that big uh you're going
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to get stuff lost in there I when I
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right before I came in to review this to
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make sure there was nothing in this bag
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I found a pen hiding in there that I've
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been looking for for the past week so um
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if you are highly organized and you that
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is something you want the backpack
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unfortunately the VOR does not have that
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in Spades the last thing zipper pulls I
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know it doesn't sound like a big deal
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this is a $130 backpack these zipper
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pulls almost every time I go to use them
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you can see that they have started to
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break and just by using them they have
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started to fall apart I've had backpacks
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that are much much cheaper than this
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have PS that last the ENT the backpack
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is falling off around the poles
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essentially and I know it might sound
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like kind of a small thing but as far as
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uh quality goes when you spend that kind
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of money on a bag I would hope that the
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zipper poles are the the higher quality
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piece of the of the bag and they don't
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start breaking apart like this one it
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doesn't really say a lot for uh the
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quality um if they even their little
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poles here are falling apart so that's
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kind of a bummer um again I don't know
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if it's just this one started to do that
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on me but um that's kind of a downfall
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of this bag so who should buy this bag
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if you in need of a bag for your
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everyday commute whether that's a bike
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commute maybe you're on the train even
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if it's a car commute and you just want
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to take different things maybe your
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lunch maybe a jacket in case it rains
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this bag is going to be perfect for you
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if you are somebody that loves to be
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organized and you take every you could
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ever think of that you might need in a
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day with you this might be a good option
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but it's not going to be organized very
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very well and um
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this is such a great backpack for
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Comfort if you are commuting like on the
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train on on a bike anything like that
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Comfort is key with this bag and it is
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one of the highest qualities of this bag
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is Comfort this is an amazing bag if you
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want to get a bag that is going to be
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comfortable look great this vessie
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atoria is going to be it for you for
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sure hey that wraps up this review if
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you found this review helpful go ahead
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we'll see you guys on the next one
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