To the point and with good closeups! Very helpful!

This was actually very helpful to me as I'm in the midst of a sling bag hunt in the same general size range. My top picks currently are The North Face Borealis sling, the Patagonia Atom sling, and this Hydro Flask Slingback sling. For my specific use, I require an exterior pocket or pouch that will fit a pair of work gloves that tend to be on the dirtier side, and the bottle pouch actually seems kind of great for that once I mod some kind of closure / fastener to the opening. The organization of this bag seems perfect. Your comment about comfort does give me a lot of pause though, and where I find the Borealis and Atom much more appealing is they are generally regarded as very comfortable and with something like a phone in that strap pocket they tend to balance well; without use of the auxiliary strap, the slip pocket on the main strap just isn't sufficient to use for balancing a load on your back. Noting that you have and like your Atom sling, have you tried any other similar slings? Any other comparisons you can make? For my use, I'm looking for something to dump the stuff from my pockets into safely while having a memobottle a6 (flatter water bottle), a packable rain jacket, sunglasses case, the aforementioned work gloves, and whatever small odds and ends I end up carrying for my kids (snags, hand towel, small toys, etc). No tablets or anything like that.

I’m searching best slingback with water bottle. Your honest review is really helpful!

Thank you! I have a 32oz hydro flask and have the same Patagonia aling and was looking at the hydro sling.....ao thanks for making this to save me some money! Lol

I literally just bought the Hydroflask slingback yesterday to replace my Patagonia Atom. The big thing I didn't like about the Atom is the divider in the main compartment because I felt that it took up half the space. If it didn't have the divider then it would've been a much better bag IMO.

Great vid