I doubt it. It's positioned slightly below the laptop pocket and the tablet pocket on the opposite side. I also searched the reviews and didn't find a single mention of scratching.

I would not submerge it in water but I would say it is somewhat water resistant given the rubberized outer shell.

You can feel any way you want to about the video. That is fine. However, may I ask why you are looking up review videos on a bag you clearly already own and like? If you know and feel these things, why don't you make your own video?

@@RideorDieGaM I don’t own the bag, I’m doing research on it and unfortunately stumbled upon your “review” in the process. Another hilarious thing about your assessment of this bag: in your replies to various commenters pointing out similar flaws that I have, you claim to know and understand that this bag is primarily aimed at light hikers, but you focus so much on what mobile gaming platforms will fit or not fit in what pocket as if that’s something that anyone other than you is concerned about for this product. I’m glad you found the tomtoc, a *tech sling* for the very hyper specific use case you personally happen to think a sling should satisfy. Why you ever felt that this Atom sling would be something you’d get use out it is beyond me, let alone why you took the time to craft this annoying and intentionally off-putting review of what is essentially at this point a classic of the bag world that only you apparently happen to have a problem with.

@@michaels9574 The review includes an attempt to fit some daily use tech items someone might want to carry because I didn't see that in any other videos and seemed to be a common question. If you look at Amazon reviews there are tech fit questions on almost every bag. It's not indicative of my use. I rarely, if ever, take these items out of the house. As I explained, we have used it for hiking and daily use multiple times and it wasn't comfortable and didn't fit basic hiking items, like a water bottle, camera, light jacket, etc. without bulging. Unfortunately for me, I thought I could rely on peoples media literacy to bridge the gap between the fit test and the bag assessment. I was wrong. I still own this bag and I still consider it for daily and hiking use and unfortunately every time it has come up short. The tomtoc is a better sling because it's more comfortable and daily use items fit in it better, tech or not. I didn't get paid to make this review. You didn't pay to watch it. You're complaining about something that you didn't have to watch with with the few precious minutes you have on this earth. My opinion is not the only one on KZfaq. I'm failing to generate sympathy here. If you would like to heap fawning praise on a very popular product produced by a large corporation in your own video, best of luck. Maybe this is the push you need to bridge the gap from upset commenter to upset video creator.

Thank you. I do pull this bag out regularly when I'm considering what EDC solution to use for the day, and have considered creating a follow up review, but ultimately I arrive at the same conclusions every time I use it. The primary problem for me is that any water bottle over 12 ounces dominates the available space inside. I think having a separate water bottle sleeve or pocket on the right side would greatly aid the overall usability of the Atom and I imagine I would use it regularly.

It fits my MacBook Pro 13 inch with my 11 inch iPad Pro and airpods max so it should be fine.

It does. I some times bring both my old and my new 15,6 laptop in the laptop pocket. I bought my 23 liter in Berlin in September. In January, my wife bought the 32 liter in Singapore, but findes it a little bit big for every day use, so she bought the 23 liter in Kiel in Germany a few weeks ago, Now i use my 23 liter for PC, chargers, toiletries, a water botle(on the inside) and a food pack and i use the 32 liter for my clothes. Unfortunately Dechatlon doesnt have any shops or ship to my country, so we have to go to a country with a Dechatlon store to buy from them. At the moment we have 2x23l, 32l, 45l, 50l and 65 liter Backpacks from Decathlon. Next time i will buy a Travel 500 Organizer 40l

@@MariusClausen-bf2kw great thanks for the info😃

It would really depend on how thin they are.

Glad it helped!

@@RideorDieGaM I also figured out its the switch piece. I went yesterday and purchased a new switch piece and it fit like a glove.

BTW you have good taste... we have the same build lol

Yes, they took all the hidden pockets. It's still a good p/p backpack, but not as good as it used to be

I don't disagree, but my plan with buying these games is to have them throughout my life and play them gradually over time. The Nintendo Switch is my favorite system, ever. I didn't have the means to buy and play most of the games I wanted on the SNES and GC, which were my former favorite systems and now they are too expensive to buy and play. I think now that the development cycle has slowed down so considerably, we'll be waiting longer and longer for actual new good games to come out (not remasters), so having a deep back catalog will be helpful. Not to mention that this is probably the last console generation where a decent amount of the catalog is available physically. I expect to be purchasing far fewer games in a landscape where they cost over 70 bucks and are download only in an eshop that Nintendo will eventually discontinue support for.

Probably? You can get the depth measurements on their website. It probably would be a little rough with a huge zoom lens. But I can imagine it will fit in there.

It really depends on how much extra you want to hold. If it's just the iPad, look into a tablet sling with a strap. If you want to hold other stuff, I think the smaller version of this bag would be a good fit since it is rated for iPads.

Glad you enjoyed it!

We did give that a try. It sort of works but puts a lot of pressure on the stuff inside the bag. Probably fine as long as there's only soft stuff inside.

@@RideorDieGaM ok. Which sling bag did you go with? I’ve been looking at the north face base camp voyager.

@@wille324 I eventually went with the Tomtoc bag I have a review for. I actually have two slings from them now and I prefer both to the Patagonia.

Thanks a lot. I've watched a few of your videos. Considering a Pacifica myself. Keep up the great work!

I agree. I don't really understand that decision myself. IMO, all of the zippers are too short on the bag.

Thanks for the feedback! I really appreciate it. I try to keep it low key but definitely want the audio to be on par!

Thank you! I like it a lot. The edges are rounded so it doesn't put much stress on your fingers. The d-pad is also a little concave with more squishy than clicky action. I hate a mushy d-pad so I would say this is somewhere firmly in the middle of the two. Like the rest of the controller I can really say that I don't think that much about it when I'm using it, which is amazing because the d-pad is something that would normally drive me crazy. I can say at least that if you just used the d-pad for a game that it should be a much more comfortable experience than some others. Hope that helps!

Exactly! Why no one is making something like this, and for me - i'd like a simple lower pocket, a bit protective for small mirrorless camera. That's all I need.

@@tzachmost hopefully we see it one day. I love compact backpacks, that are super lightweight and easy to carry. I bought the Fyro T22 backpack. That won't be out until the end of the year. I bought that for when I have to carry the extra items, like food and drink to work, when I can't be bothered ordering. So that backpack will be perfect for that. Whereas this one is perfect for just my laptop and a few accessories. This would still be big enough to fit a food container anyway, but I bought the big one for when I need more than one food container and more than one drink also

Used to have a 9L Columbia backpack that could hold a similar amount of stuff to this Tomtoc - I think it was advertised as a kid's model though. Only got it from a garage sale for like 10USD but was still sturdy enough to last 3 years of regular use 🥲

@@alquanna there’s always Alpaca Metro 12L. I’m thinking hard about this one, but it’s 110€ for me, a bit of an ouch

@@tzachmost that's about £76 for us in the UK. Looks like a great compact backpack. With 12L you can add a couple of extra things, rather than a small tight 9L but this tomtoc sling feels smaller than a 9L. Tomtoc don't usually give accurate numbers

I agree! I actually have an OLED and a regular switch, but I travel with the regular switch since it's already a little battle damaged.

Lol well at least we got some good deals!

It happened because you went out and got what you chose to have and had the means to do so, sounds like a silly first world problem to complain about getting exactly what you want. Own it, enjoy them and be grateful that you can when others can’t 💪

Yeah I hate that my wallet can't even fit a lasagna.

Deku deals helped a lot! Thank for the compliment!

Yeah

Thank you! I'm looking forward to getting into DQ probably after P5R. It will be my first in the series!

Thanks! Don't tell my wallet but there are even more on their way!

You are awesome.

This is a pretty common issue I hear particularly from Prius drivers but I was under the impression this happens only once an hour. Could be that you are winding the battery down with all the climbing so the battery is drained already and has to top up more. I personally don’t run the car at night so I don’t have any advice but I just use a low temp sleeping bag. A lot of people use a low wattage electric throw blanket over them that they run off a generator. You might want to ask in the Kia niro subreddit if there are any suggestions to cut power consumption.

On Prius you can push both pedals and charge your battery so it won't start every 15 minutes.

Dimensions are in the Reddit post listed in the description. I just did the same thing but with wood and cord.

To your point, we are hikers who have hiked with this bag several times and found that it gave us both shoulder pain. Having a reversible strap may have alleviated this. We cover that in the video.

I would not think so as it's only rated for up to a 14 inch laptop.

@@RideorDieGaM thanks. just had to ask as it is only slightly bigger.

@@mikkeljensen6347 I would recommend to order it and give it a try and return if necessary. At least one person in the reviews says they are putting a 15 inch slim laptop in it.

Sorry tried it and it is little too small for a MBA 15"

Which bag do you prefer?

Ignore him. He is just a hater....

No, sorry. I bought this with my own money so I don't have the 7L. It's a pretty snug fit in terms of length so I doubt it would fit in the smaller version with the case and everything. You might do better to get the tomtoc sling specifically made for the steam deck in that case. It has some extra storage too.

​ @RideorDieTravels Thanks! will go for the 9L then, the specific one for sd requires one to remove the official case and will also not allow to add the ipad 11, been looking for a review that will show an SD and an Ipad being stored on an edc bag, appreciate the big help! :)

Thank you! The padding in the back and strap give it some thickness but if you had enough room I could absolutely see it working for that. I use a packable backpack myself for travel but have considered doing what you're describing with this model.

@@RideorDieGaM thanks for the response. I’m not a fan of most packable backpacks because they lack structure and seem so flimsy. I’m thinking if this Tom Toc can rest relatively flat in a suitcase it will be great alternative.

Thanks for the feedback!