Comet 30

Yeah. The Osprey Comet is a much chonkier bag that maintains similar styling. The Daylight Plus is fine though if they have like one or two books and a tablet. But even at that, I would recommend the Comet. It inspires much more confidence, as it protects a laptop much better.

Osprey Comet: Vertical clamshell opening Having the laptop compartment in the right freaking place Having a handle at the top

I have the Osprey Comet and chose it over the Nebula because it doesn't have the clamshell tech compartment which I find useless, and also because it's about 1/4 inch shorter which fits my body better and fits under airline seats better than the Nebula. The main compartment and admin compartment are

The Osprey Tropos and Nebula are basically identical bags, except for the fact that the Tropos has a ventilated back harness that provides a gap between your back and the back panel. The Tropos also has a kickstand feature that allows it to self stand. However, due to the back harness and kickstand

Maybe an Osprey Comet? I recently got one, thinking at 30L it would be just a bit more space than the 24L bag I was using before......but somehow it feels like it fits twice as much as my 24 did. It has a dedicated laptop compartment, dedicated admin/organization compartment that goes the full lengt