Subterra

Had the previous-gen Subterra 21, sold it because the functional capacity felt way less than advertised. Replaced it with a Gregory Rhune 22 and use this as my daily office bag and have travelled with it. Might suit your needs: Easily stows under airplane seat as your personal item. Separate admin c

Thule Subterra 30L 1st gen (if you can still find sellers). I was gonna get the 2nd gen but I don't like the tab pocket and unsecured laptop on main compartment.

I ended up going with the 21 litre Thule Subterra 2 Backpack. My first priority was something lightweight followed by something with a sternum strap because I'm recovering from a back injury. It's a really good laptop back pack, but I don't think it's a perfect one. Reasons: Build: It really struggl

Unfortunately, I couldn't find anything that was as good, so I'm currently using a Patagonia backpack I already had that I don't particularly like. These are some of the backpacks I was looking into when I was researching this myself, but none of these checked off enough boxes for me to buy them. Ho