Troubadour Apex 3.0-22L Premium Laptop Backpack - Ergonomic & Water Resistant - Designed for Work and Travel - Black

Received my Troubadour Apex promptly and am impressed with the appearance and utility. I have used Wenger packs for the last 15 years or so, which have generally served me well. However, as the last one reached the end of its life I was looking for an alternative that offered more style and was also more sustainable/well-founded ethically. A friend recommended Troubadour so I checked them out. I like the fact the company has B-corp status and appreciate the five-year guarantee. The pack is stylish and has many well-considered touches: I love the closing zip covers, which will keep moisture and dirt out and the water bottle gusset compartments. They are expandable and so don’t spoil the lines of the pack and are formed from the same fabric as the main body so don’t appear as ‘add-ons’. My last pack had no bottle pouches, so these are great. The design-aesthetic is impressive and the pack is comfortable to wear. The inside compartments are well-designed and numerous. Yes, this bag is more expensive but it is an altogether more stylish and pleasing object to own. The guarantee offered and the neat brand touches add to the feeling of care and attention that really appeals to me as a consumer. I am very pleased with the purchase and am glad I switched away from the larger more established brand I had been using until now. I expect this pack to last and so have every confidence that the extra outlay initially will pay dividends both financially and in terms of removing the need to buy another bag in 2-3 years’ time. Highly recommended.

Best backpack I’ve ever owned. Stylish and sleek design combined with comfort and functionality. So many pockets and compartments within the bag to help organise my things, from daily tasks to travel. This bag is on the pricier side but worth every penny from the quality alone, and the 5 year guarantee makes it a no brainer.

This rucksack looks great and is smart enough to use for work. Ample pockets/ compartments. Very comfortable padded straps. Obviously high quality and worth every penny. I got it in green. I’m expecting lots of queries regarding where it came from.

This bag is strong and is amazing quality. It is also ideal for travelling as it's the perfect size for airplanes. It is versatile because of the luggage sleeve, efficient for attaching to a suitcase. The inside compartments are very handy for all your items as well as the shoulder-strap compartment for easy access. It is also very comfortable to wear because of the padding on the straps, and it is waterproof which is amazing. Definitely recommend.

Just received my new Troubadour backpack. The colour and the look of it is beautiful (I got the blue one). It's very comfortable and fits my laptop and other equipment really well. It has lots of inside pockets and and a pocket for carrying a bottle. I have back problems so the padding is great. and I also love how it will slide onto a rolling suitcase when I travel. There is a handy handle at the top so can be carried. It's a top quality bag and is worth the price. It has a 5 year warranty and is made from recycled materials. And most importantly it is waterproof.

There are backpacks, and there are backpacks. This Apex 3.0 is definitely one of a different kind. Fed up with my old baggy rucksack, it was time to get a replacement and man was I in for a treat! A case of love at first sight. This Troubadour model is so stylish (I chose navy blue) that it wouldn't be out of place if you took it somewhere posh for dinner after work with your laptop snuggly fitting into the inner compartment. There are enough pockets for pens and purses (but crucially also not too many) and it's so light (1kg) and comfortable to carry, with padded straps. It makes me happy knowing it's been made from recycled plastic bottles. It's completely waterproof and comes with a five year guarantee. Love it and can't wait to take it away on its first overnight trip!

The padding against one's back is also up to the required standard. The design flaws that I encountered are the following: a)the mobile phone pocket within the shoulder strap is unusable: once the item is placed on one's back the pocket (and the phone in it) ends up pressed tight high above one's shoulder, which means one needs to take the back pack off in order to be able to unzip the pocket. If the pocket gets moved further down the strap, this could well rectify that flaw. b)it should be possible to place safely a back pack on the ground, so the item merits a leather(-ish) cover on the bottom, similar to the one on the top, especially given Troubadour's price tag.

The bag is compact and holds its shape well. It is spacious inside and has plenty of room to fit everything you need in it for your work day and morning commute. The internal pockets are particularly useful for organising smaller items. The bag can stand up on its own, doesn’t fall over, which is a really nice feature too. It’s made with very good quality material all round and feels like it’ll last for a long time. I would highly recommend this bag, and I love the green colour too.

Lots of compartments, very convenient.

It looks quite good. I like how it is organized with the laptop compartments and handy-dandy compartments in the main section, but the sleeve adjustment system is so bad. Every time you take it with you, you realize that you have to adjust those since they moved for no reason whatsoever and it is actually quite difficult to do so. If it weren't for that system, I would give it a 5, but carrying it around and having to adjust it all the time in such an inconvenient way when other backpacks have a much better system is a killer.

A really beautiful bag. I love its color. It could be bigger. Straps are not easy to set and go out of calibration. But I love it.

Compré esta mochila para salir de viaje, me ha funcionado muchísimo porque es impermeable, tiene muchísimos compartimentos y algunos de ellos son secretos, muy buena calidad de materiales y el diseño me encantó!

I’ve been waiting to write this review until I had a few weeks with this backpack. Coming from an old but good messenger bag (Tumi), this has been such an improvement. It is light and functional but very stylish. Pockets are well designed - obviously when you move to a new bag you rethink your packing approach and I did. Bag will stand on its own if properly balanced- once in the office this isn’t the case with the computer and other things out of it but I can either rebalance or gently lean it against something. Straps needed to be adjusted for comfort and fit - I found wearing it too high caused bouncing on my lower back but I now have it resting against my belt buckle and it’s perfect. In the winter, this won’t matter as much with a jacket on. All in all, very impressed by the product. Troubadour knows what they are doing with design and functionality. (And not that it means anything, but it came in its own box that made it feel like a special, upscale item.). Worth the $. I’m sold. (Of course, I hope it holds up over the years but I see no reason why it won’t!)