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to add to the accolades coming in: my daysack is great. been using it every day for the last week in pretty much any weather, including absaloute downpour (cheers british weather) and dare i say it reasonably warm conditions... it's been barely empty and it's had to have stuff bungeed to it for trips to the post office and it's done all of this impeccably well.
Properly waterproof, if you have any worries - don't, short of throwing it in a lake i couldnt prove it much more.
Really stable on the back, for light loads you dont even need the sternum strap, but when i absaloutely crammed it full and did up the sternum strap, there was a huge difference and the bag felt like part of my back, no movement whatsoever even when out of the saddle.
has two pockets i didnt even know were there until the second day of use! the front one is huge, and there is another one in the "cover" bit that goes over the top. one impovement i would suggest jordan is actually make this front one a bit smaller, i know that sounds weird but if it was just halved in size it would make things a lot easier to get to and find.
capacity wise it can hold a lot, been making trips to the post office with this and it's been taking four or five large parcels with ease. another impovement here though:
basically i'm a student as are lots of people who depend on and use a bike, part and parcel of this is that i use lever arch folders and ringbinders. the bag in terms of capacity is fine but it's just widthways where there's a bit of a problem. i can get three or four ringbinders in there, it's just lever arch folders where there's a bit of a problem. it's literally 5cm to short withways to get them in comfortably, basically i can get one in, it's just when i do the whole bag gets stretched out so i cant get anything else in. i'd think that 2.5cm either way would mean that the bag is a lot more versatile but would still keep it's "daysack look".
anyway that's my "one week of use" review with a couple of improvements that i personally would make, i'm sure i'll buy from bigxtop again as the workmanship and general ethos of the business seems to be on point. so good luck with the future and i think you're right - the company does seem it will be around for a good while yet!