Pack Your Essentials in Eagle Creek Global Companion 40L Backpack
By Jill Robinson
We often yearn for simple, stripped-down gear design, and
then realize we can’t find anything. Sometimes, organization wins.
The Eagle Creek
Global Companion 40L has plenty of spaces to organize your gear, plus is
carry-on size (13.75 inches x 21.5 inches x 8 inches) and fairly lightweight (3
pounds, 8 ounces).
It’s not a top-open pack, where you end up searching around
for the thing that’s likely at the bottom. The pack opens like a book and has
mesh main compartments that allow you to see everything at a glance, while you
decide what you need.
A padded laptop sleeve is included in the pack, accessible
both from inside one of the mesh compartments and by a top zip on the pack’s
exterior.
When you fill the pack, you want to make sure it’s
comfortable, because you’ll be carrying it all on your back. The air mesh back panel
is both padded and moisture wicking, and contains a channel to keep the air
flowing through.
More pockets! There are a bunch on this pack: two zippered
front panel pockets, interior mesh slip pockets, a padded electronic pocket,
front mesh stuffer pocket, mesh side pockets, bottom shoe compartment, and hip belt pocket.
The zippers on this bag are lockable. Just loop the top lockable zippers through the
Central Lock Point to guarantee that your bag cannot be accessed by anyone
without the magic combination or key. Also lockable: the laptop compartment and
the front electronics compartment.
The Global Companion 40L comes in both a women’s version, and a unisex version. The main difference between the two is that the women’s version has a narrower shoulder strap profile and tilted hip belt for comfort. The women’s version comes in black, smoky blue, Concord (grape), and Sueño Andes (a bright print) and lists for $159 on the Eagle Creek site. The unisex version comes in black, smoky blue, and Sueño Andes and lists for the same price on the Eagle Creek site.
