Make your everyday carry (EDC) lighter with this no-frills and ergonomically-designed backpack. It’s made with 100% recycled and weatherproof Axoflux fabric for maximum durability.
Two zippered main compartments store all your must-haves, with convenient pockets to house your water bottle, pencil case, and more. It’s also the perfect backpack for school, running errands around town, or heading to a sleepover.
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This is a great backpack. My brother recommended me the brand and I was so happy because I got it as a gift for my partner's birthday in September. Shipping smoothly, quickly and in 11 days I already had it in Germany. Quality is great, feels really good. The smalls details are pretty nice, it's comfortable.
The issue is, even when I measure it before buying it and I read it was 12L, when it arrived I realized the size didn't fit my partner's needs. So I immediately ordered the Metro Backpack Pro and requested the return for this one.
Everyone online (and even that was my brother's understanding, who's a big Alpaka fan), seems to have a misunderstanding about Alpaka having a distribution center in Europe. My surprise was that the return is not only payed by me, which generally I wouldn't mind but the problems it's that I should send it back all the way to Australia (like whaaaat?). So for me to return a 85 euros backpack from Germany, I need to pay 56 euros. They also give you an option to take it to a distribution center, but it never mentions where these distribution centers are.
Reading online reviews in forums and other sites this has been a common dissatisfaction among people that love the brand, and ends up getting disappointed with return policies and customer service.
The backpack is REALLY great quality, beautiful and functional. But as a customer in Europe, you REALLY need to think if you want it and you live in an area that doesn't make it inconvenient to send…
The bag itself is very cool and efficient. Vertical zipper for access below your shoulder is genius. However, what keeps me from giving it that last star is the Mag Lock it comes with. While very neat, it's not compatible with the Mag-Locks they sell separately. It would cool to see the same Mag-Lock sold as an accessory so you can have the same one on your key chain in lieu of having two or three different types on your key chain.
It is a great bag for office workers however, the extra fabric on the top of the zipper for water resistant purpose, makes it very difficult to unzip
ALPAKA metro - after two weeks of use….i think I might buy another one as soon as there is a new color way!
Overall, this is a good quality minimal backpack that can be quite handy in use for some people. However, I found it poorly designed in terms of the function. First reason being the main compartment zip - the fabrics going over it often gets in the way, so opening the bag isn’t always smooth and easy. Second reason being the placement of a water bottle pocket inside the main compartment - it’s a very small bag and to utilise the space efficiently, I would rather keep such a relatively large item as a water bottle in a traditionally outer placed pocket, just like on other Alpaka backpacks. With the current solution, even a 450ml water bottle takes a lot of space in the bag, and the main compartment zip makes it even more troublesome if you often want to reach out for that bottle.
I will still recommend the product due to the overall quality but want to warn others to be mindful about the moments I found problematic.
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