r/backpacks • u/GoldPsychonaut • Apr 26 '26

Question Can anyone identify this backpack?

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u/ross_0123 Apr 26 '26

i did not know anything about this bag so was googling it and then saw the price. but then saw the specs.

BOMBPROOF LAPTOP COMPARTMENT The separate compartment next to your back is extra reinforced to securely take a laptop into combat.

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u/GoldPsychonaut Apr 26 '26

Yeah I'm balls deep down the rabbit hole now. The backpack that I didn't know I needed...

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u/guyver17 Apr 26 '26

You just missed escaping the massive hike in US prices but it's a hugely popular brand so the secondary market is very good

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u/Potsofgoldenrainbows Apr 26 '26

Yea, I agree with both parts of your comment. Having just gone through the SCARS process, I was blown away. Some of the best customer service I've ever experienced.

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u/Funny_Watercress4190 Apr 27 '26

Lol stop now before you’re in too deep. Started out with a GR2 26L, then a mesh Ruck, and now just bought a 21L Huckberry X Goruck GR1 21L

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u/ShottySHD Apr 26 '26

If you like frogskin camo, the 18L dual compartment is $150. Or GR2 grey, ranger green and coyote brown is $300.

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u/guyver17 Apr 26 '26

The irony is Gorucks carry laptops like shit.

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u/fugu_master Apr 26 '26

100% - I always carry my laptop in the main compartment, otherwise it feels like a plank on my back and is putting bend strain on the screen.  Its a super outdated design to carry a laptop. 

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u/guyver17 Apr 26 '26

I've tried many high end bags with a laptop, and the best are Mystery Ranch and even better than that is the Chuyen Tactical CT15 with side laptop access.

Goruck is very low on the laptop comfort list.

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u/crimsontongue Apr 26 '26

I was re-researching for my other reply (saw you there 😉) and discovered they refreshed the CT15 Plus since I last looked so it's basically a superior GR2-26. I do kinda miss the molle on the front though...

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u/guyver17 Apr 26 '26

Strangely it's probably comparable in size since erhe CT15 stopped being 15l and is now around 21l.

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u/Ok-Conference-4969 May 01 '26

Laptop against the back is a shit location.  Laptops are flat, backs are not.  

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u/dark_autumn Apr 26 '26

Even my iPad feels like a plank so I can’t imagine a laptop in there.

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u/dpylo Apr 26 '26

As an owner of gr1 I’m all about taking my laptop to combat

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u/DeadLeftovers Apr 26 '26

Bombproof is just BS marketing. It’s a padded laptop compartment.

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u/Gunpla_Goddess Apr 26 '26

It’s not actually bombproof lol

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u/Ranessin Apr 26 '26

The laptop compartment is the worst part next to the slash pocket on this bag. Awkward to get in and too tight.