Which is the BEST Personal Item Bag? | Peak Design, Knack Bags, Pacsafe, Nomad Lane 👜 🎒

🤔 Choosing the right personal item bag helps with streamlining your packing and making travel days easy. In this video I'll help you find the best personal item bag for travel, featuring the TotePack, Knack Pack, Citysafe CX, Bento Bag compared!

👉🏻 Here are the bags I demonstrate in this Personal Item Bags Showdown, in order:

👉🏻 VIDEO REVIEWS of these bags:

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05:10 - Pacsafe Citysafe® CX Anti-Theft Backpack
07:47 - Peak Design Everyday Totepack
10:13 - Nomad Lane Bento Bag
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[NoraDunn]

👉🏻 Here are the bags I demonstrate in this Personal Item Bags Showdown, in order:

[deniseyoung]

To help with the leg room for long-legged folks, we will move the bag after take off and put it behind our knees. It gives us some extra support under the knees and more foot room. Of course, we put it back for landing.

[An_Gold]

I must say, that this is a very important topic that Nora selected (as always). Seems that it does not matter - what personal bag you could use (especially for not very experienced traveller) - but I understand that importance.
First - should be comfortable and not very heavy, but steady. You take all necessary items there and this personal bag stays in front of you, you might get into that bag at least several times during the flight (getting pen, some food, drink perhaps, some warmer clothing, book, phone etc. Your electronics should be protected there.
Second - it would be great if this bag can serve as additional support for your legs, during the long flight you will see the difference.
And - finally - the bag should be comfortably located above your carry-on (if you fly with carry-on) as you will have long walks in airport.

[kathleenkumiega]

I’m 81, I bought a wheeled personal bag since I can’t carry a backpack anymore. It fits under the seat. I’m so happy with it.

[lpgltgl]

I use a Rubalino diaper bag backpack. Lots of nice organizational pockets, two exterior water bottle holders, lightweight, and is the right size for personal item on most airlines. Also not expensive. Comes in many colors. I’m a senior citizen so this is its only purpose for me.

[rcboatnut]

I like my Osprey Ozone Boarding Bag, it's 20L and fits nicely under the seat. I use it in conjunction with my Osprey Sojourn Wheeled Travel Pack which is 45L so all together I get 65L of capacity and for my typical 20-30 day trips this is a great setup. I wear a Patagonia Atom Sling Pack like a fanny pack which is usually empty while getting on to the plane and then use that as my daily bag but also have a Osprey Ultralight Dry Stuff Pack in my Carry-on for when I go hiking and need more storage for gear.

[littlegoobie]

this past christmas, i went through 4 airports and i wandered a lot. I actually heard more than a few gates cracking down on all the carry-on abusers. 2 gates plus one of my own absolutely enforced the 1+1 carryon and told people that they will not board with more than 2. One gate even announced that removing big jackets also counted as a carryon if they didn't keep it with them in the seat. Amazing to see, and it's about time..

[carolyncz]

I adore my Fjallraven kanken. I have the 15" inch laptop one. Super simple, comfortable, and the position of the locks makes it easy to use an s clip or small lock to keep it secure. I know there's lots of fancier, more organized bags out there but personally I enjoy the freedom of one big bucket and a few extra pockets.

[nomadlane]

Thank you so much for sharing! We LOVE having you in the Nomad Lane family.

[carolinacadabra]

I recently acquired the Pacsafe bag and just returned from taking it on a 10 day trip to Europe. I totally agree with your frustration over the top zipper!!! The bag does conform to airline regs(Air Canada in this case) and fit easily under the seat even on a small connector plane. I didn’t take a laptop with me, but the laptop sleeve was tight for my iPad I appreciated the luggage sleeve so I could carry it on my rolling bag and also used the backpack straps when I needed to grab and go quickly. I do regret buying this bag as it will be small for my longer trips planned foe the future.

[kauaiboyo]

I got the $20 Peak Design Packable zippered Tote as my personal item bag. I put everything in there and shove it under the seat and it conforms to the under the seat space.

[BetsyDudash]

On my last trip (to spend time with family in Ohio) I used my United By Blue (R) Evolution 27 L Mini Duffle. It fit pretty well on the handle of my carry-on but was awkward inside the plane. I had also purchased an Osprey Transporter bag but ended up using it as my work bag because it's waterproof, though I may still use it next trip. Like you, I don't really like shoulder straps (due to chronic neck and shoulder pain), so I'll probably try my Cotopaxi Luzon Eighteen backpack next. It's a simple, lightweight bag but has the chest strap so will be secure.

[AnnaBanana-rqvh]

My personal item is a TravelPro wheelie bag. I’m old, it holds my pills and a change of clothes and my tech stuff, and I can roll it rather than wear it. I wear a waist pack to put my ear buds and immediate use pills in and hang it on the tray table. It all works fine

[justynmacfarland]

I purchased Pacsafe Cityysafe CX for European cruise and trio, and it was perfect!! Thank you for your review.

[TLK]

Can you imagine in medieval Europe, kings courier needs all packing into such small bag. Plus horse food and armor (not always, sometimes they travelled light) .

[ffcwatercolors]

Great review! I just purchased the Pacsafe® GO anti-theft 34L carryon backpack. It's a clamshell, so it unzips like a suitcase, which is what I was looking for. It meets American Airlines personal item dimensions exactly, and can be compressed to probably fit others, Volume : 34 litres Height : 18.5 inch x Width : 12.6 inch x Depth : 7.9 inch. Weight : 1.64 lbs. I often stay 3 weeks to a month in one place (usually Paris) so I wanted to take a "few more clothes" for weather changes and this drove my criteria. Here's what I can fit inside, without overstuffing it. 2 pairs jeans, 3 short sleeve tees, 1 cardigan, 5 undies, 2 bras, 1 set long pajamas, 1 pair sneakers. In the outside pocket -- iPad, electronic cables, iPhone 15 Pro, Anker power strip, Toiletries ziplock, medicines. I'll try it on my next trip this fall, in addition to my usual Samsonite Black Label (now called Cosmolite) spinner that weighs only 3.8 lbs.

[An_Gold]

Dear Nora, thanks for the video. You always prepares useful videos, and there is a lot of work behind your advice. Thank you.

[peggywoods]

My last Euro trip I brought a firm soft sided cooler (think Yeti knock-off) as my personal item as I was mainly camping. It also worked great as a footstool during the long flight. I don't need that much stuff during a flight... I am going to try one of those neck pillow sacks for this year's trip

[lindabruce]

Hi Nora - thanks for your videos. I am just flying from Sydney to Do dohar in Qatar. Because I am anxious about transiting from this flight to my flight to Tanzania, ( same day- and gates do change) I have booked a service person to meet me in Qatar and make sure I get to the correct departure gate on time. The service I am using is Al Maha service, gold transit. Other travellers may also find this transit service reassuring. :)

[robertashagam]

Nora, I love my outbound Marino men’s t in XL. I decided to wear on the long flight to Israel. TMI: I sweat a lot going through TSA, from nervousness or fear. It went unnoticed in this shirt . 😅