Thule Chasm Backpack 26L, Black, One Size

I have several Thule bags...this one does not disappoint. It's sturdy, durable, and has a nice fit. It sits high, and has slightly curved shoulder straps (I'm 5'5). What mattered most to me was a bright color (for biking), padded laptop bag, and a bag that would fit a 32oz water bottle. You can see in the photos that this bag fits a 15 in laptop with room to spare, and snuggly holds the 32oz bottle. Not sure I'd use this for hiking, as it's pretty thick and has the laptop pad, but others might. I put it next to a Thule Aion 28L for comparison. Both bags are great and will work well for their intended purposes.

Really well designed and solidly constructed. High quality materials. Looks great. Excellent weight distribution. In some backpacks items just fall to the bottom making it awkward to carry on your bag. Comfortable to wear. Perfect layout of pockets and compartments. Keeps its shape regardless of what you put in it. Love the laptop accessibility from the side, and also the side handle, which actually works well because the backpack keeps its shape pretty much regardless of how it's handled. My only slight complaint is that a laptop can bounce back and forth while you walk if that's all you have in the pack. Solved pretty simply by stuffing another small item in there.

Love it overall. Hoping zippers glide better after using it for a while. Doesn’t hold as much as i was hoping but great for big laptop. Love the orange color. Plenty of space for tech stuff. Also. All zippers can line up so u can put just one lock through and secure all the compartments with one lock. Cool for traveling. I have two matching orange duffel bags that also turn into back pack that are also great.

Lugging it around at the moment around a few places, and loving it. Got it in olive green, looks awesome. Very sturdy, cleverly designed

Good quality

Love the shape of this backpack however after cutting out the laptop padded divider that should have been designed with Velcro for easy removal I am semi disgusted and happy with it at thy same time. With removing the padded divider I can now fit enough clothing, toiletries, charging cords etc for a two night stay for a short vacation. The blue exterior fabric is semi hard and would have to be really packed full for it to keep its form. The corners of seams tend to push inward versus outward and for $160, this is not acceptable from a name like Thule. The straps for a muscular man that’s 5’8, 180lbs it fits good, feels good carrying. The top zipper pouch I enjoy having on a backpack to get things I use often like mints, Bose earbuds, etc so although I do love the backpack I’m disappointed Thule didn’t design ahead putting Velcro on the divider.(Update after trip)I upgraded from 3 to 5 stars because this bag is a perfect fit for a 2-3 night trip maybe 5. I am 5’8, 170, medium muscular build size 31 waist. The bag fit perfectly resting at the top of my glutes and the straps curved perfectly around my body. With the chest piece connected the weight was distributed perfectly. In Las Vegas the airports are huge with a lot of walking and hanging out for ur flight. I found the side handle top handle top pouch to be perfect for getting in and out to get what I needed. I wish the top pouch was hard with an inner hard bottom versus the net as I was worried something would compress against my iPhone which was in there without a case as I don’t use a case so just my wish and I did have to cut out the laptop divider but I fit 4 athletic men’s medium shorts, 4 medium under shorts, 3 socks, 5 tshirts, my toiletries charging cables extra small things in zip lock bags 5 sandwich size bags and a ball cap I still could’ve put a pair of shoes. The bag if not over loaded will fit in the spirit free carrying personal bag. If over packed it will not fit. I found the zippers hard to open one handed. I needed a finger loop near the top zipper pouch to hold on to as I had to pinch the top of the bag just to unzip. One handed was challenging.Overall Thule has horrible customer service but they do make excellent backpacks I’d love to see this bag improved with a Velcro pull out laptop divider as I cut mine out for more room. I found three dudes behind me speaking Spanish trying to pronounce Thule was fun to hear. Excellent design minus a few needed tweaks.

It’s good for a two night travel

Nice pack. Big enough to hold a decent amount while still maintaining a slim profile. Just barely fits my old Lenovo Think pad through the side zip…plenty of room through the top though. Only downside I can see so far is that the rubberized texture picks up dirt. It also wipes fairly clean. Comfortable to wear all day. I’m happy enough with it enough to buy the matching duffel.