TYLT Energi+ Backpack
Linus Tech Tips
·Linus Tech Tips
·2015-05-07
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1,358 words · ~6 min read
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so this video is geared towards the students out there who need to carry
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their textbooks around wait what right
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textbooks are a thing of the past now um
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okay well uh how about the young business people with their fancy mobile
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personal computers with you know Lotus Notes and that no no not that either
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computers basically fit in your pocket now okay well crap I can't figure out
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what all the young kids might need to carry around with them but in case they
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do need something this video is about the Tilt energy plus backpack with a
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built-in USB power bank so those kids can go all day and all night as long as
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they use protection that is we don't need more teen pregnancies which you
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most obvious Benchmark I could come up with for a Tech backpack was to pack all
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my tech crap in it go to Germany for 4 days and then see how it holds up
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compared to my trusty Vista bag so off I
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and Sennheiser factory tours those are going to be awesome so let's kick off
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with a physical rundown on the outside things are looking pretty good the right
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shoulder strap has two Cable Management elastics that you can use us to run a
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charging cable from the 10,400 mAh
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battery inside to your device hand and a loop that personally I'd use to throw a
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carabiner on so I could quickly attach and detach things or to hold the IMs
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that are connected to the mini dis player that I keep in the sorry what
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what's that this joke is old now just like me ouch all right so uh well I
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guess you could put something else on it if you want uh the left strap is no less
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interesting at the bottom is the condom pocket I showed off before there's
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another charging pocket pass through and then there's this tilt logo right here
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with a programmable NFC tag under it you can check out our video about these
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handy little doodads here if you can't imagine what that might be good for
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which leads us to the padding on the back it's thick and breathable but like
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the pads on the shoulder straps that seem to be positioned to make as little
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contact with the wearer as possible it left me scratching my head a little bit
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it and the plastic support it sits on to make room for the handy luggage handle
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slot are completely flat something I could have forgiven more easily if the
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shoulder straps included a waist or at least a chest strap to Snug the bag up
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against my back a little bit better mind you I'm pretty sure that the kids today
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wear their backpacks like this anyway so none of this is likely to matter the
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handle on top is well padded and reasonably well constructed and looking
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around the rest of the outside you'll find six more smallish external Pockets
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two of which are nylon lined and have cable passrs to the charger compartment
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and the other four of which have other special characteristics this one has a
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wonderfully soft liner for your precious cargo this one has a drink holder in it
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that I found worked very very well on my trip in spite of my oversized water
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bottle this one inexplicably has a waterproof style zipper and finally my
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favorite one here maybe that zipper would have made more sense on this one
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um has the same super soft liner on a protective removable pocket that took
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great care of my home phone and my sunglasses on my trip and when you
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remove it you find yet another charger pass through woot which brings us to the
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Bigger Pockets where things start to get a little bit less enthusiastic the
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laptop pocket has the nice soft liner but fairly minimal padding at the bottom
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compared to the last backpack I reviewed here so you should be somewhat careful
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plunking your bag down after a long day and maybe I had unrealistic expectations
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but I really wanted the battery Bank to be more tightly integrated than just a
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standard brick shaped battery Bank in a pocket I mean it's fine press power to
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check the charge status uh it's got one two amp port and two 1 amp ports to
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charge up to three devices total two low draw and one high draw and they include
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three micro USB cables one of which has a 30 pin Apple adapter so you don't even
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need to provide all your own cables but I would I'd really like to see a second
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generation product work the battery into the lining somewhere or something so I
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don't have this random brick pressing against my laptop that also makes it
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hard to use that pocket for anything else since we're in this pocket we can
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have a look at the cable management straps which work just fine tilt
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recommends tying strain prevention knots
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in them in case something gets snagged from the outside and I would recommend
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the same and other than that well there's not much else to say about them
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is there opening up the soft lined tablet pocket right next to this one
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gives us an opportunity to look at the cable management holes from both sides
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and also a look at the tablet pocket
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it's a tablet pocket okay not much to say about that which leads us finally to
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the main pocket the one thing about this bag that really frustrated me on my trip
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the bag is designed with a hard bottom so that it stands on its own but the
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main pocket the only place big enough to really store anything substantial opens
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from the front so it's hard to access from a standing position without tipping
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over the bag and then you'll need to bend over anyway the internals are well
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laid out for what that's worth though with cable management passrs into those
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two Side Pockets I showed you a keyloop a variety of coarse and fine mesh
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pockets and a little see-through pencil case thing that sits on the bottom to
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help you stay organized but I just found it a little bit annoying to use if I
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opened it a little I had trouble seeing inside and if I opened it wide the whole
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thing fell open and everything could come out so I guess that's the
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conclusion who is this bag for well technophiles who don't want to carry
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much other than Tech crap in their backpack and I guess it's probably a
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pretty big Market of people who will be interested in this bag so even if tilt
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would have a hard would have to make something a little bit bigger and more
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ergonomic to appeal to me I still think they have a winner on their hands guys
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