ROBIC® Ripstop Nylon 420D - High tenacity nylon that's strong yet as light as air.
The next-generation mesh back panel system not only maximizes carrying comfort and ensures excellent breathability but also allows the backpack to be secured to a suitcase handle, making it easy to move through airports and train stations.
Its urban-focused design features two integrated external pockets for water bottles or umbrellas—collapsible via zippers—allowing for quick access during your busy city schedule.
The laptop compartment has been redesigned for side access and is completely separate from the main compartment.
The internal organization within the main compartment remains unchanged: one flat pocket, one expandable mesh pocket, and two elasticized pockets for water bottles, accessories, or an umbrella.
The CT15 V4 is a backpack with the perfect size for everyone's daily use.
Firstly, I too see no point in writing a review for a product you admit you don't have. Doing this provides no value to potential users. This is not a platform to air your personal grievances about a thing you don't even own. Go back to Reddit if you want to complain. What a joke, Serg.
With that out of the way, I like this bag very much so far. I personally prefer a separate laptop compartment as I am almost always carrying two laptops and want protection for both. I keep a 14" MBP in the dedicated compartment, and a ginormous 16" HP Zbook in the main compartment. The HP fits snug and does poke into the top of the bag slightly. This is less an issue with the bag and more an issue with the annoyingly large size of my laptop.
The materials are of a quality I would expect from a more expensive bag. I actually sold a bag nearly twice as expensive as this one to make room for it and this bag feels better pretty much everywhere. I love the water bottle pockets, and the organization makes sense to me and is plenty for my needs. On water bottle pockets, a 32 oz. Nalgene bottle just barely fits. You kind of have to force it in there, but it'll go. I've chosen to downsize my water bottle, and everything with a smaller diameter to the Nalgene fits with no issues.
The reasons I hesitate to give 5 stars are two-fold. First, the back padding feels excessive. There's like an inch worth of dense foam padding that just feels funny. I can say that I have no discomfort wearing the bag, but this amount of padding is a bit excessive in my opinion. Also, the bag tapers at the top pretty aggressively. It goes from roughly 11 inches at the base to a bit over 9 inches at the top by my rough measurements. This makes fitting things up top a little awkward and is the reason the laptop pokes into the walls of the bag.
Bonus negative point: the fabric for the zipper pulls ins't the best. Easy fix to replace them with paracord but it's worth mentioning.
All in all, I'm very pleased with the bag especially for the price. I have a 26L GR1 and this thing gives it a run for its money at ~1/3 the price. There is no world where I'd get a 21L GR1 at current prices with this being an option.
Why writing a review about a product you don't have, this is such a lame attitude, shame on you !
I was very excited when I received an email from Ctactical that a new version of this backpack was coming however, once they drop this product, it looks to me that it’s a noticeable downgrade. Looks like they just took an existing product and removed the extra pocket in the back and made the top handle less durable. Also, it’s not very clear in the product description of what exactly were the improvement so to speak. I also tried to contact Ctactical to inquire about the differences in the improvements, but I have not heard anything back. I was looking forward to purchasing this product. I do not have this product, but it looks like a downgrade to me.
