![]() ![]() The VX material saves a small amount of weight over the Ballistic Nylon variant at 3.9 lbs over 4.12 lbs and is only slightly heavier than the 700D Cordura option (3.89 lbs). My sample is finished in black VX42 from Dimension Polyant with a vibrant orange ripstop nylon liner and YKK AquaGuard zippers throughout. While I haven’t had to utilize their warranty service myself, I appreciate knowing that it’s available to me. If your bag were to develop a fault, simply reach out to them and they will repair or replace the bag. This is a great opportunity to bring up the fact that Aer feels very confident in their products and offers you a lifetime warranty at no extra cost. The extent of “wear” that I’ve observed thus far has been in the manner of a loose thread here and there. As I mentioned I’ve been using this bag for several months now for travel applications, usually being tossed in and dragged out of the various compartments of my truck on road trips with no sign of real material degradation. The TP3 has not been an exception to the rule. Each look is distinct without changing the lines or design of the pack in any significant manner.Īer designs their bags from their studio in San Francisco but has them manufactured in China, and though people are quick to criticize products made outside of the United States, I’ve experienced several bags from Aer over the past few years and they’ve all been very well finished. One is a robust 1680D Ballistic Nylon available in three distinct-yet-neutral colors which feature a neutral grey interior, the second is a 700D Cordura and the third is a much more tech-forward VX42 X-Pac which features a bright orange liner. In fact, when I first received the bag I swear I found a new hidden pocket every time I opened it! Fortunately, though, this multitude of pockets doesn’t wind up looking like a jumbled, confusing mess as they’re all pretty cleverly layered throughout the interior.Īesthetically you have three different material choices to work with. The TP3 is positively loaded with pockets throughout every compartment, some of which are very discreet and almost hidden which affords you tons of opportunity to stash items throughout the entire bag. Fortunately, if it bothers you as it does me, this is super easy to remedy by either removing the tabs and pulls altogether and installing something custom or just making simpler paracord pulls in place of the Aer branded ones. ![]() Exterior branding is fairly minimal which always gets bonus points in my book but gosh Aer bags just have an abundance of zippers and very jangly pulls on them, which I find to be a significantly distracting aspect. ![]() Despite that, I can appreciate the look for what it is and I don’t find it garish or overly complicated. For me, I tend to lean towards bags that follow more of a “heritage” look and feel so this isn’t my immediate cup of tea. Their typically clean lines and choice of materials lean heavily into that aesthetic, which is going to be a very personal decision as to whether or not that works for you and your tastes. So without further delay, let’s dig in and take a look at what it’s been like to live with.Īer’s design language is decidedly in the tech space, which is an aspect they’ve never really wavered from. Professionally speaking, I’m a designer personally speaking, I’m a new dad, so my experience with the TP3 is informed by these realities. I’ve had the opportunity now to travel multiple times in the past year (primarily in road trip format) and over the past several months I’ve been utilizing the TP3 as my clothing and tech carry on these trips. The Aer Travel Pack 3 (TP3 from here on) is the latest revision in this line and has seen a number of updates over the previous generation which we will get into later in this review, but the gist of it comes down to a more adjustable harness, a more flexible main compartment and of course, magnets. That’s an aspect of Aer that I have always appreciated because it means they listen to their customers and are always striving to evolve their products in collaboration with their users. Rooted typically in real-world user feedback, they strive to refine their silhouettes with each generation, without throwing out what’s worked in the past. As a softgoods company, Aer takes an iterative approach to their designs. Looking for something new to try this past year, Aer had notified us about their upcoming updates to the Travel Collection and it was the perfect opportunity to both resume travel and try out a new bag. For a great many of us that meant we needed new travel bags to schlep our stuff in style as we resumed our domestic and international wanderlust. As 2022 wound down, for many of us, opportunities to travel arose with much greater frequency than they had over the past couple of years. ![]()
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