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A front-loading backpack is a travel backpack that you pack by opening the front panel like a suitcase instead of opening the top and stacking your stuff on top itself. This provides easy access to the entire main compartment and keeps your stuff organized.
With a top-loading backpack like a hiking backpack or most daypacks, packing and retrieving items becomes difficult as you are forced to dig through your bag’s contents via a narrow opening. Think of it like shoving your stuff down a chimney chute. Top-loading backpacks make it a challenge to pack clothing without wrinkling, and you can forget about finding items on the go.
On the other hand, with a front-loading backpack, you open the whole front panel like the cover of a book. A front-loading panel makes it easy to pack, keep things organized, and find what you’re looking for without emptying the contents of your bag. With Tortuga travel backpacks, the main compartment opens wide like a suitcase, which makes it effortless to pack and find what you’re looking for once you’re at your destination. Our front-loading backpacks provide plenty of access to large items or packing cubes.
Reviewers consistently rate Tortuga travel bags among the best travel backpacks on the market, repeatedly mentioning the benefits of its front-loading layout:
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Tortuga Travel Backpacks offer everything you expect from a superior travel pack.
While carry on luggage like roller suitcases require a lot of metal and plastic parts that increase their weight, Tortuga Travel Backpacks weigh less which allows you to carry on more and be comfortable on the read.
Tortuga makes supremely comfortable carry-on bags thanks to their our adjustable suspension systems and well-padded shoulder straps, which make it easier to carry heavy loads. Your hip belt will take 80% of the weight off your shoulders and redistribute it to your stronger hips and legs.
Tortuga front-loaders are made of tough, water-resistant sailcloth that will protect your possessions without the need for a rain cover.
Equipped with anti-theft features like locking zippers and discrete styling that won’t make you look like a tourist, Tortuga travel bags allow you to travel with greater peace of mind.
Tortuga travel backpacks feature a padded back panel and laptop compartment with a protective, fleece-lined laptop sleeve for protecting your electronics. This makes it the perfect travel laptop backpack for digital nomads or business travelers. Your laptop or tablet will be easily removable whenever you need it.
Organizational features like water bottle sleeves that double as external side pockets, mesh dividers, and padded laptop sleeves make it easy to keep everything from clothing to electronics to toiletries in their place.
Backpack reviews like those we’ve mentioned above make it clear what travelers think of our bags, but there are even more benefits to shopping Tortuga:
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