Reddit reviews adidas Unisex Alliance II Sackpack, Team Shock Pink, ONE SIZE

When deciding on a bag for conventions, especially for huge, packed conventions like SDCC, you should try to keep in mind how your bag will affect others. I've been to many conventions where people would have huge backpacks filled to bursting, extending way more than a foot from their backs, and it's always a pain in the ass. They swing around and you get smacked, sometimes they'll knock stuff over at booths, and if they need to take it off in the middle of the convention floor, it's even more of a pain. Then you have to keep in mind when you go see a panel. Unless you're at, like, the Viz Manga panel or something, the panel rooms will probably be at max capacity, so you won't be able to put your stuff on a chair. Imagine what a pain it is going into Hall H and having to fill a seat in the middle of a row, your huge bag hitting people, you trying to stuff it under a seat, worried someone else will take it, or having to hold this big, heavy thing on your lap for hours.

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For awhile I would overthink what kinds of bags to bring to a convention. I'd always think I needed a huge, bulky bag that can hold everything I needed. Then a few hours into the con I'd be miserable because I'm in a hot sea of people carrying, what, 10+ pounds of shit on my back/shoulders. It's not fun standing in long, hot lines with a huge bag on, and if you take it off you're just going to have to bend over and pick it up every few minutes when you move. I hated wondering if I was the asshole smacking people with their bag. You don't need to pack for a convention like you're spending a week in the wilderness. So eventually I just downsized.

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My bags I brought were a Thinkgeek Convention Bag of Holding (might be hard to buy now that Gamestop killed ThinkGeek, but if you can, I recommend it). It's a should bag that's pretty slim, but still has plenty of room for all your smaller essentials (charging cable, a battery pack, smaller snacks, tissues, a book, a portable game system, it has a clear pocket that folds out if you want to bring your iPad or similar sized tablet, etc.), it even has a spot on it's side to hold a smaller poster tube. You can fit a lot of stuff in it. Then I had one of those drawstring gym bags. It was plenty big enough to hold my lunch, other snacks, and extra water, without being really bulky. Finally, for any purchases I would just have a few tote bags. One larger one that can easily hold stuff like Funko figures, as well as plenty other larger items, as well as smaller tote bags if I needed them. I can't really link one I recommend, because all of mine were acquired when making purchases at cons. This set up is probably good enough for most people that aren't going to buy 50 Pop figures a day or something. The average con goer, I guess.

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This probably seems overly long and rant-y, but convention bags were something I agonized over for years.