can the water bag be removed and use it as a regular backpack
1338954
The water bag is removable. I suppose you could use it as a backpack. However, it would be very small.
1338955
I gave this as a gift to my grandsons who go camping every weekend as soon as school is out. They do a lot of geochaching. Anyway, I am not sure if the waterbag can come out and I have not gotten a response from my grandsons. I will tell you this much, they love the bag. I wish I could tell you more.
1643661
Not really. You need the little round valve on the bag so the unit can make a seal and remove the air. It is possible to use the zipper bags buts its difficult and doesn't seal properly.
503816
If I am not mistaken, this backpack is also designed to accommodate a water pack that is specific to the daypack that you can purchase separately. It has a pocket in the back that it will slide into. I do not have it but have seen it on other packs. you may want to check into it.
662278
yes, take it out of the stuff bag and stuff it in the bottom compartment. I did not find this pack comfortable, however, I am 5'9" 240lbs
257449
yeah I don't see why not. it's basically just a backpack. I like it a lot. needed to rework some of the straps so they wouldn't pull through the plastic part. sorry, tough to explain. way more carry room than I expected. only complaint would be the waist strap is too small, and I'm not a huge guy. not difficult to take it off and forget about it. I'd absolutely recommend it.
971496
you can but the bag does not have a cover or much padding. I don't think I would carry my laptop in there all the time. In a pinch it would fit but not a bag that I would carry it all the time. There are no slots or compartments on the inside so other stuff would have to be on top or underneath.
1968847
Could be, but much better as a backpack. Straps are sewn to the bag and not removable. In backpack mode it works great when exercising, or when you need both hands like grocery shopping.
1393609
Of course you can as long as the luggage is smaller than the dimensions of the bag. It's waterproof.
1372330
That might be tricky. I would say no just because I had to tape it up to close it. I imagine I'll have to rip the bag to take it back out. If you were going to seal it a different way, perhaps it's possible.
1674678
No. But it has a place to put a bladder inside the bag. It also has a slot on the right shoulder indicated by a water droplet for the hose of your bladder to go through. Essentially if you have or buy a bladder you will have a backpack with a camelpak built into it. If I made any sense lol.
885275
Not unless you buy it used from Ebay or something. I looked around a lot and couldn't find one without the bag.
500345
No, the wheels are not designed to be conveniently removed. Nor is the pack designed to be used as a backpack. It is a large, permanently wheeled piece of luggage intended to be rolled through airports, parking lots, sidewalks and such.
674489
Yes. Although the black bag is daily bulky so you'll want to do them separately
880622
Yes, I had to remove the day trip bag from the roller part of the bag an use it as my personal item. They would not let me leave it zipped to the roller part of the bag because of all the stuff I had packed. It would not fit in the bag size checker. But once I had removed it from the roller part of the bag, it was okay.
607451
Absolutely yes. Also it depends on how you arrange the panels, but there's room for quite a number of elements. You even get to remove all the panels and use it as a regular backpack.
1976130
In my opinion, the bag is not suitable for that purpose. It also does not stand up on its own, which would make it easier to use.
423602
You can open the bags on the bike by releasing the top-side tie strap; it's not instant access but the bags don't seem to budge when accessing them unless you load / unload alot of stuff. Then it's just a matter of rolling the top back up and re-attaching the top tie strap. Probably a 5 minute process, so not terribly convenient for accessing water etc. but definitely doable if you need to grab a jacket or something. There are no dedicated carrying straps on the bags so yeah you'd have to improvise with the velcro cross-over straps or something.