Prior to trying out the Timbuk2 Checkpoint, this was my favorite bag. It’s a 22″ inch (the maximum size most airlines will allow for a carry-on) and has wheels to use as a roll-aboard as well as straps that easily convert it into a backpack. It also comes with a detachable daypack.
While I haven’t used the bag itself often as a backpack, I like having the flexibility to do so. Since I often travel to developing countries, where cobblestoned and dirt roads are common, it comes in handy to be able to toss this on my back yet be able to wheel it into a hotel lobby or through the airport.
The bag includes organizational panels and a couple of larger pockets so that you can separate out paperwork and magazines from your clothes and electronics. In addition there are mesh panels that can be adjusted in order to compress your clothes down. The stabilizer leg keeps the bag from toppling over and can be used as a handle when pulling it out of your trunk or out of the luggage holding area of a bus.
My one wish is that it had more interior pockets. I like to have places to tuck away receipts, business cards and other small items and there’s very little opportunity for that with this bag. I’m sure the Eagle Creek packing cubes can solve that issue, however!