There is undoubtedly a perfect German word to describe the pleasure you get from having a place for everything and putting everything in its place. “Tetrisfreude”, maybe. Like their Everyday Backpack, the Peak Design Messenger relies on bendable FlexFold dividers that fasten with Velcro to the interior of a freestanding bag.
If you’re a certain kind of person, you can set this bag on your coffee table, fiddle with your belongings and minimize dead space all evening, to your heart’s content. No, Moleskines, you may not touch my lunchbox! DSLR, you fit there, with my pencil pouch tucked underneath. Everything is great. My day will be so much better now.
Designed in collaboration with famous travel photographer Trey Ratcliffe, the Everyday Messenger is a camera bag that doubles as a commuter bag. It has a number of features that will only be appreciated by photographers, like a stiff, dedicated strap on either side for hooking on Peak Design’s award-winning Capture clip. The Capture clip lets you attach a camera on the outside of this bag for fast access.
A built-in pocket and included black rubber loop (which looks like a Livestrong bracelet), allows you to fasten a tripod to the bag’s top flap. Slide one leg into the pocket under the bag’s top, close the bag, and loop the other two legs together for a secure hold. The front access panel houses no less than six separate stretchy pockets. Subtle red and green stitches on either side help photographers easily store and distinguish between empty and full batteries and cards.
But that's not to say that there aren’t bunches of other details to delight the most persnickety of bag snobs who aren't photographers. For example, take the zipper garage, or the housing for the zipper pull. It is angled, which A) looks cool, but B) allows for easier opening, and C) also prevents the garage from trapping water and springing a leak—important in a place as rainy as Portland, Oregon, where I live.
