10 Personal Item Bags | Under Seat Backpacks for Ryanair, Spirit, and More

Have you ever had your personal item measured and weighed? If so, by which airline? 👀👀

Cabin Max Manhattan Stowaway XL way too thick for Ryanair flights.

Hi. Can you review some Racini bags? 😁

What's tha bag shown at 8 seconds? Ives seen it in quite a few of the pack hacker videos. I think that would be ideal for me to use

Most of the Able Carry packs are sold out :(

Nothing is cheap, today!

Any opinions on the Dakine Essentials 26L?

This is so helpful. Thank you so much!

You mention the AWAY "small zip backpack". My wife actually carries the AWAY "The back". I find that AWAY's more premium building materials over engineer the bag the point that it makes it less useful, as so much mass in a fully packed bag is its own material.

I use a version of the Northface Jester, one with two super deep mesh water bottle holders on the side, and it fits so much more than the AWAY bag. We actually went with Ryanair the other weekend from London to Edinburgh for a weekend trip. Both of us with totally STUFFED bags. We didn't have any issues with staff, and bags seemingly fit just fine under their seats.

Something to note with Ryanair and Easyjet though is it definitely depends on staff. My wife has been told before to pack her small one liter bag around her chest into her carry on bag, never mind though it remains on her person the same as my pants and light coat with pockets.

Have you been able to store the Aer Travel Pack 3 Small under some seats? Maybe not the small airlines, but some others?

Aer pakt 3

Is Thule accent 20 lt okay for British airways personal item?

I only travel with a "personal item" (on airlines that make you pay for carry-on) so I've maxed out the bag I can get away with... the Cotopaxi 28 liter seems to be the goldilocks size. My friend gets away with a 40L bag but I think it only works bc proportionally it doesn't get clocked as a "full size" bag on an average man's body vs. my 5'2 frame haha. He can make it fit into the little metal sizing container, and I still don't understand how.

One thing I found out a long time ago is that if you spend a little extra money, you’ll have a backpack that’s durable and can take a lot of abuse. Doesn’t matter which brand it is, if you plunk down some extra dollars it’s worth every penny.

It's nice to see all these choices, I'm surprised that the Nordace Siena II Smart Backpack wasn't on the list though.

kanken 17in laptop bag is perfect for frontier, slides like butter into the sizing box! when fully packed it’s a bit of a squeeze but will still fit!! highly recommend

Crunchy bags! 😂

It would have been nice if you'd put the dimensions of each of these bags in the video.

Frontier airlines has smaller dimensions

Is there a backpack that has the chest strap and waist belt, and will fit under the seat?

I've subbed and have watched most of your videos but haven't come across any about taking snacks for longer flights. Do you not have any?
BTW I'm loving your videos. Have watched several several times already. Thanks for sharing all this information.

I just bought an AWAY 26 liter sized backpack and it is well made and perfect for my needs as a supplement to my carryon.

The Å is mostly O, not A.

Has Pack Hacker ever thought about doing a video from the Ethnotek travel backpack line? This company has 30, 36 and, 40 L travel backpacks and camera backpacks with great storage that come with removable 'skins'. The skins are made by artisans all over the world and the company supports small business, women owners, etc. I have a 30 L Raja pack that I travel with and can get a weeks worth of clothing, toiletries, etc. into. Maybe something to think about?

Keep in mind United personal item is smaller than the other airlines. 17 x 10 x 9 and they have a human okay your bag size at check in.

Good information but I would suggest to switch the presentator in a "long" video like this one. I mean like alternating the presentation of the items.

The pitch of this guys voice and speed of talking just makes me uncomfortable to listen after a while.
Keep the good info coming!

How well would a Recycled Firefighter 24 Hour bag do as a Personal Item Bag?

I need a smarter carry on bag

Even the smallest one would not work for Luftansa or Brussels Air personal item is 15×11×3.9 inches.

You are not talking one of the most important feathers of a backpack, i.e., weight.

The Kanken No 2 laptop 15” backpack meets Ryanair’s personal item dimensions. I know as I flew Ryanair to Porto and back last weekend and checked it fit in the Ryanair measurements bin at the departure gate. It fit easily under the seat too. Thought you may want to know!

Metric !!!

The absolutely best bag is the NIID Cache a versatile 'origami inspired' (sling- & duffle-bag) and this is a recommendation from a professional tour guide and tour director. Never leave home without it! Good looking, versatile, heavy-duty, but light weight. Serves as every-day-carry at destination and (in travel to) all you need carry-on!

I just flew a longhaul redeye flight and the Aer Fit pack did not fit under the seat in front of me despite having a luggage passthrough ie intended as a personal item bag. As soon as the poufy duffle part hit what I guess was the life vest under the seat it would not go in anymore (ie only half the bag fit under the seat) so not only could I not stretch my legs but I could not even put my feet down in front of me because my personal bag's stiff fabric could only fit halfway in. When preparing to land, the flight attendant even asked me to stow my bag under the seat in front of me (and because of post Xmas/New Year's travelers all having lots of bags on a full flight and row 40 did not have an overhead luggage compartment on one side, all the overhead luggage compartments were full) but ah it would not squeeze in. So in my use case I chose this bag because of the luggage pass through intending to use it as my personal item computer bag on top of my roller carryon (though this pass through is super tight for travelpro's luggage handles) but scrunched up for a woeful 12 hours on a longhaul flight because my Aer fit pack only goes halfway under the seat in front of me

are any of these bags under 300 dollars?

Would love an update to this video!🙏🏽

I got a 52L I'm going to try to take on Spirit. Wish me luck.

Do any of these fit a 15 inch MacBook Pro?

My preferred international carrier to Asia limts me to 15bs combined for personal item and overhead with normal 45" for overhead and a very stingy 16x12x6 underseat (although that works out to 34" combined). Needless to say, no rollaboarrds. In addition, unlike short USA and within Europe flights, I need a personal item narrow enough for my legs to stretch underseat. So far the REI Flash 18, packed short, is the only one that's narrow enough.

Can you review the Away The Everywhere bag?

I'd love to see suggestions for personal item bags that aren't backpacks. Any ideas?

How small a backpack can a man wear? I bought an Antler Chelsea backoack as personal bag for travel but the backpack is a lot smaller than I thought it would be and looks similar in size to a sling bag. It's 36x26x12 cm

I’ve been traveling with my pacsafe citysafe backpack for years now, and it’s my favorite personal item - it fits my laptop, ipad, cables, 3-1-1, travel scarf, water bottle, etc. without problem, and I love the locks (and tab on the front pocket that protects that pouch from pick pockets too). It also has a trolley sleeve, so combining this with my carry-on (Away) for business or personal travel is great. It’s also professional enough looking for work. My only gripe is that the straps are a bit narrow and could use more padding - I carried this all day around NYC and for 30+ hrs of international travel, and my shoulders were sore when the bag was full and heavy.

Hi there! Can you review Lander Timp 25 backpack and Lander Commuter Pack?

When can we expect the new version of this video :)

Whats the best personal item that I can use for Ryanair?

I am the would be thief

do you know of any very simple, soft, ultra light clamshell international sized carry on luggage? Any reviews to go to? Do not want bulky backpack straps.

You just sold me on the Thule, but on your site it says only 2 airlines accept it as carry-on

How to. Buy these item please provide link of these items.