{"id":22081,"date":"2026-02-22T18:37:18","date_gmt":"2026-02-22T17:37:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/22\/these-are-the-nine-best-us-laptop-backpacks-for-hauling-tech-gear-on-the-go-tested\/"},"modified":"2026-02-22T18:37:18","modified_gmt":"2026-02-22T17:37:18","slug":"these-are-the-nine-best-us-laptop-backpacks-for-hauling-tech-gear-on-the-go-tested","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/22\/these-are-the-nine-best-us-laptop-backpacks-for-hauling-tech-gear-on-the-go-tested\/","title":{"rendered":"These are the nine best US laptop backpacks for hauling tech gear on the go \u2013 tested"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Your $1,000 laptop deserves a protective home on the road. A tech journalist and frequent traveler recommends his nine favorites<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/thefilter-us\/2026\/feb\/06\/best-personal-travel-item-backpacks-us\">The four best personal-item backpacks that fit under US airline seats<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/global\/2025\/sep\/09\/sign-up-to-the-filter-us-our-newsletter-guide-to-buying-fewer-better-products\">Sign up for the Filter US newsletter, your weekly guide to buying fewer, better things<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Whether you\u2019re <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/travel\/all\">flying<\/a> across the country on vacation, meeting with an important client downtown or just heading to your local coffee shop for work, there is a good chance you\u2019re bringing a backpack along, with a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/laptops\">laptop<\/a> squirreled away inside.<\/p>\n<p>While you can toss a laptop into just about any bag, the best laptop backpacks are specially tailored to pamper what is probably one of your most expensive (and delicate) possessions. That means a padded pocket lined with soft non-scratch material, easy access to your computer without unpacking everything and lots of extra pockets for portable mice, chargers and other accessories. Add in all of the standard backpack considerations such as capacity, comfort and durability, and you have a lot of factors to consider.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Best overall:<\/strong> <br \/>\n Mission Workshop Meridian backpack<\/p>\n<p><strong>Best for travel:<\/strong><br \/>\n Peak Design Travel Backpack<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/thefilter-us\/2026\/feb\/22\/best-laptop-backpacks-bags\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/56a68ab755e83a0903cd27efbd86a8e402345b0d\/1_0_2999_2400\/master\/2999.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=f7a7e08f67294a86669bfeabc9eedb99\" title=\"These are the nine best US laptop backpacks for hauling tech gear on the go \u2013 tested\" \/>Your $1,000 laptop deserves a protective home on the road. A tech journalist and frequent traveler recommends his nine favorites<\/p>\n<p>The four best personal-item backpacks that fit under US airline seats<br \/>\nSign up for the Filter US newsletter, your weekly guide to buying fewer, better things<\/p>\n<p>Whether you\u2019re flying across the country on vacation, meeting with an important client downtown or just heading to your local coffee shop for work, there is a good chance you\u2019re bringing a backpack along, with a laptop squirreled away inside.<br \/>\nWhile you can toss a laptop into just about any bag, the best laptop backpacks are specially tailored to pamper what is probably one of your most expensive (and delicate) possessions. That means a padded pocket lined with soft non-scratch material, easy access to your computer without unpacking everything and lots of extra pockets for portable mice, chargers and other accessories. Add in all of the standard backpack considerations such as capacity, comfort and durability, and you have a lot of factors to consider.<br \/>\nBest overall:<br \/>\n Mission Workshop Meridian backpack<br \/>\nBest for travel:<br \/>\n Peak Design Travel Backpack Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Your $1,000 laptop deserves a protective home on the road. A tech journalist and frequent traveler recommends his nine favorites The four best personal-item backpacks that fit under US airline seats Sign up for the Filter US newsletter, your weekly guide to buying fewer, better things Whether you\u2019re flying across the country on vacation, meeting &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/22\/these-are-the-nine-best-us-laptop-backpacks-for-hauling-tech-gear-on-the-go-tested\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">These are the nine best US laptop backpacks for hauling tech gear on the go \u2013 tested<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":22082,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22081"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22081"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22081\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22082"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22081"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22081"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22081"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}