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nice bag, disappointing shoulder straps Feb 18, 2009
By Professor X
I bought this after owning a booq shoulder bag, which is very nice. The mamba pack is sizable, bigger than the raw dimensions seem to indicate. It can carry a hefty load, without getting bulky, due to its contoured shaping. For such a nicely build storage compartment, the shoulder straps are a disaster. They are flimsy cloth straps, with a thin filament of stuffing material proving the underlying structure. In one strap, the stuffing material is not stitched properly, and routinely twists inside the cloth casing. The stitching at the top of the straps, connecting them to the pack-proper, also seem weak, ready to tear if I really stuff the pack to its full potential. At one review site, I read this indeed happened to one customer.
I recommend the Arcteryx Blade series packs over this product. They are outstanding.
 Burning with rage at this bag Jun 12, 2010
By A. Cruz
The reviews I have read about this bag do not underscore the frailty of this bag nearly enough. I wish they did because I relied on those reviews and have regretted spending money on this bag ever since.
A shoulder strap has become tangled, the zipper has stabbed me underneath my fingernail multiple times, the bag is frayed in multiple locations. Shoddy construction all around. If I were a third party reading this review, I might presume that the person who wrote it has abused the bag in some way, and that may very well be true. However, I have owned two Crumpler bags prior to this, and used one of them for five years (Wonder Weenie). The construction of the Wonder Weenie is still solid, aside from accidental damage (a rabbit chewing on the rubber zipper, a plastic part getting closed in a car door). The Wonder Weenie came with me to school, on planes, to clubs and to crowded concerts. I have owned the Mamba for eight months, and it looks worse than either of my Crumplers.
On the upside, the Mamba has a lot of room, but who cares when it's a failure in every other way? The bag is very attractive for a short time before its shoddiness overwhelms its aesthetic value. I will never buy anything from Booq again. I know that their attractive designs are optimized for the web, not for real world performance.
 Functionality and accessibility of a "station wagon" in the backpack world Nov 16, 2009
By Ryuji Suzuki
BACKGROUND of the reviewer: I use backpacks extensively, as I work at multiple sites, and carry a laptop, some electronics, tea, etc. The weight of my bags are heavy enough to make shoulder bags out of question but not heavy enough to bother with rolling cases. Most of the time, I don't carry that much, as I learned to minimize stuff, but there are certain things I always carry for efficiency, and I also like to have spare rooms for unexpected items I pick up on the way.
The FEEL of the bag: This bag looks a bit big if you look at it, but I don't feel the size when I wear it, or use it and travel in cities by public transportation. About the only thing I experienced is when walking fast on a crowded street. When I pass people significantly shorter than me, this bag apparently annoys them without me even noticing anything. The padding is just right amount and a good trade-off between comfort, protection and non-storage bulk volume. I called this bag "station wagon" of backpack world because, there is ample space and every cubic inch of space is usable and easily accessible. Other backpacks I own may have equivalent amounts of "theoretical" capacity but this backpack is by far the easiest one to make full use of the capacity. Think of a trunk of a sedan for other backpacks.
This bag is extremely functional. The design is well thought out, except for a few details. Many of the problems I had with other backpacks are solved in this one. One particular point is that, this bag is designed to prevent anything from dropping when you open the front flap or any other pocket, despite how wide the front flap opens to gain easy and complete access to the main compartment.
This bag is well made, except I have moderate concern about the strength of the connection between the straps and the bag.
There are a couple of minor problems I found. Some "pockets" inside the main compartment are not pockets, as they are not closed at the bottom. I am not sure about the utility of such things. I also don't think that the design of the side pockets are optimal. Who's going to put many credit cards (or membership cards) in backpack, as in the product description photo? I would rather carry a toothbrush and some everyday medications than an excessive amount of plastics.
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