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Most laptop backpacks look like a gym bag with a padded pocket. The DELSEY Chatelet Air 2.0 is the opposite. It is a laptop backpack styled like a piece of luggage, in a recycled chevron weave with vegan leather trim. At 21 litres it is a day bag, built around a 14-inch laptop and the things that travel with it.

21 litres, 14 inches of laptop, 2.2 pounds

DELSEY lists this backpack at 14.75 by 14 by 6 inches, 21 litres and 2.2 pounds. It is sized for a 14-inch laptop. Inside, the padded rear compartment takes that laptop and a tablet. The shell is a recycled polyester chevron weave with vegan leather trim. The lining is treated with SILVADUR for odour control. The main compartment holds organiser pockets and a removable pouch. Outside there is a hidden front pocket, two side pockets and a small hidden pocket at the back. A smart band across the back slides over the tubes of a rolling suitcase. There is a grab handle on top, and it comes in brown and angora.

The bag that rides the suitcase

An airport day is mostly walking, and the smart band is the part you feel. The pack slides down over your suitcase handle and rides there instead of on your shoulders. Owners who already have Delsey luggage keep mentioning that it matches. That is the other half of why they bought it. It works as an overnight bag too. One owner used it for a business trip and said everything fit.

What keeps coming up

Looks are what owners talk about first. In fact, compliments come up again and again, on planes and in offices, and several mention buying it to match luggage they already own. Owners also rate the quality and the stitching, and more than one owner calls it lighter than it looks. They praise the organisation too, and they often list the pockets they use for work kit.

The one thing to get straight first is scale. At 21 litres this is a day bag, and owners who pictured a weekend pack say so. So for a 14-inch laptop and a day of work, it is exactly the right size. Packing for three nights, it is not.