Bando Bag, Black, Standard

My first concern was the buckles, when I pulled it out of the package, boy was I glad to see good quality buckles! Overall the materials seem sturdy and it feels well made and the brown looks fire! It had plenty of room for my freedom seed dispenser, and the essential med gear along with a couple other EDC items. This is my first Eberlestock item, and I can see the future, there will be more!

Schnelle Lieferung, sehr schöne, geräumige Tasche

This is a good quality lightweight bag. I'm glad I got the XL size. I can easily carry a Glock 19 and a spare magazine in the gun compartment section of the bag. The remaining compartments are large enough to carry other edc items I typically use such as my cell phone, flashlight, Leatherman tool, tourniquet, good pocket knife, tactical type pen, band aids, keys, small pill box and a few other things I often venture out with. I find this bag more comfortable to carry as a sling bag and it's easier to draw from in this configuration for me. Overall I really like this bag and am very pleased with it. I have recommended it to my friends and family who carry off body and prefer this style of pack.

I'm giving it 4 stars, but more like 3.5. All because of the zippers. I can't for the life of me figure out why the Fade Flex has these chonky but quick and smooth AF zippers (stellar, even), and these are.... not. I mean, if the Fade Flex came later, then OK. But use the same zippers on the Bando. These feel like an after thought or a cost-cutting measure. I saw some folks cranking about how they don't like the Bando b/c the zips only go one way. For clarification, the CCW compartment allows for staging and drawing open from either direction. The other two compartments... sure, they only open to the left, but it's fine IMO. It helps me being lefty b/c I keep the CCW zips over to the left, and the other zips have to be to the right to be closed. I guess with right-handed folks... yeah, maybe it's a little more intrusive to a quick open. IDK. The reason I don't crank more about the zippers is b/c I'm not the guy on the range training to draw from the closed bag at comp speeds while never taking eyes off the target that I have to be quicker than b/c he's clearly drawing down on me right now, bro! (These zippers will make sure you don't get to fast). Why not? Because I don't plan on facing off with bad guys at the OK Corral. I tend just pay attention, and if i need to prep something to draw, I just start prepping my position and gear to do whatever comes next. You know... OODA loop and all that. Otherwise, it's a good-sized bag, and wife appreciates me carrying it more than the Flex b/c it looks more civilian. It's a great size- larger than the Flex Micro but not quite as big as the Flex standard. I prefer the set up of the compartments of the Flex more (both main pockets fully unzip on three sides), but the Bando still works well with the main compartment being the "focus" pocket and plenty roomy with some organization and additional zipped compartments on the inside of that main pocket. I like the style and size of the Bando for lower key EDC. Do the zippers sort of suck? Now that I know what the Flex zippers are like... Yes. Still worth it as an EDC? Also yes.

Sehr Hochwertige Bauchtasche mit einem durchdachten Konzept. Allerdings ist der Preis ziemlich teuer.