Alpaka Metro

Pros

• The Arcane ist easily the most comfortable bag for me but the Alpaka Metro is close. Overall I prefer the Alpaka because of its front pocket.
• I have the metro and the elements pro, utility wise the elements pro rocks looks and simplicity specially on xpac the metro looks cleaner. Both are smaller than stated, I would put the Metro at 20l and the elements at about 21. The metro...
• Get the metro cross body from alpaka. It's smaller than stated but will fit everything you want and then some.
• I love my vertical pockets on the Alpaka Metro and the Arcane small but that is rare on hiking bags.
• What you’re looking for is the Alpaka Metro Crossbody

Cons

• Alpaka metro crossbody or tomtoc navigator T24 maybe?
• I own it and don't fit it fits OP's purpose, it's a bit too bit and bulky to be just a pocket dump. I would not bring it to a concert for example
• Metro, the zip can get caught on the rain guard flap around the track.
• I have returned two alpaka metros. I wanted to like that bag so much, but it just couldn’t meet any of my needs. I hate the strap. I feel like once alpaka started making 50 different bags, the functional quality went to crap.
• While not my exact issues with the alpaka metro(I’ve seen it in the store), it is kinda frustrating since it’s so close to what I want. Which seems to be the case with a lot of alpaka products and me.