Mystery Ranch 2 Day Assault Pack

Pros

• My Mystery Ranch 2 Day Assault Pack is amazing at this. But I also have an Osprey Soelden 42 that's making me a bit more sympathetic partly because the entire backpanel unzips, so it ends up being a pretty good travel bag too.
• FWIW, I ended up getting a Mystery Ranch 2 Day Assault Pack a couple years ago myself. The tacticool thing bothers me too. I got mine in blue and sometimes people ask me if I'm going hiking so I don't think I'm sending a message I don't...
• I have a Mystery Ranch 2 Day Assault Pack I really like for work and travel but I haven't tried riding my bike with it.
• I love my MR 2DAP. And while I think my outdoors packs carry weight better, their dimensions are wrong (too tall) for travel and they don't have great organizational features for office stuff.
• I push the upper limit of my MR2DAP with 40 LB's when I ruck following these exact principles & the backpack is incredibly comfortable.

Cons

• I don’t think the 2DAP is appropriate for real estate client meetings
• I’ve tried the Evergoods CTB 20/26 and CHZ 22, Mystery Ranch 2DAP and Blitz 30, and TNF Borealis, and none of them were comfortable for me. They may feel fine for a short time, but they all constantly feel like they’re pulling backward
• I use my Mystery Ranch 2 Day Assault Pack this way and it mostly meets your asks but it sucks to put it under the seat in front of me.
• Me too exactly and I thought Id get used to it but its way too busy and also gets snagged on things all the time!
• It was my work bag for a while when I was mostly doing WFH and going to buildings where I didn't have a permanent desk when I did go in. I was carrying a 16" mobile workstation, a couple notebooks, lunch, maybe a couple tools. It was a...