MATEIN Rolling Backpack with 4 Wheels, 17 inch Spinner Backpack for Men

I needed a lightweight rolling backpack that will fit in a US Domestic airline overhead bin and might be stowable under the seat. I own the Osprey rolling backpack for five years and replaced it with the Matein. These are the only two rolling backpacks (Osprey and Matein) that have a handle with two arms. All the others I found had only one arm handles. Only a two arm handle can accomodate a "slide on" carry item. If you only have a rolling handle with only one arm any carry on piece you try to attach will spin around to the front and/or rear of the bag and make it impossible to roll the suitcase/backpack. So after eliminating 90% of the other rolling backpacks and rolling duffels I only had two choices: Osprey and Matein, of which I know own both. On my last trip I took the Matein and found it more to my liking than the Osprey. The Osprey is a very well made and executed backpack. It has an array of features and a very sturdy roll carriage. The backpack system is robust, dynamic and adjustable: an important aspect if you are backpacking and carry the bag on your back while hiking in a 'wilderness' situation. I don't do that. I travel for business and sometimes pleasure in the US and Europe. I do not need a robust backpack system for a carry situation. The only times I have to carry on my back is if I can't roll the bag on cobbelstone streets, stairs, and other situations where I only have to backpack the bag for brief times. Having a robust system is great but for my use it is unneeded and takes space from the packing capacity, makes the bag bulkier and larger and unwieldy and has a backpacker look. The Matein bag is inches smaller than the Osprey, has a more modest look and is somewhat elegant in that it does not present as a big backpack for expedition use. The cons (problems) with the Matein bag are easily corrected and I hope the manufacturer sees my comments and makes the changes: 1) The zippers are an "off brand" and look weak but have not failed so maybe its. vanity to want "branded" zippers 2) The zippers should (don't now) be able to open from either end of the zipper so they should use a zipper that can be unzipped with two rather than one zipper pull. 3) The smallest zippered pocket on the top of the bag is too small for an iphone or a wallet: it needs to be an inch or two larger in both directions and should have bellow expansion so it can hold more items such as glasses in a case and my iphone. 4) the fabic used to construct the bag is light and has a good look but I would like to see a fabric that has a little stretch in it 5) Add an expansion feature so if (which always happens) I return from a trip with more items than I started out with I can expand the bag: signifcantly would be better (like a 3 inch expansion capacity). I understand the bag would no longer be a carry-on and would have to go as baggage but in my experience I only need the capacity on the final leg or return flight and having an expansion feature would be something I very much want knowing that I have to put the pack on the plane and baggage and wait for it at the arrival airport. Most of us travellers do this anyway (send something on the plane as baggage on the final leg of the trip) so having the option of expanding the rolling backpack would be a homerun for me. Other than those minor improvements the Matein bag as it currently is made is what I use on my travels and the Osprey is in the closet and I will lend it to a family member who needs a bulkier more robust rolling backpack.

Good quality Very sturdy and spacious. Wheels are good.

Edit: The seller was able to reach me and offered an amazing solution to my issue and delivered on their promise sooner than expected. Four stars instead of one because a great seller tends to be more important than the product. Their response makes me feel comfortable buying from them again. First used on August 28th and could no longer roll by November 15th. It’s a nice looking bag that holds a laptop and several books. You can feel that it weighs more than the average rolling bag, which is expected. The point of this purchase was to allow my handicapped teen to push/pull the bag on all four wheels without too much exertion, but this bag isn’t made to correctly stay on all 4 wheels while rolling. If you try to roll it on all four wheels it just tips over. My teen was forced to lean all the weight on 2 wheels and pull. I could’ve gotten any regular bag for this. Even when the bag isn’t full it sometimes tips over, so instead of leaving your hands free while the bag stands alone, you have to keep a hand on it or keep picking it up. The bag was first used on 08/28/23. The last week of October it was becoming harder to roll, as though there was resistance in the wheels but I couldn’t figure out why. On November 15th my teen was no longer able to roll the bag and ,after looking it over, saw that a wheel had broken. I’m just now posting this review because over the last two weeks I’ve been trying to figure out how to contact the seller with no luck. Definitely not worth $100. Not worth the purchase at all. The selling point is that you can easily roll lots of items, but the wheels aren’t stable enough. I can’t say anything about the shoulder straps because we never used them.

A nice piece of luggage. A bit heavier than I expected. Tends to fall over when full.

The actual backpack is quite tough and reliable, but here are my issues. I live where there is a lot of dirt, so over time the wheels gave out rather quickly, but for most people, this wouldn't really be an issue. Everything on the inside works as intended for a long time, unless otherwise in the dirt. Mine made a super big hole right in the middle of it because of the dirt, and that was not fun, but probably otherwise still good for most people. The handle gave out pretty quick, but I am not delicate with my things, so take that with a grain of salt. The side pocket for water bottles also tore quickly, but I was also putting pencils in there, so more salt. To sum up: Do not use in the dirt, you will ruin a really good backpack. And otherwise it is a really good backpack if I was not the owner.

This backpack is supposed to have a lifetime warranty, but Matein customer service will not return contact. I have been trying to reach them since last November and they do not answer Amazon chats or direct email. The backpack I ordered for my daughter broke after a few uses. The handle won’t stay up fully, but also won’t lower into the bag. The fabric started also separating ant the side seams almost immediately. I do not recommend this product or Matein customer support.

I love this backpack. I bought it to go to a festival thinking I was only going to use it to store items that I purchased at the festival which I did, but I also used it to store my my big lawn chair when I got tired of carrying the lawn chair. Of course the lawn chair was to big for the backpack, but the main compartment was deep enough to hold the chair in place , I was able to zip it to a point on both sides which kept it stable, and I was able to roll my backpack with the chair in it. The backpack rolled through grass without any problems and it never tipped over. I was able to use 4 wheels and 2 wheels whenever needed to get through the crowd. This was a great purchase!!!! It really saved my back!!! Can’t wait to use it for weekend getaways….It definitely has a lot of room and deep pockets!!!!

I like the bag for the space and pockets. Love the caster wheels and extendble handle for pulling this bag behind or even beside you. I also love that you can wear it like a backpack also. It has very nice places to put pretty much anything you could want to take on a trip with you, however.... There are two big glaring issues with this bag. The first one, maybe do to how I have my stuff organized inside the bag, but this bag easily gets front heavy and wants to tip over constantly on its pockets. This is a real annoyance when your walking with the bag while using the handle, stop and set it straight up and let go over it while getting your wallet or whatever out of your pockets and the bag falls over. The second, and probably the biggest issue with this bag is the durability of the wheels. I took it about 100 feet across the parking lot and the wheels started de-laminating in spots. Lots of strips of plastic of the wheels themselves broken and flaked off like blisters. I highly doubt that these wheels will last more than 10 trips across a parking lot. So, the good news... it says it has a "Lifetime Warranty" on it...guess I will be putting that to the test. When I do, I will put a update on this review.

I bought it and it broke 3 weeks later. It has many pockets and zips. Not durable at all. The handle broke and when I pressed the button to make it go down it broke. So definitely not worth it. Need to avoid.

Sumamente practica , comoda y ligera. Llevo laptop, y otros objetos de trabajo y alguna cobija sin problema.

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De excelente calidad, cumple con la función tal cual la describen, muy funcional.