The giant buckle is easy to use but can be a little obtrusive if you’re wearing the City Sling Pack Hacker style-sling in the front, travel bag on the back. And you can’t help but notice that massive Duraflex buckle on the front. Starting with the sling strap: it’s wide, comfortable, and easy to adjust. Aer City Sling Logo Tag External Components You’ll also find the logo stamped into the zipper pulls-they look clean and you’ll barely notice them. There’s a small Aer logo tag right below the compression strap, which is almost hidden while the bag is in use. We’re typically big fans of sleek minimal branding, and that’s exactly what we’ve got here on the City Sling. It should be solid, but not as robust as the Ballistic Nylon-so keep that in mind. Something to note: the material used for the Gray colorway is 900D Polyester, not 1680D Ballistic Nylon.

Black seems to be the most popular colorway-it’s currently sold out while we’re writing-but the Gray is pretty sharp too. Aer City Sling Front ZipperĪt the time of this review, the Aer City Sling comes in two different colorways: Black and Gray. The results were positive, with 72 percent of respondents giving it a thumbs up-and our audience can be pretty choosy, so that’s impressive. We’re suckers for a sleek, minimal, black-on-black design (who isn’t?), but as always, we decided to poll our Instagram audience for their thoughts, too. Aer City Sling Zipper PullsĪs far as the overall look of the Aer City Sling, it’s safe to say we’re fans.

We’re talking 1680D Ballistic Nylon, Duraflex hardware, and hardy weather-resistant YKK AquaGuard zippers that are as much a design element as a functional one. The City Sling also uses the same quality materials we’ve come to expect. We’re no strangers to Aer products here at Pack Hacker-in fact, the Aer Travel Pack 2 is one of the highest-rated products we’ve tested-and the City Sling fits in with the rest of the brand’s usual aesthetic-all black everything. Aer City Sling In Detroit Materials & Aesthetic We’ve been testing the City Sling for about a month in Detroit, San Francisco, and Los Angeles, including four flights and the first-ever Pack Hacker meetup-shoutout to everyone who was there and saw this thing in person! It went with us between airports and cityscapes across the map, and we’ve been taking plenty of detailed notes along the way. It started as a Japan-exclusive but, fortunately for all of us, the design was so popular that Aer decided to offer it here in the U.S. This particular sling originates from a popular collaboration Aer did with Oshman’s Sporting Goods in Japan. This 2.4-liter sling, which can also be worn as a waist pack, comes to us from a brand known for delivering good-looking, dependable gear designed for city travel. Whether you’re new to the world of slings or a seasoned connoisseur, finding a sling that can be carried and organized just the way you like is a game-changer.

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