The ideal Backpack for Digital Nomads?
Well, the Osprey Farpoint 40 is a great travel backpack. It is pretty cheap and functional. Considering the price it can be called a lightweight backpack.
I’ve been using the Osprey Farpoint 40 as my Digital Nomad Backpack for over 6 years now and I know it’s flaws and it’s benefits:
- It has a lot of space and if you run out you can fill the back apartment with stuff too
- It’s cheap
- You can use it as a carry-on backpack – perfect for digital nomads
- It is durable and the zippers are great!
- Then again: it’s cheap
The best Travel Backpack or Nomad Backpack?
You can get your stuff organized pretty good, but you’ll need packing cubes and do a lot of thinking.
The pockets upfront are useless, and the laptop compartment in the front section is just not working for me.
A laptop, even if you use the lightest has at least 1kg, so why put it up front – I don’t get it guys, you make backpacks for centuries but that didn’t come to your mind?
The back compartment of the Osprey Farpoint 40 is just great!
But anyway, I almost have any stuff in the back compartment – clothes, hygiene, tech-stuff… the front compartment is just for documents and random pickups…
What I love about the Osprey Farpoint 40 Travel Backpack…
….is that I can get another daypack in the back of the backpack – there where you can zip down your backpack into a normal bag. I just love that feature, which gives me the freedom to put another backpack (the 22L Salewa) which I (rarely) use for trekking into the Farpoint.
What else to say about it? Well, it’s a little heavy, but compared to the other Nomadic Backpacks out there costing 200 or more bucks it’s in the same weight class… I searched a lot and could not find any other lighter and at least same-prized backpack.
What I don’t like about the Osprey Farpoint 40
The two front pockets. Just forget about them entirely. Ignore them. They are useless. Every water bottle will fall out sooner or later.
Maybe you can put your flip-flops in there. But I don’t use them at all.
Is it the best travel backpack for digital nomads?
The Osprey Farpoint 40 is far from perfect. But it is indeed a great backpack for digital nomads and remote workers who are on a tight budget. It also comes in different colors which a nice feature of this nomad backpack.
It might not be the best travel backpack for digital nomads but it comes close. A lot of storage space, durable and lightweight makes it a great nomadic backpack.
