A surprisingly good every day carry/ or working away for a night or two rucksack, it offers a lot of features, and is well made and excellent value.

My thoughts:
1. On arrival i was surprised to see it just came in shrink wrapped clear plastic. (Other rucksacks have come in boxes, but this cost just 50). But The bag is incredible value and a box would just join the recycling or landfill, so Black knight are to be commended for doing all they can to protect the environment
2. Unwrapping it, I checked the zips, they’re not branded YKK zips. But they appear to be of very good quality, they have a water resistant cover to the zippers, the outer material is very nice indeed. And the overall aesthetic is excellent. It looks far more expensive than it cost, the branding is minimal. The zips will also support small padlocks, which isn’t a bad idea.
3. There is no water bottle holder. however the side pockets usefullness more than makes up for this. I tuck away my galaxy buds and my charger and or mouse into these pockets and a USB C cable. I use a Carabiniere for my water bottle.
4. The outside looks to be of a coated ballistic nylon type material with a coating, It looks very professional and “Stealthy”.
5. Starting with the straps, they are nicely padded and there is a small, zipped pocket on the left one, ideal for an Oyster card or similar, maybe some change or a few banknotes. This has turned out to be very useful on journeys and once you have a pack with this feature, I really miss it on my other Rucksacks. Trust me you will probably use this far more than you realise.
6. The shoulder straps are remarkably comfortable
7. There is a “Hidden” pocket at the rear, ideal for passport, wallet etc. (Or an airtag or tile tracker).
8. The back is reasonably well cushioned and the straps appear to be well stitched to the bag.
9. There is a chest/sternum strap between the two straps for spreading the weight if the bag is heavily loaded
10. Moving from the back of the bag to the first zipped pocket, we find the laptop/tech pocket, the laptop sleeve is reasonably well padded, and the bottom of tit is suspended/hanging, so your laptop should be safe(ish) from placing the bag on the floor reasonably heavily. The tech pocket is a clamshell design, opening fully.
11. My new M4 11″ iPad pro and magtic keyboard fits perfectly in the ipad Sleeve with my M3 Macbook air in the laptop sleeve Apart from the two sleeves, there are no other pockets in this compartment. There is a velcro strap to secure the laptop and, the iPad/Laptop sleeve is well padded and suspended from the bottom, of the pack, all in all my tech feels very safe and well protected
12. two side pockets, both are of a reasonable size and ideal for items you need quick access to.
13. The next big compartment, ideal for clothes, shoes, toiletries for an overnight stay. This has a sleeve, two smaller mesh pockets, and on the other side of this compartment another sleeve and two larger mesh pockets. It too is a clamshell, which makes sense and makes packing/unpacking very easy. There is also access from the top of the bag which means easy access to a hoodie etc stored there. Its a good size There is also the USB A and USB C cables to attach a battery pack to charge your tech on the go, this works very well as you can connect two items via the external (rubber covered) charging slots . It worked well with my battery pack. (You do have to buy a battery pack, if you are wondering, it does not come supplied with one.)
Moving to the front of the pack we have the last smaller pocket, which has a key holder, ( you can detach the keyring (nice touch).
There is also a pen holder and two other sleeves. Its of reasonable size
14. the final pocket, there is a pocket on top which is ideal for sunglasses etc. This pocket is very useful
15. The rubber top handle is excellent quality and feels very securely attached
16. The strap that you can place on top of your wheeled cabin luggage is a nice touch

In use
On a recent business trip away, (two nights) I used this in anger, the load was as follows:
Samsung buds
Sony WH4MX headphones
M3 Macbook Air
M4 iPad Pro
External thunderbolt SSD
Multi device charger and cables
MX Master3S mouse
2x Polo shirts
1xHoody
3x socks
3x pants
1x hoody
(Clothes werre all in compressible packing cubes)
Wash bag with toiletries etc.
A4 Document pack
Sunglasses
And all fitted with no issues. There was no drama on my trip and I got to really see how it held up.

Summary
As I travel a lot for my work, I have a number of rucksacks by other manufacturers and many have cost 3-5 times as much. But this has impressed me greatly, it has all the features of more expensive packs, and is very well made. I would have to say its a bargain and on a recent trip, I was packing my kit away, when another passenger asked me “Can I ask where you got your rucksack from?”
It has become the pack that I use most of all, mainly for the features. The only mystery is how have Black Knight Achieved this and sold it slowly cheaply? Its worth far more.

So it’s a 10/10 from me.