XD Design Bobby Laptop Backpack - Original or Fake

I ordered a backpack here on Aliexpress, boasted in social networks, and found out that it was Bobby. Somehow this sensational backpack passed me by, so I ordered it without a second thought and not really choosing it, I mean Bobby among others. Also, now I know that I have a fake, and not the original, since I bought it for only $ 27 and in the description of the seller on Ali there was not a word about the fact that he had anything to do with XD Design Bobby. Now I will tell you the whole truth about this craft from China..

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Fake VS Original XD Design Bobby

I'll start, perhaps, with the most burning comparison and conclusions. I specifically looked at the comparisons and reviews on YouTube before posting, since I don't have the original on my hands. Only my conclusions will not be exactly the same as those of those reviewers.

As I understand it, there are a lot of fakes. And I, although I just poked my finger into the sky (I stupidly wanted a yellow one), apparently more or less lucky. My fake Bobby from Ozuko is not so bad. Perhaps someone was also lucky, but more often in the reviews there are absolutely trashy fakes that fall apart after a month.

Similarities

  • Outside, he has not a thin oilcloth, but a dense piece of some kind of rubberized material. Again, I think it looks like the original. Doesn't look crumpled.
  • Mine has a rain cover, but it's not kept at the bottom, but at the top of the backpack. Both backpacks have waterproof fabric.
  • The back is exactly the same as the original, including a zip pocket.
  • There are no zippers on the straps at the pockets, like the original.
  • Inside, everything is about the same as the original.

    • Differences

  • My backpack is medium in shape, the side walls are elastic, but nothing more. The original has plastic inside, so it is generally hard.
  • If the original provides some kind of Anti Theft due to plastic in the side walls and on the front, then the fake has plastic only on the front. But in the original, the bottom and top are also without plastic and can be easily cut with a knife. But the bottom is the most important thing, it is cut most often.
  • Mine has no outside side pockets (but has side inside).
  • Mine does not have XD Design decals and reflective stripes are slightly different.
  • The halves of my backpack are fastened only with Velcro, and the original has rivets.

    • Now for a more detailed review. From the outside, my fake Bobby from Aliexpress looks great, it feels really nice to the touch, as if you are holding a good and expensive thing. The original also looks great and with external materials it is also all right. But inside both backpacks there is some kind of Chinese shit: the materials are so-so, nothing is thought out, and even more so there is no design.

    How the original XD Design Bobby can cost about $ 130, I can't put my mind to it. The red price is $ 30-40, no more. It's just that when you take a backpack for 130 bucks, it should look like those 130 bucks inside. You can disagree with me, because the insides provide the functionality inherent in them, but I personally would not take the original. Yes, the original is better, no one argues, but not $ 100 better.

    I want a fake Booby for $ 32>

    Of course, it's worth considering whether to take a fake or not. Just in case, here are a couple of alternative links for you, also inexpensive backpacks, I myself think Tigernu should try to order. So there are a lot more backpacks on Ali, these are the ones among which I chose.

    Alternative to Tigernu for $ 29-31>

    Alternative Kingsons for $ 43-46>

    Fake XD Design Bobby

    I remind those who are interested in various kinds of cashbacks. Buying on Ali, you can also get a refund of up to 11%. I told everything in detail in a post about cashback with Aliexpress.

    And now a brief overview. The difference between fakes and originals is only in the details. And they all look pretty much the same, especially in the pictures. I have a smaller backpack like the Bobby Compact. I myself do not know why I ordered this, I did not see that there are 2 sizes.

    The first thing that surprised me is why no one writes anywhere that in order to use a power bank, you need a power bank with automatic switching on when the wire is connected. I have something different, which means I need to climb into my backpack every time and turn it on. And if the backpack is full, then it will be terribly inconvenient, then the meaning is lost.

    I already wrote about the insides. I didn't like them, they look too cheap and somehow not thought out. I once ordered a backpack for a quadcopter on Ali (also not branded), there was the same trash inside.

    Fake XD Design Bobby

    Insides

    The pockets are very large, the JBL column has already fit in. Handle slips, loops too large.

    Access to the side pockets from the inside. One side USB port.

    The halves are fastened with Velcro

    Back pocket with zipper for documents and money

    But you can't put it on a large suitcase

    Pockets for cards with straps and without zippers

    The rain jacket is stored in the top pocket

    If you press, you can flatten

    This is how a fake Bobby 14 looks like? with Aliexpress

    I noticed such a moment, in all the photos Bobby or pseudo-Bobby are standing on small suitcases, holding their sling to its handle. Do you know why? Because it will be difficult to put on a large suitcase, since such a suitcase has too small a handle.

    Also, the fake does not have elastic bands at the ends of the lines. Well, you know, when the straps are adjusted and the tails dangle that could be wrapped and secured with an elastic band. The Chinese did not copy it in vain. Although, in principle, no one bothers to cut.

    Specifications

    Waterproof. But it should not be dipped into the water, it will leak at the seams. Also, in case of heavy rain, you need to wear a rain cover.

    Small: height 40 cm, width 26 cm, thickness 14 cm. Space for laptop 13? -14 ?. Is my macbook 15? I didn't fit into this one.
    Large: height 44 cm, width 32 cm, thickness 10 cm. Space for laptop 15?.

    Thinking out loud

    To be honest, I don't understand the excitement around this Bobby at all. Quite an ordinary backpack. The rigidity of the case is not always a plus. I once walked with Kata Hard Backpack, and in transport it starts to get in the way. But in the case of photographic equipment, this can still be justified, since the entire backpack is packed to capacity with equipment. And Bobby is designed for a laptop and little things, that is, by and large, such protection is not needed. On the other hand, it cannot be cut from the sides and from the front, this is a plus. However, if you specifically bother with Anti Theft, then it will not work, it is cut from the bottom and top. Also, I rather prefer soft Anti Theft backpacks, they have a metal cable in the walls (like PacSafe).

    The fact that it can be decomposed into 2 parts is a very useful thing. I have already seen such a construction. It is convenient not only when folding things, but also for flights. After all, when inspecting things at the airport, you always need to take out your laptop and put it separately. In this case, you can not do this, but simply unfasten the backpack into 2 halves. But! It is not enough for the second half to be closed with something, otherwise everything can fall out of it, like from an open suitcase.

    The USB connector is a good and useful thing, although the powerbank can be put in a side pocket of a backpack and, if necessary, plugged in. But in general, I am for the more chips, the better. I still have Thule like the built-in rigid glasses boxes.

    P.S. And I will order another backpack, as I need for 15 inches. And Bobby for 15? (original or fake) is already big.

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