Akona Roller Backpack Dive Bag

Customer Reviews for Akona Roller Backpack Dive Bag:



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Rating: 5 star bag!!!
Reviewer: Donald Dew, Monday, March 05, 2012 - View all my reviews
We took this bag on our recent trip to Fajardo, PR and then on a 7 day Southern Caribbean cruise. This bag held 2 sets of dive gear in it (with wetsuits)!!! OUTSTANDING QUALITY!!! The heavy duty zippers are such a plus, along with all the different compartments. It held up great with the airport handling, which lately destroys our personal luggage!! It also held up great with all the transfers from vans to taxis to cruise ships to hotels to dive boats etc. We were gone for 12 days and it was so nice to have all of our dive gear in one bag. We did stow our regs in our personal luggage for air travel because it went a little over the 50 lbs. However, when we arrived to our destination we were able to stow EVERYTHING in one bag for our dive excursions and to board the cruise ship. AWESOME BUY!!!! NO REGRETS!!!

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19 out of 39 people found this review helpful.



Rating: Made for International travel
Reviewer: David Stone, Thursday, February 23, 2012 - View all my reviews
I have the largest Akona but it is not allowed for International flights. Also, when this one is loaded with everything and wetsuit it weighs 50# which is the max weight allowable. The regulator bag is good and I carried it as a carryon.

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22 out of 43 people found this review helpful.



Rating: excellent bag
Reviewer: Andrew Pharo, Monday, February 20, 2012
This bag hasthe best storage options and has plenty of room for a full set of cold water diving gear. Before this bag I used to hand carry e be rything to the dive sites. Now I simply roll it all out there or car it lime a backpack. Great product.

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18 out of 37 people found this review helpful.



Rating: Great Bag
Reviewer: Erik Rasmussen, Tuesday, August 17, 2010 - View all my reviews
Overall great bag with lots of room, the only 2 drawbacks are: it is a little heavy and with all the room easy to go overweight, and the security sleeve wears easily, already have a few holes in it after the first trip. I would still recommend this bag to anyone interested.

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150 out of 287 people found this review helpful.



Rating: Good Bag
Reviewer: Michelle S., Tuesday, June 22, 2010  
Straps are comfy, fits lots of gear... you basically will go over weight limits before you max out the bag. Wish the water bottle was on the inside to make things more streamlined. So far the wheels are working well as is the handle.

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150 out of 281 people found this review helpful.



Rating: Akona by Sherwood Roller Backpack Bag
Reviewer: Jana Courter, Thursday, December 11, 2008
I bought this bag for my husband for his thirtieth birthday. Hes used it at least five times in the past month and he loves it. Some reviewers have said that the bag fits two sets of gear but when my husband fills it only with his, I dont see how a second set of gear would comfortably fit in. Didnt have any problems with the zippers nor with the wheels. Overall its a great product and my husband is very happy with it.

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Rating: Best bag for the money
Reviewer: David Ray, Thursday, December 25, 2008 - View all my reviews
This is an awesome bag. I have already abused it somewhat and it stands up to it like a champ. The removable reg bag, the fin storage, and the roomy main storage are perfect for a cold water diver or two warm water divers. The security cover is great to keep my stufF MINE when going thru the airport (especially LAX).The rollers are the prime pick here... no more lugging heavy EQ around... roll it away and save your back.

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336 out of 707 people found this review helpful.



Rating: Great bag, Lots of room for all my gear
Reviewer: Scott Michael, Monday, December 01, 2008 - View all my reviews
Fin pockets, Large outside pockets, easy to move. Not exactly sure why they put a water bottle on the outside of the bag as I think Id rather have a bigger zippered pocket, but that just nit-picking. Room for my gear and my wifes wetsuit and snorkeling equipment. The fact that you can completely tuck the backpack straps away to prevent the baggage handlers from ripping them off is great. The bag is BIG and it is easy to go over the airlines weight limit if youre not a careful packer especially with cold weather gear. That not a fault of the the bag but of the the airlines. Still you need to be aware of the fact that you you may be hit with extra fees these days, especially with a big bag like this.

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Rating: Durable and roomy
Reviewer: Jeff M., Friday, September 28, 2007
I bought this bag to be used on a trip to Roatan, Honduras. It easily fit all of my (XL) and my wifes (S) gear (BCs, fins, masks, snorkels, computers, lights, slates). With all of that in, the weight was 48 pounds. The bag that comes with it to protect did protect it for this trip, but it got torn so it wont be much good for future trips. Having that bag around it also made it very difficult to maneuver, as the only handle that remains exposed is the one on top. The large wheels (which are exposed when the bag is on it) were great, and made it very easy to roll over carpet, along docks, and even on tightly packed sand. Highly recommend the bag - it withstood multiple plane rides and baggage handlers going to and from Honduras, and even a helicopter ride when we were evacuated due to hurricane Felix!

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Rating: excellant bag
Reviewer: William S., Sunday, July 11, 2010
I love this bag. it holds everything!

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115 out of 230 people found this review helpful.

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