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Cost: $69.00
Capacity: 21.5 liters
Dimensions: 9″ x 5″ x 2“ (23 x 13 x 5 cm)
Style: Tech Pouch
Weight: 0.36 lbs (163 g)
Materials: VX-42 X-Pac; YKK Waterproof Zips
Origin: Made in China
AER Slim Pouch 2
On my recent trip to Portugal and Spain, I tested some new gear, so today I wanted to share one of my personal favorites, the AER Slim Pouch 2 in X-Pac fabric.
I used this pack mostly for electronics, as it’s padded with lots of sleeves and works great for that. I also used it as a small flight bag for long-haul flights to hold all the small stuff you want in your seat on the airplane.
Dimensions
The bag itself is fairly small, but it’s more than large enough to fit most electronics.
I didn’t think I’d use the loop, but it came in surprisingly useful because you can hang it on the small seat hook they have on many larger airplanes.
Alternatively, the bag is slim enough that you can fit it in the seat-back pocket.
Capacity
The capacity is listed at 1.5 liters. This is a good-sized pouch with a large main compartment. But when testing out the actual size using two water bottles, a blue 1L bottle, and a half-liter smart bottle, it came up a bit short.
It looks like maybe you’d have an issue trying to fit both these bottles in the Slim Pouch, but it might be possible if you stuff it full.
Materials
This pouch comes in three fabric options: X-Pac, Ultra fabric, and Cordura. I have it in X-Pac, which, combined with waterproof YKK zips, makes this an extremely water-resistant pouch.
The other water-resistant option is Ultra fabric, which is a little more expensive but slightly lighter than either the X-Pac or Cordura fabric options.
External Components
As far as features go, the AER Slim Pouch is designed with a slim profile, which I like because it’s easier to fit into front pockets on travel backpacks.
I tend not to like pouches that are fat and rectangular because they take up a lot of space and are sometimes hard to find a good place for in your bag.
For me, this design worked perfectly. It held all the gear I needed it to hold, had multiple uses, and was easy to carry. The flat bottom allows it to stand up on its own, even when the pouch is empty.
Front Slash Pocket
Most of the organization is inside, but there is one short front slash pocket that goes down about halfway—good for cords, a small battery charger, or similar items.
On the back, there’s a hang loop, which works great for hanging on the airplane seat loop if you have one.
There are also two fabric corner loops. It doesn’t come with a strap, but if you had one, you could attach it here. It accepts 1” webbing, so any 1” clips will work.
For reference, I show a hip belt off a different bag—not the best design, but just to show you what I mean. The 1” clips attach to the pouch loops, and you could convert this to a sling bag.
Interior Design & Organization
Now for the meat and potatoes—the interior organization of the Slim Pouch 2.
X-Pac fabric comes with a high-visibility orange interior, which is nice and makes it easy to see your gear in all the smaller pockets.
Interior Pockets
This pouch can be packed in several ways. The pockets and sleeves on the front and back will lay flat if empty, letting you just pack the open main compartment if you’re carrying bigger gear like a DJI camera and tripod.
Alternatively, you can pack all the pockets full, and they will expand to take up the space from the main part of the pouch.
The front side has two simple, slightly stretchy fabric sleeves, while the back side has much more organization: a large, flatter sleeve, a zipper pocket for smaller gear you don’t want moving around, and two additional smaller stretchy sleeves on the inside to complement the ones on the other side.
Packing the AER Slim Pouch 2
I mostly used the AER Slim Pouch 2 as a tech pouch, but it fit everything I needed and then some.
For some reason, I carried a ton of tech gear on this trip. I mostly used an Alpaka Modular sling for my daily camera gear, and I used the AER pouch for all my smaller electronics.
Inside the pouch, I carried a 10,000 mAh battery pack, an AirFly Bluetooth, earbuds, a flashlight, my new favorite white noise machine, a DJI Action 2 screen, and all my chargers and cords.
AER Slim Pouch 2: Final Verdict
As far as my experience goes, the pouch worked out great for me. I like the style—all the sleeves and pockets held everything I needed them to hold.
The flat bottom is great because it stands up on its own, and the slim design fits easily in almost any travel backpack.
Though it’s not made for any large or major electronics, it’s still a great fit for any traveler.
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