Kapten & Son · Cologne
Kapten & Son Backpacks
The laptop on your back from Monday to Friday, the same bag for the weekend, the bike rack in the morning. Backpacks designed in Cologne, clean and free of animal-derived materials, that sit well in a meeting.
The laptop in the week, the same bag at the weekend.
Office
For the office, the laptop kept safe in a bag that doesn't look the part.
The Fyn and the Bergen Pro take a 16-inch laptop in 13 to 15 litres. The Helsinki opens from the top, the Aalborg from the back like a suitcase, and the Bergen Ultra keeps two sleeves for two devices.
13 L · 0.8 kg · 16-inch laptop
A clean flap, no zip in sight, and the laptop in its own back compartment.
15 L · 0.9 kg · 16-inch laptop
The laptop and the tablet, from the office to home, in a bag that sits well in a meeting.
18 L · 0.8 kg · 16-inch laptop
A 16-inch laptop in a compact bag that opens from the back, like a suitcase.
17 L · 0.9 kg · two laptop sleeves
For those who work on two devices, from the office to the train.
After work
The office, then the gym, the train or a night away.
The Lisbon Pro opens wide at the front and the back, from 26 to 34 litres; the Helsinki Pro keeps room for the gym and the shopping; the Bali Medium handles a night away. The Åre Daypack Lite, 700 g with its rain cover, ends the day on the trail.
26-34 L · 1.5 kg · 16-inch laptop
The office in the week, the Friday train: it opens wide, at the front and the back.
Travel
For 48 hours in the cabin, or a week in the hold.
The Lisbon Duffles are carried on your back, hands free: the Small fits 55 cm cabin allowances, the Medium keeps a separate pocket for shoes, the Large has a hip belt for its 70 litres. The Bali Pro travels in the cabin with a second laptop sleeve. The weekday Lisbon Pro also goes in the cabin for the weekend.
26-34 L · 1.5 kg · 16-inch laptop
The office in the week, the Friday train: it opens wide, at the front and the back.
25 L · 1.5 kg · 16-inch laptop
The long weekend or the work trip, with a second laptop sleeve. In the cabin.
The laptop
A 16-inch, a 14-inch or a tablet: the bag that goes with it.
Each step gives the largest laptop the sleeve takes; a smaller laptop also fits every bag on the larger steps. When a bag takes a 16-inch MacBook but not a 15.6-inch PC, it says so next to its name.
16-inch
MacBook Pro 16
Or a 15.6-inch PC. The office, travel and after-work bags.
15-inch
MacBook Air 15
An everyday bag and a light daypack.
13-inch and tablet
MacBook Air 13 · iPad mini
A 13-inch laptop in the Tromso, a tablet in the smallest ones.
Sleeve sizes: Kapten & Son data. Bags not listed here have no laptop sleeve.
In town
The metro, the café, the buggy, with or without a laptop.
For a smaller laptop, or no laptop at all. The Lisbon Small and the Bergen Cloud take a 14-inch laptop, the Oslo keeps the phone in its anti-theft pocket. Both Tromso bags are made to go from the office to the buggy; the Tromso Small and the Vallen make do with a tablet.
15 L · 0.6 kg · 14-inch laptop
The Bergen in a quilted finish, 300 g lighter than the Bergen Pro.
36 × 29 × 12 cm · 1 kg · 13-inch laptop
A neat flap and a 13-inch laptop, from the office to the buggy.
31 × 26 × 9.5 cm · 0.8 kg · iPad mini
The same flap in a smaller size, for an outing with an iPad mini or an e-reader.
By bike
For cycling to the office, with or without a rack.
The Helsinki Pro Bike hooks onto the rack like a pannier, brings its own rain cover and goes on your back once you arrive. Without a rack, the Helsinki Pro stays put on your back with its chest strap. The Lund Sleek, in water-repellent smooth PU closed with a hook, does the commute in all weathers.
16-18 L · 0.8 kg · 16-inch MacBook
A rolltop in smooth PU, closed with a hook, for the commute in all weathers.
The brand, as Eiken sees it
Clean city bags, designed in Cologne, free of animal-derived materials.
Kapten & Son is a German brand based in Cologne. It designs city bags with clean lines, mostly in recycled polyester, with no leather or other animal-derived materials. The same model often changes material, not silhouette: recycled fabric, quilting for the Cloud, smooth PU for the Sleek.
2-year legal guarantee of conformity, handled directly by Eiken. 30 days to change your mind.
Eiken's take
- Why we chose it
- On a city bag, the real question is the laptop: here, every bag states the size it takes, from 16 inches down to a tablet.
- Worth knowing
- These are city bags, not rain bags: none of them is waterproof; for a downpour, the Åre Daypack Lite and the Helsinki Pro Bike carry their own cover.
- Who it's for
- People who carry a laptop every day and want a bag that sits well in a meeting, then at the café.
Baptiste, Eiken
Questions
Before you choose a Kapten & Son backpack.
Which Kapten & Son backpack for a 16-inch laptop?
For the office: the Fyn, the Bergen Pro, the Helsinki, the Aalborg and the Bergen Ultra, which has two sleeves. For long days: the Lisbon Pro and the Helsinki Pro. For travel: the Lisbon Duffles and the Bali Pro. By bike: the Helsinki Pro Bike. The Lund Sleek takes a 16-inch MacBook, not a 15.6-inch PC.
Bergen Pro, Bergen Ultra, Bergen Cloud: which one?
The Bergen Pro, 15 litres, takes a 16-inch laptop and a tablet. The Bergen Ultra, 17 litres, keeps two sleeves for two devices. The Bergen Cloud, quilted, weighs 0.6 kg and takes a 14-inch.
Which Kapten & Son backpack fits in the cabin?
Almost all of them: our Kapten & Son backpacks fit a 55 × 35 × 25 cm cabin allowance, except the Lisbon Duffle Medium and Large, which go in the hold, and the Lund Sleek, which needs 55 × 40 × 20 cm. Under the seat (40 × 30 × 15 cm): the Fyn, the Bergen Pro, the Bergen Cloud, both Tromso bags and the Vallen. Allowed sizes vary by airline: check yours.
Which Kapten & Son backpack for the bike?
The Helsinki Pro Bike: it hooks onto the rack, brings its own rain cover and goes on your back once you arrive. It is the only one that attaches to the bike; without a rack, take the Helsinki Pro, which has a chest strap.
Are Kapten & Son backpacks waterproof?
None of them is waterproof. The Lund Sleek is water-repellent; the Åre Daypack Lite and the Helsinki Pro Bike carry their own rain cover. In proper rain, protect your laptop.
What guarantee comes with a Kapten & Son backpack?
The 2-year legal guarantee of conformity, handled directly by Eiken: you write to us, we take care of the rest. You also have 30 days to change your mind.
