Hope it ends up working for you. My use is as bag I can carry essentials I need throughout the day that gets carried little and mainly moves from vehicle to vehicle to house & office. It does carry well when lightly loaded, but start putting too much weight in and a two strap pack works far better. For me it works better than anything else I've tried thus far, but it does force rigerous attention to what you want to carry, not necessarily a bad thing.