Shell BackPack - Wait before you buy
Shell BackPack - WAIT BEFORE YOU BUY:
I have just received last week the Shell Backpack after 7 months of waiting (ordered and paid for through kickstarter in November 2020), it arrived on the 22nd June 2021 in the UK.
I like the backpack and all arrived, however, the product is not quite as it is in all the video adverts and social media - I got a Shell Backpack with a massive VELCRO STRIP on the laptop pocket inside, that should have had the two Magnetic Fidlock closing system. This was a main selling point for me. I do not like velcro at all, it doesn't last long and it catches on your merino travel and sports clothes, esp. if you were to want to access it standing up and not laying in down and unzipping the entire thing! (If you don't mind this, then great, but others here talk about the magnetic fidlock system on their laptop pocket/sleeves, so I don't know how many people may have received the product with a velcro laptop pocket instead?).
I have contacted them to understand how this happened and if the backpack could be exchanged. I have not had any response from them back yet. I sent another email to find out if there is anyone to talk to. The only contact option seems the support@tropicfeel email, there is no phone number, nothing else to try to speak at least to a human to get this sorted.
I would possibly even buy a second one, if this got sorted, but I am seriously hesitant now esp. seeing some other bad reviews now online too. How does one go about this?
This is false advertising and cannot be right for a nearly €300 backpack with all the additions and extras purchased??
June 27, 2021
Unprompted review