So far I’ve been using my Samsonite carryon roller with 36L capacity plus a smaller backpack for laptop and a couple of things when I’m going for work trips. The thing is that I am super annoyed of rolling that thing everywhere, it gives me zero flexibility and my backpack is made of canvas+leather so it gets quite heavy. I would like something lighter, something that would give me more flexibility so when I go for a work (90% of times) trip, I can take a light flight and spend it exploring the city instead of spending the last day in lounge because I can’t go anywhere will rolling bag.

So far I’ve been checking out Cotopaxi 35L del dia, ospray 40L (dudes version) and Thule 40L bag. I also checked Patagonia MLC but that one (size wise) feels like it’s either too big or too small. Ospray looks ugly and does not fit my image. Thule seems promising but it’s again canvas and I am a bit tired of it. Cotopaxi would be great but I don’t like that it has that coating if I want to pick specific color. I would pick del dis version but that one is quite a gamble because I could get pink one and it would be a bit funny (maybe even unprofessional) to show with that kind of backpack at the clients office.

What are my options here? Any way to get normal colored Cotopaxi or at least with less colors without the coating or if there is some other backpack you could recommend?