Deuter Giga Office Pro rucksack

Deuter's Giga Office Pro rucksack has a vast array of nooks, crannies and compartments to help you organise your stuff, and it's comfortable to carry on and off the bike.

The Deuter Giga Office Pro is a rucksack for the super-organised who want a place for everything, and everything in its place. Its 32-litre capacity is split between four compartments of various sizes and there's a pair of side pockets.

That's all held on to your back by thickly padded shoulder straps with a sternum strap to pull them in round your chest. If you need to stop the bottom swaying around there's a removable waist strap too, but it's too minimal to fill a supporting role.

Rammed to the gunwales with stuff, it's comfortable to carry around and there's room in here for anything I can imagine needing to take to work: shoes, jeans, shirt, etc. It's not going to fit the bill if you need to carry a suit, but that's clearly not what it's for.

It comes with a pair of very handy internal bags: a padded laptop sleeve with a grab handle; and a toiletries bag for your shower stuff if you're lucky enough to have workplace facilities.

The laptop sleeve is big enough for a 15in laptop and nestles cosily in its compartment at the back of the bag. The large main compartment does most of the kit-carrying duties for big stuff like clothes and shoes. It's lined in black with a dark grey base which does make small stuff hard to find, so best use the two outermost compartments to organise them.

Those compartments have lots of slots for pens, your phone, wallet and so on, plus a zipped compartment for valuables, and there's a clip for your keys so they don't get lost in the recesses of the bag.

I have to admit to not being a big fan of carrying stuff in a rucksack; I'd rather use panniers and avoid a sweaty back. But if you are going to use a rucksack, this is as good as it gets. Not only is is festooned with places to organise your office and work gear, but the padding comprises two strips of foam with ventilation channels, contained by mesh, so your sweat has lots of opportunities to escape. Unless you go like the clappers, you therefore don't get too sweaty.

It's not big on visibility, though. The light loop has reflective fabric over it, but that's about it. If you like your rucksack to help you be seen, you're going to want to add a cover with some reflectives.

That niggle aside, though, this is a spacious, comfortable rucksack with some really useful extras and very handy organisation features. If you can't keep your stuff in order with this bag, you're probably a lost cause.

Verdict

Almost the ultimate commuting rucksack - comfy on the bike and extremely well-organised - our only niggle is the lack of reflective detailing