Real Urban EDC Kit: Backpack or Sling? Part 2

Now that we've established wearing a suit means wearing a should-style bag, be it a messenger bag or a cross-body sling.

It's not that you can't wear a backpack with a suit; it's more of a fashion faux pas that can betray your "gray man" ideal.

If you're operating at elite levels with high-class people, it is important to have manners and grace.

Fashion informs so much of your identity and perception, which is an important consideration when operating in modern urban everyday life.

Although the capacity of the sling bag is usually less than that of a backpack, its design provides some tactical advantage.

The placement of the sling across the chest provides peppers with access in a body position they may already be somewhat accustomed to.

Messenger bags fall to the side, more akin to minutemen haversacks.

Backpacks are what the military use for assault packs.

The placement of these different bags and how they land on the body should be considered when choosing.

Unless messenger bags have a second point of contact on the body around the hip, they will most likely be the hardest to run with.