Reviews over the
AGU Venture
5 / 5
excellent
Very good quality pannier, nice attachment straps!
Pros & Cons
4 / 5
I'll stick with AGU; nice Dutch sustainable brand
AGU is just a very nice brand. Nice design
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5 / 5
Top bikepacking bag, price/performance unbeatable
As usual, super quality of the Agu bikepacking range. Price/performance absolutely top in contrast to many competitors, design top, functions top. Extra plastic strips on both sides of the closure to make it more waterproof. The only thing that is a bit annoying is the fastening, which is relatively complicated and takes a long time because not all straps have a clip fastener, but first have to be "threaded" through the fastener. But this is probably essential for stability and durability. If you don't constantly take the bag off and on, this shouldn't be a problem, especially since you can still take something out of the bag or pack it in while it is attached to the handlebars. On bikes with a flat bar, this is of course possible without any problems.
Pros & Cons
2 / 5
Not very good one
Took this bag into one journey (Amsterdam->Rome). It needs even moderate rain to get everything inside completely wet. I had 3 bags on my bike, but only this took such amount of time to install (quite big share of all packing time). Fastenings damaged handlebar tape just after 6 days.
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5 / 5
Very good for what you pay
It is a good bag. Not the same quality and waterproofness as an ortlieb bag, but this bag doesn't have an ortlieb price tag either. If you are going to cycle in heavy rain I do recommend buying an ortlieb, but when I cycled one day in heavy rain the bag only leaked a little.