Chrome  Kadet Waterproof Sling Bag

This is a great waterproof bag that I use for travel and everyday use. Able to fit my dji flip drone, waterproof jacket, passport, cash, airpods, and everyday gear. Looks great and have gotten lots of compliments. I recommend purchasing the metal buckles at the chrome website as well as the inner organizing compartments. I used it during beach tours and water activities. This bag kept everything inside dry. Highly recommend it.

Outstanding quality and is really nice for a change of pace from a backpack. Enough space to carry my small laptop and a few other items in the main pouch. The zippers are really nice, but they are extremely tight so don’t be afraid to pull hard. My recommendation is to put some small hiking clamps on the loops on each side of the sling. It makes using the zippers much easier.

My partner just bought me the waterproof Kadet Sling in Black and it is everything I could want in a super-wallet size bag. I’m a bigger guy and there is plenty of adjustability, max space for essentials plus a couple books, and the quality is supreme, as is always the case with Chrome. Only thing changed was I immediately ordered a black metal buckle, cuz... well, I can’t live my life with a plastic buckle knowing there’s a metal buckle out there. All in all, it will be my bike-around and carry-on probably until I’m dead.

I’m in the ever-rainy PNW and it’s tough to find something truly waterproof. I was a bit hesitant to buy this since I saw comments lamenting the bag’s reluctant zippers and overall stiffness, but neither of those have been an issue for me. And, better still, it fits my iPad Pro 11” with Magic Keyboard in my padded TomToc sleeve, which I didn’t expect. It’s also especially nice with the black seatbelt buckle and feels incredibly well built. I’ve been delighted with my other waterproof gear from Chrome and while I haven’t tested this in the rain yet, everything I’ve experienced so far feels confidence inspiring.

I really want to give this bag 5 stars, but I simply can’t because both zippers came loose from the white fabric, so this bag is pretty much done for what I bought it for. It is unfortunate, because I loved this bag. Carried it during a 2 month bike packing trip in Finland (a lot of heavy downpours) as a hip bag, containing my 11 inch iPad (yes, that fits) and some other stuff that had to remain dry, and it worked flawlessly, quite impressive. Some other feedback: The sling can be worn only on one shoulder. I’d rather see it similar to the big Kadet where the strap is same on either side. Since I used it a lot as a hip bag, this would make it a lot more versatile :)I would love to see some side (mesh)pockets on either side on a next model and/or maybe a sort of net on the front to store a rainjacket or something, although this might hard to achieve combined with the waterproof material. Cheers, it’s a great bag nonetheless.

At first I was skeptical of the weight and thickness of the bag. Upgraded the fastener to the black metal buckle. Use this actively when snapping photo's, so I appreciate that this is incognito. I have been outside in some light to moderate rain, and all of my gear was dry inside. Living in the PNW the weather resistance was the reason for the purchase. Zippers are stiff, but Chrome includes some oil which resolves that. I would recommend this bag.

Really good sling, zipper is a little tough to open when it’s all the way closed bc of the Waterproofing. I put a carabiner at the little loop at the end and it helps. Kind of disappointing it doesn’t come with the seat belt buckle, kind of wishes I didn’t get the waterproof version, I doubt I’ll need it. If you do need it to be completely impenetrable from water, it probably does a very good job

I initially got this for traveling and a traveling companion EDC bag. Given the water-proof feature nice to be able to protect travel and videography kit in bad weather. Always carry videography kit when traveling to capture content for a small and growing YouTube channel. Turns out like it so much it has turned into a home daily EDC bag. Looking at the same model, non WP, as a more professional EDC in canvas.

I wanted to compare this Kadet to the other “non water proof” Kadet. First this lacks the classic Chrome seatbelt connector. Some may see that as a plus, but I like it for its interest factor. But more than that the material felt thin and plasticky. It was horrible. I bought the other Kadet and it feels great…tougher. I returned this one.

I really like the standard Kadet so i got a waterproof Kadet The main zipper was defective and would open up again behind the slider The construction on these is actually pretty high quality however a bad zipper ruins any bag no matter how well built