As a correspondent, it's rare I get an opportunity to expound on things I appreciate. For the most part, I'm expounding on friendly or policy driven issues, meeting individuals across the  the world regarding their encounters and lives. Be that as it may, here I am, to spout to you regarding my first love: my Knomo rucksack. I observed my Knomo the manner in which anybody does: through creepily designated advertisements on Instagram. I was clicking around knapsacks on different locales, and abruptly Knomo started to show up in my feed. I thought the packs were costly from the outset. Also it's valid, they are, with rucksacks costing something like $130, contrasted with $50 for a Herschel. In any case, when I perceived how the Knomo Beauchamp knapsacks are intended to fit a PC, tennis shoes, scratch pad, and that's only the tip of the iceberg, it resembled a winner.

Let me explain. I don’t carry a lot with me when I report, so you’d think any old backpack would do the job — but I’ve been through quite a few. I love Herschel backpacks, but the ones with a laptop-holder area are too bulky, and the ones without have no compartments at all — meaning it can cause a total fluster trying to dig to the bottom of the bag, desperately trying to claw around to find my pen.

The Knomo Beauchamp has multiple compartment areas — zips at the front, a laptop area, zips inside for more valuable items, side holders, everything. It’s light, durable, and has never let me down. When I was on a bus in Guatemala on a story, I could pull my portable charger out of the front pocket to charge my phone up to rearrange an interview when the bus broke down. And when I sat on a train traveling across Vietnam, I could stash two bánh mìs in my bag along with a ton of other snacks, with room to spare. Best yet, all of those items have been well-protected from the rain, thanks to the bag’s water-resistant fabric.

This year, now that I’m based back in (and reporting from) London, I am still hopelessly attached to my bag. And when I’m on the tube, I see a lot of other women with a Knomo, which suggests it’s far from being for travelers exclusively — it’s clearly a commuter bag too. Best of all, it doesn’t look like it’s traveled the world with me, though it very much has (it’s accompanied me to Hong Kong, to the Great Wall of China, on a bus ride through El Salvador to Mexico) — it shows no marks, or scratches, and has no missing bits. Even if I decided to leave journalism tomorrow, I’d still cling to my Knomo, as it’s the only bag I’ve ever found that fits the items I need on the go in the city (charger, water bottle, book) without the need to cram them in. Plus, you know, it looks cute.