Volume20 L
Weight500 g
Dimensions40 × 28 × 14 cm
Laptop16-inch
Sandqvist · STREAM Lid Backpack 16"
STREAM Lid Backpack 16": 40 cm tall, a flap that buckles, and the 16-inch fits inside.
The STREAM Lid Backpack 16" is a 20-litre waterproof Sandqvist backpack weighing 500 g, in PU-coated recycled polyester with a matt finish. No roll-top to fuss with: just fold the flap over and click the buckle shut. Headphones go in the zipped pocket in the flap, the laptop in its padded pocket, and the wet fabric wipes dry in one pass of a cloth.
Commute · Office · Rain
One click to close, headphones in the flap.

Laptop
The 16-inch stands upright in its pocket, held by a tab.
The padded laptop pocket measures 28 × 38 cm: compare it with yours. It opens from the main compartment, and a press-stud tab holds the laptop at the top. Open the flap and it's right under your hand.
16-inch
Padded 28 × 38 cm pocket, closed with a press stud.

Water-resistant or waterproof

What fits inside
20L
20 litres for the day, and headphones in the flap.
Under the flap, the bag opens wide: a lunch box, a book and a water bottle fit next to the laptop. In the flap, a zipped pocket keeps headphones or keys, ready to grab without opening anything else.
- A 16-inch laptop, in its padded pocket
- A lunch box and a book, in the main compartment
- Headphones, in the zipped pocket in the flap
To scale
40 cm tall and 28 wide: the 16-inch stands upright inside.
No rolled top poking up: its 40 cm stay the same, loaded or not.
- STREAM Lid 16"40 × 28 × 14 cm
- 16-inch laptop36 × 25 cm, upright in the bag
- A4 sheet29.7 × 21 cm
The details
A pocket in the flap, a clip buckle, a padded back.





Colours
Two colours: clay or black.
Clay
A matt taupe, with matching straps and handle.
Black
Matt black from top to bottom, a discreet white logo.
Colour on this page
The range
Four STREAM backpacks from 20 to 23 litres.

STREAM Lid Backpack 16"
20 L · 500 g · 40 × 28 × 14 cm
A buckled flap with its own zipped pocket, and the 16-inch laptop inside.
This bag

STREAM 2-Way Tote Backpack 16"
20 L · 500 g · 42 × 27 × 12 cm
On your back or in your hand by its handles: a 16-inch, a zipped front pocket.
See the STREAM 2-Way Tote Backpack 16"
STREAM Zipper Backpack 16"
23 L · 720 g · 50 × 32 × 15 cm
No flap: a front pocket that opens wide, and the laptop in its own section, from the top.
See the STREAM Zipper Backpack 16"
STREAM Rolltop Backpack 14"
20 L · 560 g · 60 × 26 × 14 cm
The roll-top with a press stud, for a 14-inch, with a zipped front pocket.
See the STREAM Rolltop Backpack 14"Photos to the same scale, by width: 28, 27, 32 and 26 cm. The roll-top model is shown rolled; unrolled, it stands 60 cm tall. The bigger STREAM Slim Rolltop L and Rolltop Backpack L are at Eiken too.
In the rain
In a downpour, the coated fabric and the buckled flap keep everything dry.
Light rain
Water-resistant fabric
Light rain and road spray run off it; in steady rain, water eventually gets through.
Proper rain
Waterproof fabric
PU-coated recycled polyester and YKK Aquaguard zips: your things stay dry in steady rain.
This bag
Waterproof in the rain, not made to be submerged.

Sandqvist
Bags for the city and for the forest, designed in Stockholm since 2004.
Three childhood friends, Anton, Daniel and Sebastian, founded Sandqvist in Stockholm: they split their time between the city and the forest and couldn't find a bag made for both.
Every prototype is carried by bike around Stockholm, on trains and planes and along forest paths before it makes the collection.
Sandqvist guarantees its bags for two years against manufacturing defects: zips, buckles, seams. For a bag bought from Eiken, the claim goes through us.
Eiken's take
- Why we chose it
- The most compact of our STREAM backpacks for a 16-inch: 40 cm tall, 500 g, and a flap that clicks shut.
- Worth knowing
- Just one outside pocket, in the flap: the water bottle travels in the main compartment.
- Who it's for
- Anyone who goes to the office by metro or on foot with a 16-inch, and wants a clean-lined pack that doesn't mind the rain.
Baptiste, Eiken
Specifications
- Volume20 L
- Weight500 g
- Dimensions40 × 28 × 14 cm (height × width × depth)
- Laptop16 inches, padded 28 × 38 cm pocket closed with a press stud, in the main compartment
- Closureflap, clip buckle
- ZipsYKK Aquaguard
- Storagezipped pocket on the flap, laptop pocket
- Back and shoulder strapspadded back panel to let the air through, padded adjustable shoulder straps, top handle
- FabricPU-coated recycled polyester, waterproof, matt finish that wipes clean
- Liningrecycled polyester
- Foamrecycled polyethylene
- Webbingrecycled nylon
- Veganyes
- Made inVietnam
- Sandqvist guarantee2 years, manufacturing defects
- Sandqvist reference261104 (Black: 261104999, Clay: 261104206)
Specifications, dimensions and weight: Sandqvist data (sandqvist.com, October 2026).
Questions
What are the dimensions and weight of the STREAM Lid 16"?
40 × 28 × 14 cm (height, width, depth) and 500 g empty, for 20 litres. The laptop pocket measures 28 × 38 cm.
Is the STREAM Lid 16" waterproof?
Yes, it's waterproof: with PU-coated recycled polyester and YKK Aquaguard waterproof zips, it keeps your things dry in the rain. It's made for rain, not for being submerged.
STREAM Lid 16" or STREAM 2-Way Tote 16"?
The same 20 litres, the same weight (500 g), and both take a 16-inch. The Lid closes with a buckled flap, with a zipped pocket on the flap. The 2-Way Tote opens with a zip, has a zipped front pocket and can also be carried in the hand by its two handles, like a tote.
Does the STREAM Lid 16" fit under the seat on a plane?
At 40 × 28 × 14 cm, it only just fits Ryanair's free small bag (40 × 30 × 20 cm), with no spare height, and fits easyJet's (45 × 36 × 20 cm) more easily. As a cabin bag, it fits the 55 × 40 × 20 cm and 55 × 35 × 25 cm limits. Size limits checked in October 2026: check your ticket.



