“The pouch is a very handy tool but it's not necessarily required. The backpack itself comes with so many pockets that it's easy to organize and manage your cords without the cord pouch. Additionally, the size of the pouch is small so you can't fit too many cords in there. Fitting a macbook charger, iPad charger, phone charger, etc. all at once is a little difficult. That being said, it's great for those one-off cords or cables that you hate to lose!”