Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

I bought two units of this backpack, in green, for a 35-day trip to Europe and North Africa, and we beat the **** out of them. We used them (and overloaded them) every day. They are still going strong—even the zippers! And they still look pretty clean and bright after a LOT of grime. I looked through EVERY SINGLE low- and mid- cost, imported, ultralight backpack that Amazon had listed (prime-eligible only), and bought four different ones for testing. This was the best of them. I returned all the others and bought a second one of this style. Reasons why I selected this style, and strongly recommend you consider it over the others: #1. Every other style*, oddly, had straps that were too narrow-set. I put on one of the ones I ordered to test, and it pinched me so badly that I had a neck-ache for three hours after wearing, even though I had only put 5 pounds of items in the backpack! Yikes. #2. This one comes in an ultrabright green color. Upon research, this is the best high-visibility color. #3. This one had a way to lock all the zippers together with quick-release zipties, in hopes of making pickpocketing a little more difficult. #4. So lightweight and strong. Wow. What a great purchase. Highly recommend. Thank you, to the seller! * There was one other style, which I'll link below, that has even wider straps than this one. But, I would still recommend this one because the wider-set one doesn't carry nearly as much, an the color isn't nearly as bright-fabric seems thinner, perhaps. The grey shows through, making it dull. At least in the yellow color.