Pack arrived today (30L).
The good:
- Doesn't seem too bad! It's all fairly light weight materials (and the buckles are rubbish plastic), but for that money, it should last a few years.
- The stitching isn't horrible. It'll be interesting to see whether the stitching, the zips or the buckles will fail first.
- So cheap. Even if I have to buy another one every year or two, I'm still ahead in $$ over 10 years compared to some others.
- The layout looks good - can open the main section right up, so should be good for packing / accessing.
The not so good:
- Size is pretty small. The waist strap sits across my stomach rather than hips, so that's useless.
- The zips are super noisy - easy enough to fix.
- Overall quality certainly doesn't feel premium, however for the price, that was always going to be the case!
Will take it out next walkabouts in a couple of weeks.