I really wish Kelty would have not included the compression bag and lowered the price a bit. I contacted them and they I can pay to have it shipped back and they would "evaluate it" and it was deemed faulty they would send me the same exact bag back. After shipping cost and waiting to get the bag back your better off buying a quality compression bag. I do understand that Backcountry has a great return policy but I got it for a good price and I would have to return the whole thing so I'm better off keeping it.