The North Face Overhaul 40 Travel Pack - 2450cu in - 2008 BCS

This is a great medium size bag that is designed for overnight or a two-four day trip. I was going to buy this bag back in January but decided to wait and see if i could find it on sale and boy did I! Tip....look for coupons on the internet for North Face Products. I saved a ton off normal retail in addition to backcountry's great price.I love it so much i carry it to work as my brief case. lots of pockets and well balanced when on the back. Quality zippers and stitching make this a top ten bag in it's catagory.

Just got this pack in a few days ago. I bought this instead of the TNF "Box Shot" pack because I thought the extra space would come in handy. I'm using it for a 10 day trip through California with the TNF Longhaul 30 for the rest of my stuff. What i am packing in the overhaul 40: I have a 17" Macbook Pro it fits very nicely into the first compartment (I won't use this compartment for anything else, maybe a magazine for the plane), Nikon D80 with an extra lens which I am keeping an an older Tamrac camera bag at the bottom of the main compartment of the Overhaul (which can grow larger with the compression zipper undone), small flashlight (you never know right?), and I have successfully gotten a Sunpak 9002TM tripod into the main compartment along side the camera bag but it does stick out of the top of the bag a little but when I put the pack on with all of the previously mentioned items loaded up it feels pretty good. With these items in the pack I could easily fit a pair of mid sized shoes if that gives you any idea.

The bottom compartment listed as "laundry" area is bigger than i thought it would be. You can easily still load it up with all the cords and cables you need for your computer or.... Laundry (1 shirt, 1 pair of shorts).

The arm straps are very good quality and so is the handle at the top (very rugged). The back has so many strap adjustments it will blow your mind! It could take you 10 minutes before your done getting it perfect if your that kind of person. To tell you the truth I think it has too many adjustment straps and they are all excessively long! No one will ever need to have the arm straps or waist strap that loose. My temporary solution is to just leave the rubber bands that are holding them wrapped up. The compartment on the arm strap probably won't hold to many cell phones. But its big enough for a granola bar.

This packs construction is second to none! Very well thought out and it will suite the business traveler as well as the adventurer. I bought the all black one and its very discrete and won't catch tons of attention which is how I like it. The red inside is a great transition color. When I'm done with my trip ill write if I find anything more that may be worth noting. PS. Backcountry.com was great fast delivery.

This bag is perfect for me. I wanted a bag that I could put my laptop and clothes in. I can now travel with just one carry-on. It's great. When I get to my hotel, I unload my clothes and then use the bag for my laptop. It is not a standard backpack. It is really designed for business travelers.

I purchased this bag to use as a weekend bag when I travel for 3-4 days. It fit everything I needed it too and more and was not too bulky. I was able to put 8 shirts, 2 pairs of jeans, some boxers, some socks and a pair of shoes in the main compartment. I used the compartment underneath for all my toiletries. It also fit my laptop and 2 books no problem. I weighed it when I was done packing and the scale said 31 lbs, but it never seemed too heavy. The bag also has a handle on the side so if you don't want to carry on your back, that is a nice feature as well. Overall, very pleased with the bag and would highly recommend it.

My daughter is studying abroad in London and we bought her this pack. It was her carry on on the plane and it holds her laptop. Now she uses it everyday at school and also for weekend travel all over Europe! She loves it so much I bought myself one!

I don't usually spend this much on a backpack. This has to be an exception though. I have a Dell Precision M6300 Laptop that is used for work and it is huge! My previous laptop bag would not even zip up all the way for this monster, and it was killing my back, one sholder strap for 26#+. I can carry the same laptop and two days worth of clothing comfortably for the same weight. This backpack feels very light in comparison to the leather and framed targus sholder bag. The protection level as far as padding for the laptop is nearly nonexistant. Might as well be in a garbage bag for all the protection it offers the laptop. I keep the charger and related items in the same zipper compartment as the laptop and there is nothing but a light piece of fabric seperating them. Once the laptop is in the sleeve it is secure. The next large zippered compartment has built in internal compression webbing great for cinching down clothing. I carry only two days worth of clothing with the expansion zipper closed, but I'm sure you could stuff 4 days or more worth of clothing in that compartment. My back feels much better thanks to the change from a sholder bag to a backpack. Now the gripes I noticed... The outside easy access pockets are made of some sort of nylon spandex, I doubt these would hold up very well in an outdoors situation- thorns, brush, concrete ect. not good. The two side pockets are rather shallow and a water bottle can easily slip out since it's a slippery elastic spandex material, however I can jam 2 16oz bottles into one pocket and make it up a flight of stairs- with only one bottle however it will fall out. In the past I used a drawstring type jansport backpack with two zippered side pockets (and one ouside middle) just big enough to hold a large bottle of contact solution, contact case, comb, and maybe a razor, digital camera, extra batteries, battery charger, ect. Really miss this easily accessable organization feature on the other bag. The outside pockets are just not easily accessable on this pack, it's like trying to get your hand into front pockets on pants. Once you get the pocket unzipped it's hard to see what's inside, expanded cargo style pockets are much easier to work with- If you're going to make a pocket, make a pocket, sew it on instead of slitting and bagging! The outside pockets are almost useless on this bag. The underside pocket for dirty clothing is a nice idea and I suppose you could unzip it and turn the bag inside out to hold another days worth of clothing or other items in the main compartment. The inside material is RED and the outside material is black. I would have prefered a darker color on the interior, if you had to turn the bottom pocket inside out to carry more stuff it would attract attention like a red flag, also if you are digging around in your pack for something thanks to the utterly useless outside pockets the red interior could attract unwanted attention. Also wondered why the zippers do not have some sort of security feature that allow the two zippers to be padlocked together- this may be because the bag itself is so low profile no one would suspect you are carrying a laptop. I do like the fact that when I work out of town I can carry just one bag. Check in to a hotel is much easier when you don't have to worry about multiple bags. One other note, when unloaded it's a little flimsey, not exactly self supporting, if you're at work you have to prop it up against something or let it lay flat on a dirty floor. The sholder straps connect by webbing to swiviling plastic hooks with paperclip gauge metal! I can just imagine those popping off someday and rendering the sholder straps useless. I took the waist straps off since I already know they are useless and will cause hip pain later on. The plastic drings from the waist straps could be used as a back up if the plastic hooks break off later on. I can't say anything about rain protection because I have not encountered that situation yet, but I suppose it'll do ok in a light rain, I would be concerend about a heavy rain though. It serves my needs well enough that I continue to carry it- mostly to save my back.

It's the perfect size, i fit a weeks worth of clothes in it and there's many compartments. It also fits perfectly as a carry on bag. depending on what you carry it's a work out on the legs after using it you'll feel it. but it's easy to load and just take off. It's also sexy lol.

excellent quality and fit my needs perfectly!

Took this on an international trip with a lot of connections. Fit everywhere. I bought this instead of a Tunni to the sum of $350.00 and to be honest this works very well as a carry on for everything you do not want to put in a checked bag. The lower zipper portion at the base at up all my tech gadget wires, cords, and bases like it was no big deal (it is the size of about 3/4 a brown paper lunch bag) and it does have an expandable zipper that adds about 3 inches to the width of the main compartment. I do not think anyone really makes a backpack compatible carry-on that works with a computer without having it put a lot of pressure applied to the computer when your pack is full and it is pressed against your back. So, just bought an "incase" for my black 13" Macbook and that lightweight nature of it was a perfect companion to TNF carry on. I do not like the roller carry on's and the ribs that just add weight are just annoying. I like to put on a pack and go. This pack is really big when you fill it and I thought they might make me check it. They did not. I love it. You can put 2 days of clothing, extra pair of shoes (not boots), shaving kit, and travel pillow, blanket (silk REI one) and a lot of other stuff in it. I loved using it and the expandable zipper does make a huge difference if zipped or unzipped. The way the backpack straps are made are so clever with quick disconnect clips and the waist strap comes off without having to cut it off like have with so many backpack type deals. Also, if you have a roller carry on---you can put your pullout handle through the packs back either vertical or horizontal. Best part of this piece of luggage. When you are done or empty it...flatten it and put it away. So, glad I went with this NF gear instead of the Tunni.