This pack totally let me down at the worst possible time. Had just zipped my phone into the front pocket when the security agent at the airport scanner told me to take it out and put it in a bin (small airport in Mongolia). When I went to unzip it, the zipper pull came off in my hand--it had never been stitched down at the top. The ends of each half of the zipper were flapping loose and nothing was torn.

He let me through when he saw the zipper pull in my hand. But after 30min of trying to re-feed the pull onto the teeth, I gave up and pulled it open by hand. All the small items in the pocket now had to be dumped into the main compartment, making things impossible to find, and too dangerous to open for fear of things falling out.

Made of nearly sheer nylon, the side pockets aren't sturdy enough to hold more than empty water bottles. Save your money. Buy something else.