I've had this bag for three years and have used it for several international trips of more than 3-weeks, numerous domestic trips, and I've also used it as a great bag to move tons of clothing to new apartments. I'm a 5'5" woman and find the dimensions of the bag very easy to handle.

The strap padding is more than adequate for long backpack trips, even if having a big, square, full suitcase isn't really comfortable. The placement of the grab handles makes vertical or horizontal hand carrying comfortable, and makes the bag easy to snatch out of overhead/underseat locations.

The surface of the bag has survived some rough and disgusting trips on planes and trains of questionable cleanliness, and it's been easy to clean after getting subway ick on it.