This has been a good pack so far.  I originally bought it with the intention of using it to carry books for school as well as camping and range time on the weekends.  When it arrived, I quickly realized that it was way to big for a pack to carry a few books and a laptop in.  With that being said, I use it (more appropriately as a 3 day pack for camping.

Being an assault pack, the bag has no hard frame and is of a more lightweight design.  Don't look for much support from the pack if you intend on carrying a lot of weight with it.

I pulled the belt off as soon as I got it because it rode too high for where I like to where a bag.  The belt is a wide nylon strap with a buckle and hip pads on either side.

Overall this has been a good bag.