My son's old Hurley backpack took a lot of tough love over three years of use!  Boys are not very gentle with their backpacks!  He picked this color combo in about a second and loves it!  It has a padded compartment for a laptop which his old one didn't have--definite plus.  Seems a bit bigger too--also a plus.  The outside water bottle pocket is wetsuit material,  as another reviewer noted, rather than mesh.  Seems like a cool upgrade.  Overall great product!