5.11 Rush12 vs Gandy Waxed Bali Backpack

So if you get caught in some rain, i'd worry about water, starting to seep in here: there's no aqua guard or rain flap, but still nice. You can reach ...

HUGE storage compartment which I love. Fits my textbook, notebook and laptop great! The zipper pocket is good for storing wallet, keys or other valuables. The drink pouches are a bit small tho and tend to have my water bottle slip out at times but I can over look it.

I'm looking for recommendations on backpacks that would be good for family day hikes in hot/humid weather (and in cooler weather). I really want something useful that doesn't result in an immediately sweaty back!

) if anything changes I’ll update the review. But I have high hopes. It’s comfortable in my back even when full. As you can see from the pictures, it almost seems bigger on the inside than it is on the outside (time lord technology)

Another nice feature is the drainage holes at the bottom. If the water bladder springs a leak the water can quickly drain out the bottom before soaking the entire pack (it's happened to me before during hikes or MTB rides, I crashed once on the MTB and sprung a leak). I do have a couple suggestions for improvement: 1) I hike in the mountains and hills of Japan when I visit the country and I would like to use this pack as a carry on item with my notebook PC. The pocket in the main compartment is wide enough for most notebook PC but it could be better

Besides those things, this bag feels like it's good quality. The materials all feel quite robust, and it doesn't feel like it's going to fall apart any time soon, besides what I previously mentioned. Overall, I'd recommend this bag to high school or college students, or people just needing a place to store a decent amount of stuff while they travel. It's solid, and I have very little negative to say about it

I have noticed that they are already showing some wear marks. Again nothing major, as I do carry 45lbs of weight and use the pack to go on 5-6 mile rucks almost daily as well a few extended 10-12 mile rucks on a few weekends. Total time with the pack on per week is probably somewhere around 15-20 hours. Overall a great pack so far

I bought this coat to go to Snowdonia and do some hiking. It was great kept me warm and lots of pockets to fit in all my gadgets such as GoPro drone camera phone and power bank

It’s a good commuter bag so far. I’m in NYC and have a 1.5 hr subway trip each way. I can fit all the junk I need to bring

However, when I received it the quality of the material was not what I would have called canvas. It would not have held up to what I needed the bag for. I travel a lot for my job and this bag would not have lasted long. This might be good for light use and light items

This pack has worked out great! I wanted something smaller than the RUSH24 (I’ve had that pack for years) to build a pack for indefinite sustainment. A larger pack makes it easy to overfill with stuff you don’t really “need”, and that translates to more weight. My goal was a pack that equaled 10% of my body weight (or 18lbs). This pack fit everything perfectly snug

I wouldn't recommend this for anyone. Very short, very small, looks and is goofy. I'm glad I got a refund.

There was a bend in the insert that caused a lump to ride on my back for the first few days until I figured out what the issue was. I took out the insert and cut it down (hard material to cut), hasn't been an issue since. 2) The straps shoulder straps tend to loosen up with normal use. Once every day or two, I find myself tightening the straps back down because they get looser

This is a great backpack for the price, only complaint that I feel others should know is that the leather straps that “hold” the top flap down over the rest of the bag are magnetically connected. The bag has drawstrings so it’s not like anything would come flying out of it, but if you put enough stuff in there to where the magnetic buckles can reach their inputs, your basically walking around with the top flap swinging everywhere