Chrome Industries Hondo Backpack vs The North Face Recon Pack - Women's

The only minor nitpick negative I can think of is the zippers don't have metal pull tabs as you would expect. The pull is via cords, and I'm not sure how long they'll stay on, but I'd be careful not to pull on them too hard. Overall I would highly recommend picking one up!

After one week of use, we would return this if we could. The zipper pull on the main compartment has already broken. Once the string for the pull is broken, it is impossible to use the zipper. We had to quickly make a new pull for the bag to replace the one that was broken so she could use the bag

I've been on the search for an affordable, commuter-friendly backpack and this is the one! I love that it has a good amount of structure and the straps are very supportive. It is also very water-resistant, so I don't have to worry about my laptop or papers getting wet. This has been very comfortable to wear as a petite person!

It's just an empty compartment. It's pretty big now. There's not a ton of organization on this bag, and I knew that it bothered me on the surge. It bo...

To finish up this section, we also want to point out the water bottle pockets you’ll find on both sides of the bag. We’ve been able to fit a Hydro Flask Standard-Mouth Water Bottle with Flex Cap 21 oz inside, but it’s a tight fit. Like we touched on earlier, we have to fight against this fabric to get anything larger inside, as it’s not elasticated or very flexible.

Number 12, dual zippers reveal the laptop compartment at the back. Now unlike the Surge which has three divided areas this only just has one area so y...

that's Chrome Industries. and today we are talking about the Chrome Hondo. So without further ado, that's this guy. Anyway, so the condo right this is...

So the difference between the other one in this one is that this one is like least inside so you can put your glasses. like reading glasses. I Have re...

It’s made getting slightly larger objects harder to get in my pack. Second, I absolutely hate the design of the drink/side pouches. It doesn’t fit my Nalgene bottle especially well, especially when I’ve first loaded the bag with my laptop and other gear. The drink pouch does not expand at all, so when the bag has some items in it already, I can’t fit my Nalgene

The backpack is good but a tad bit small for me. I could fit in a planner, a 2-inch binder, a spiral notebook, a small folder, a medium size textbook, laptop, iPad, a pencil pouch, and glasses case in the largest pocket. The fit was snug. Good build quality but I just need a little bit more room

You know it's nice wide, straps, quite a bit of padding. It's got the mesh for good airflow there, so you don't get too sweaty and then on the back pa...

Some folks will like feed a jacket through these loops and then compress it down these. These compression straps serve a lot of different purposes bec...