Osprey Daylite Plus Pack vs The North Face Surge Backpack

The comfiest backpack I've ever had. If I'm doing a serious dayhike, this is the bag I'm taking.

The grab handle on this back is excellent. Great grab one and even for my big meat mitts. I got really big hands so this grab handle is comfortable. I...

* Osprey Daylite *PLUS* 20L. * My personal favourite so far, but fitting it in my main bag + all the other gear is my concern.

I normally keep the face mask and some hand sanitizer in here so this pocket is actually really good for like holding food and stuff. I normally put a...

I'll go over them here and the bag costs 70 U.s or for me 95 Canadian. And now let's go over the bags. So right on the front here, you can pull open t...

My feeling is that this backpack is not designed for carrying heavy loads or being comfortable when fully packed out. The shoulder straps do not seem well designed, are very rigid, and lack load lifters. The back panel lays flat on the back, which is much less comfortable than a bag with some curvature, also the hip strap was entirely useless for moving weight off of the shoulders. If you are looking to get this backpack to carry a heavy load, I would look elsewhere towards brands that are more geared for comfort

I Like these external Cardinal areas I Like to be able to grab things as I'm hiking. you can see it's not very wide. It says why does the day pack and...

I'm really looking forward to getting it on the trails and testing it in that domain. Let's just be upfront and honest about TNF warranty, bar none the best. When you buy the product, you are also buying a guarantee from them and they stand behind that. That's worth the cost to me

-I find the cross straps also annoying, they feel in the way when you're trying to pack things and hurry quickly and I largely use them to secure the water bottle since it falls out due to the instability of this pack but its very annoying to need to clip each time when you're just trying to access the main compartment for your jacket when the stash pocket on front doesn't fit a jacket in the first place

Yeah, it's definitely not like super comfortable, which is funny for a backpack to not be super comfortable on the straps. Yeah, that's true, it's not...

So first off, you've got, of course it's going to be on the other side. You've got a little front pocket on the front. Traditional, you know, hip stra...

Number 16: The Laptop Compartment: I actually have to say that this is my favorite compartment or laptop compartment out of any other bag I have ever ...

It's also means have to keep more things in the main compartment, all jumbled together. But, if my deal-breakers aren't important to you, it may be a great bag. The straps are well-designed, and the laptop pocket is padded. I've been carrying my laptop in an older Osprey bag which has a very similar pocket without padding (probably not originally designed for a laptop) and I do really like that bag

You can see my 13 inch macbook pro is getting kind of swallowed up by the compartment, but the sleeve is very well padded. I love that it has the soft...

Pros: Very well ventilated shoulder straps and backing. Sleek design with nice cinch straps. Nice size main compartment and mid pocket. Zippers don't snag and seem of very good quality with pull attachments on each zipper(very nice not chintzy)

One handed operation of the zippers is very poor and this is my biggest gripe about the pack. While traveling it would be helpful to be able to open/close pockets without using both hands. There are ways to manipulate, jerk and pull the zippers using one hand, but since the zippers flex and bend so much, they usually hit a stop. - The Surge II falls over: Touted as a new design feature, this bag will stand on its own ONLY if it is packed out to near full capacity