High SierraPathway Internal Frame Hiking Backpack

I bought this for a two week international trip and its holding its own very well. I was able to fit about 60lbs of stuff in here and it held up even running around in the airport. I have no evidence of any stiching coming undone and the straps are holding up. You do have to play around with the straps to get them to feel comfortable depending on your size. Im a big guy and they kinda cut into me at first before I adjusted them. Now they are fine and the back support is doing a great job of keeping my back comfortable. I left the plastic support board in,but I removed the metal rod as I didn't want too stiff of a bag and Ill tell you why. Sometimes I stuff my bag under the airline seat so I wantes the bag to be as flexible as possible. The bag was packed to about 80% capacity and I was able to get it under the seat. It took some work so if you are planning on doing this I wouldn't pack it to 100% unless the bag will be full of stuff that will give if you plan on stuffing it in that small space. The bag fit in the overhead with no problem,but Im glad I was able to get it under the seat.

Sturdy

Great bag for a great price! Quality is up there with all the other hiking bags!