Got this bag for my son to ride to school with. We chose to ditch the backer plate as it makes the bag very awkward to load. My son loves it and takes it every time he rides. He’s especially fond of knowing it won’t wet out if he decides to charge through a storm with it as he has been known to do. I feel like the five star future version of this bag has the cool buckle the messenger bags have. Also a deeper version (back to front) of one of the shorter (smaller capacity) bags would be better fit for the book shape of a school bag. At the height this one is at it would actually make a better small bike camping bag than anything I think. Who knows maybe we will prove that and so earn it that fifth star. Customer service is great, and the bag is very quality!

I wanted a bigger backpack for cycling around with my gym gear, extra clothes, lunch boxes, water bottle (the pouches on the sides can fit my 1L bottle), laptop and random assortment of small tools for my bike. This bag can take all of these and additional shopping without issues, and the net outside can take little bit of extra that wont fit in the bag itself. The bag is very comfortable to wear as well. The only problem I now have is that I can carry so much stuff the bag gets too heavy :D The small pockets are also exactly what I wanted: 1 bigger and 1 smaller on the outside of the bag with zippers, and one net pocket inside the bag. I'm very happy with this purchase!