Customer Reviews The North Face Borealis

My daughter loves the color of the backpack. It's a bit big for a first grader but it will grow with her and hopefully last a long time. The youth backpacks were too small to fit folders+lunchbox and grow with her.

This backpack is a good size for high school and college students. Plenty of small pockets and big pockets. Love the lined laptop sleeve!

I love this backpack. Color matches photo and love the organization part. But its also very thin and if you set it on the ground by your dest, it tends to fallover if you dont position it right. Not very wide.

I go to a school where I take lots of binders to school ( a totalof 6 inches) and I really struggled to find something that fits and this works awesome to fit it all, although I cant carry a laptop due to a lack of space. I love how the front pocket is big enough for my iphone 6 and fleece lined. I learned that more volume is not necessarily more space as I also tried the surge transit (ugly hiker backpack looking thing).

Heavy duty, durable backpack. Slightly small, but fits more than you would think.

It has a very nice design with wonderful color options. I like how it can be used for more than one occasion. However, I wish it had more room inside. It is not as roomy as I had hoped.

I like this backpack. I wish there was a lot more room though for all my books for college. But the sleeve for the laptop is great and I love the style, so it suites me well.

Used for college - I was looking for a bag that would provide my back and shoulders with support since walking would be apart of my daily routine. This bag provides that and more! Each compartment is super deep which provides a lot of storage. The holders on the side are stretchy and can accommodate both my umbrella and a s'well 17 oz water bottle. One of my biggest concerns was the color, but in person the blue provides the perfect contrast to the black! My only issues were that it's hard to adjust the straps and one of the little blue tags for the zippers fell off the first day I had it. Overall, it's worth it!

I got this backpack for college this fall. It is super cute and very functional. Seems to have plenty of room for my laptop, books. supplies, etc. Have not used it yet but when I took it out of the package it was very stiff and seems a bit uncomfortable. I am hoping it will loosen up once I break it in.

For school. Functional Long lasting

This is one of the best backpacks a college student can have. I has more pockets than any other and space for a laptop or tablet. One con is the fact that the backpack is kinda stiff but hopefully that will change throughout the wear of it.

I bought this for my daughter who will attend college after summer, she loves it! It is good for both school and traveling. I will buy it again!

This is my school backpack and I like the outside appearance. I wish it was a little bigger so I could fit more books inside.

Beautifully constructed and designed, though small interior space. This bag was a gift, and the recipient is expected to carry oodles of school supplies, a computer, and a lunch inside the bag - there's no way it'll comfortably manage that load. I thought the wide top might mean that the bag was large capacity overall, but I was disappointed to find that, when compared to a different North Face backpack I have that's four years old, and compared to a cheap backpack purchased online, this bag fits about 70% of the stuff I can cram in the other two bags. Other than this disappointment, the bag is a lovely color, has many nooks and crannies plus 2 water bottle holders for organized carrying, is well-constructed, and I expect years of service from it.

Replacement pack.

My high school daughter is very excited to use her booksack. Since it is of excellent quality, I am one happy mom knowing she will getgreat use out of it!

I ise it for school

I travel a lot plus I take my laptop everywhere with me,the padding on the back of the bag is great doesn't bend n protects my MacBook.

I use the Borealis primarily to transport my camera equipment around, since the only bag I had was not a backpack. It works great since I can put my tripod, mics, batteries, lenses, and anything else I might need in the many pockets. I will be using this for school soon, and I know it can fit my laptop and books and stuff as well. However, it can be hard to access some stuff deeper down which is slightly annoying because you have to take out other stuff on top, but that's understandable. Still a great pack!

I was able to store my laptop, books, tablet, pens, and journal in this backpack. After sometime it became heavy because of all that I put in there. I love the design, and the back has pads that are soft so there's not a lot of tension in the back. It also has straps that allow you to fit more stuff if you need to that will still secure your items. It's has various pockets and the inside of them are extremely soft. For some reason I was expecting more but the bag itself works for me. I'm a first year college student and as you can imagine I desperately needed a bag that could do various things, and this one is it!

I love the look of this backpack. However it doesn't have a place to store the waist straps like the older version of this backpack. For someone who's mainly using this backpack for college, the waist straps aren't necessary, and look funny just dangling. Other than wishing it had pockets to stuff the waist straps into, I would recommend this backpack to anyone for any use.

I bought this bag to use as a carry-on and I love it. It holds everything I need on the plane without being to bulky. I also use it for short trips visiting family. It's a great all around bag!

This is great to get back and forth from work on a bike with a laptop and all necessary items to hit the gym as well. Plenty of room, protective pocket for computer, comfortable to wear while walking or cycling. Also used as a carry on for travel to hold electronics, day use of clothes and accessories and everything is easy access. Ready to try it out for hiking and outdoor day use.

I use this backpack for school as well as traveling! It is very comfortable and durable! It holds all my supplies, books and my computer!

To expensive