Customer Reviews The North Face Borealis

This backpack is great, so great in fact both my roommates also bought this backpack. We love it! I was nervous at first that having so many different dividing sections would make it feel small, but it helps keep everything organized and fits just as much as my old backpacks.

I have purchased this backpack years ago. Lasted 5 years

Love this backpack great for school and super cute

Versatile for the gym and at work

I am a college student and I purchased this backpack for everyday use (books, computer, etc.). This backpack is super comfortable and cute too! Also I got it on sale for a reasonable price and shipping was quick!

This bag is pretty cool and makes me feel like a normal person

I bought this backpack primarily for work, but I know it would be great for camping trips too. It's very roomy, comfortable to wear and has many pockets. It seems to be durable too.

I absolutely love this bag! I bought this to replace my backpack for college and it holds so much!

I have The Jester backpack that I use as my work laptop bag. I travel often for work and needed something to carry on my back since I'm usually lugging around a suitcase too. I bought this backpack because I want to use it for personal travel so I don't have to take my work stuff out of the other pack. I love all my TNF products!

This is the perfect backpack. I can carry my laptop and office supplies along with two changes of clothing and shoes. It has the right amount of pockets for my phone, chargers, kindle, etc. It sits perfectly on by back and the shoulder straps are designed to be out of the way and comfortable. Love everything about The North Face products! Recommend this highly!

I love it for overnight stays at my grandchildren's. Plus, when I'm gonna be on the go all day and into the night it's better than carrying a pocketbook and a duffle

I bought this bag for college. It was on sale so I purchased it, and so far I'm loving it! It's very comfortable and fits my laptop, books, and other supplies without being bulky. It's very durable considering I use it everyday around campus. Would definitely buy again.

Daughter has all black coats so wanted to have something that would stand out at night if she is walking on campus. Love the white and the red highlights but the gray on the bottom keeps it from getting dirty!!

I love this product! The backpack is very stylish! The blue is vibrant and the backpack is comfortable! My con is that the backpack might be small. I would still recommend to a friend if they don't carry many books.

Fast delivery, great backpack, would buy it again

Great for law school students

Love that it has plenty of room for all my books and computer for school. Love this bag

I bought it for my daughter for her University. She love it, lots of support for her back.

I use this bag for everything. School, work, beach, traveling. I love it. I don't have to change bags for each activity of the day because everything I need in the day fits in here and it all organized.

Around town & day hiking.

This is the best backpack I've ever had throughout my career. It's so comfortable, lightweight and I can definitely walk around campus without getting tired.

Appreciate the quality of the bag.

I love my backpack! Very spacious for all my school supplies, only down side is that it doesn't stand straight. Other than that it works for everything I need in school

I use this for my everyday backpack in college. I like it a decent amount, especially since there's a special section just for your laptop (as many of my peers have begun to have pockets like these in their backpacks). However, I find this pocket a little big for JUST a laptop, but not really big enough for anything else. The zipper section after that, intended to have everything else, is decently large enough, but not as large as I would hope. The lack of space may also be due to the fact that the backboard of the backpack is a little too stiff, and bends outwards. Therefore, when my backpack sits, it falls forward, which is rather annoying and inconvenient, and although I've been trying to correct this by bending my backpack the other way (towards my back), it still doesn't give the way I want to.

The women's style is shorter than I was used to and I was thinking of exchanging it but after trying it out for a day, I decided to keep it. I think this is the way it was always SUPPOSED to fit! It feels lighter and puts less strain on my back than the "regular" (mens?) style. Also, after years of using the Borealis (this is my third one), I finally watched the product video (I wanted to see if it was sitting on my body the way it was supposed to) and I discovered it had some nifty features I didn't know about! (Hello, safety whistle and little hole at top for drinking tube/cables!). I love this backpack. The only wish I have for it (are you listening, North Face?) is I wish the side pockets for water bottle etc. were more robust (they get stretched out and hole-y after a while -- much earlier than other parts of the backpack) and I wish it had some way of securing the side pockets to prevent little items (travel size bottles-of-stuff, dental floss, cough drops etc.) from falling out when you lay the backpack down in an airplane (under the seat in front of you). About a decade ago, the side pockets were MUCH better than they are now.