Customer Reviews The North Face Borealis

I would recommend this backpack because is very comfortable and beautiful and they have many options in colors.

The Borealis Backpack is awesome. It fits the needs for my daily travel and is very comfortable for the long walks I take to/from work. It does not have a ton of room in it, but for the casual day to day items it is perfect (including a laptop). The item shipped on time and was in perfect condition when received. I would definitely order online from The North Face again!

I bought this backpack for a recent vacation to Hawaii. On the plane, I was able to fit everything I and my son needed for the 6 hour flight. Inside, I fit an iPad, books, games, toys and snacks. Everything fit really nicely, and tucked perfectly under the seat in front of me. There is a lot of room in this compact backpack. It also has tons of convienent pockets for things like tablets, cell phones, pens, wallets and airline tickets. I had easy access to everything. Additionally, I also took this on a hike through the red mud up in Waimea Canyon. The backpack of course got very dirty, but it was a cinch to clean. It fit nice and snug on my back as I climbed up the hills of this muddy hike. I'd recommend this backpack to anyone as a durable, comfortable and convenient piece of equipment for all your journeys.

This Bagpack looks really nice. It has a lot of pockets to keep your stuff organized. This product was designed for laptops and I love how the bottom is protected. Other bagpacks don't have this. It was expensive but its really worth it. It is great for everyday use.

Awesome pack! Get what you pay for and with the warranty it is hard to beat by fat!

This backpack is great! Very well made and is so versatile. Can use it for work and pleasure.

I love this bag I had a Northface heckler for five years and it was still in great shape when I sold it for about half of what I bought it for five years ago, still in perfect condition. Just wanted a new color and smaller bag. I absolutely love it.

My wife has one of these and because of her I ordered the same particular backpack with a different color. I love it, it does everything I need it to do. I can't imagine there to be a better one out there for the price you just can't beat it.

This back pack is amazing i get to carry my lap top everywhere i go with out having to worry if its moving. It stays in place and its like its not even there. Its a real comfortable back pack. I love it and would recommend you buy one

Work great! Worth every penny. If your debating about getting this don't just do it!

So I have been looking for a new backpack for weeks and my brother suggested NorthFace to me. And I have so say I am super happy about this. I chose the mens pack because it had a bit more space and as a college student that is the most critical thing. Yet I can fit 15LB worth of textbooks, a 8LB binder, spare notebook, 32 oz water bottle, and my lunchbox in it and still have room to spare. I'm extremely pleased with it and it has served me well so far. I walk about 5 miles everyday on campus and my climbing up and down stairs repeatedly and their is no strain on my back or shoulders, and the reflective tapes and highly fluorescent colors for walking at night. I am so glad I took the suggestion and bought this pack, I have a feeling it is going to last a good long while. Thank you NorthFace.

I have a 13 year old daughter in 8th grade who just switched to this backpack. She just started getting textbooks and needed more in her backpack. I bought her this one and she loves it. The sizing is perfect for all of her supplies. The laptop sleeve also keeps her computer safe at all times and is very convenient. She also loves the smallest pocket on the outside, she says it is perfect for her phone or money, little stuff that she does not want to loose. She loves the backpack, and knows boys and girls who have it who love it too!!!

I've had this bag for about a month and can guarantee you that you'll be satisfied. Although this backpack comes at a steeper price for those of us that are planning on using it for something such as school, but you pay for quality and it's definitely worth it. The Borealis is extremely stylish, I purchased the TNF Black w/ Fiery Red zipper combination, and it's gorgeous. Not only are the colors superb, but the design itself is genius ; you can't go many places without getting compliments. I used this bag for everyday school use at my highschool, where on average I carried a protein shake bottle, a camera, multiple bits & pieces for some of the courses I'm taking, a 2inch binder, 3 notebooks and a book to read in this bag COMFORTABLY. Not only did everything fit, but I had space so that nothing was super tightly packed in there. Durability of this bag so far is great. I research all of my products before I purchase them and haven't seen anyone have a problem with the durability of this bag. What I CAN assure you is that this bag was created with superb design as in materials. Couldn't be better. The comfort of this bag is great compared to every other bag I used prior to this. The back panels are great, and the shoulder straps are as comfortable as a bag can get. Comfort-wise, this backpack can AGAIN be described as SUPERB. Price - 4/5 Style - 5/5 Space - 5/5 Comfort - 5/5 Durability - Too soon to tell, but so far I can say that you'd have trouble finding a flaw in the design of this backpack. Materials are definitely a 5/5

i use this for school and day trips and it exceeds all expectations. the laptop sleeve is great piece of mind, and the little pockets fit school supplies as well as gear for a day hike. love that you can store away the hip straps when not needed and the pack is light weight. the cord on the outside easily holds a pair of shoes as long as you have a normal shoe size. everyone on my campus seems to have a north face back pack and its easy to see why. it looks just as good as it performs.

Most comfortable backpack I've ever had. Great purchase, plus I love the lifetime warranty

I attend medical school and this backpack offers ample room for a 13' laptop, scrubs, and two textbooks. It has plenty of pockets to keep everything organized and the side pockets hold my coffee decanter well.

This bag is perfect! I can fit all of my things in it including 3 binders, 2 textbooks, and a folder. Its very durable and has good strong zippers. It is extremely padded. I have a bad back from soccer and it releives my pain tremendously. I recomend it to highschool and college students if theu need a good durable bag.

If u buy this bag u will not regret.

I am a 5' 2" girl, so this backpack does look a little big on me but it fits all of my needs! i bought this backpack for college because i needed something that I could fit my laptop and notebooks in, and still have room for a wallet, water bottle, and other things. I have a 15" MacBook Pro and it's a tight squeeze, but it does fit in the laptop sleeve in the backpack (and its padded in the back and at the bottom, which I really like). There's enough room for a couple notebooks (or two binders and a book) and it's deep enough that you could stack things if you wanted to. The smaller pocket is really nice for my calculator, pens, etc. And the front zip pocket is nice because I can stick my keys and some other small things in it. Overall, I am very happy with this bag! It also claims to be waterproof, which is really nice because I can wear it overtop my rain jacket when the weather gets wetter and not have to worry about my papers getting soaked. I would recommend this to all of my friends!

This was back to school gift...my granddaughter is so happy with all the places to pack her books and such. They have no lockers so she must carry all books and her computer. Drinks in the mesh side pockets and her lunch tucks in...it is incredible how much fits and how light it is carrying it around. I bought one for her older sister and that is how she decided she wanted one also.

This backpack is stellar. The first one I bought (in a beautiful dark maroon color) got stolen from my home. I was almost more sad about the stolen backpack than the laptop! Just kidding. But, I went out and bought another one last week in the gray color, and I love it. Everything about this backpack is well made. It wasn't even a question of whether I would get another Borealis after the first one was looted. It was "what color will I get next time?" Love it, would recommend it to anyone.

I just bought the pack and have been using it for just over 1 week. The only uses for it to this point have been to carry my laptop, several folders, and a few books. The quality of the bag is superb - just as you would expect from TNF. My opinion about the bag as a school bag is that this is a fine product for that purpose. The main compartment is not huge, but sufficient if you only carry a computer and a few smaller books / folders. As a day pack, the bag would suffice for minimal supplies and preparation gear. The elastic bungee on the back is handy, the water bottle pockets on the side are sufficient for a Nalgene to fit comfortably, the straps and back panel are comfortable, and the bag has water resistant properties. Overall I am very pleased with this product.

I purchased the Borealis in Glo Green for my son who is in 7th grade. His previous backpack was falling apart due to the weight he carries to school... He loves Borealis - says he does not feel the weight of the books! This is my first NF purchase and I am very happy.... Will come back to NF for more. Thank you NF.

Loved it! great for hikes, was so nice someone decided to break my car window and steal it oh well

There's lots to like about the Borealis backpack, as others have said, so I won't repeat all the positives here. But, there's a few things I don't care for. The stiff back piece is also quite bendy, so if the pack is not full and sitting vertically on your lap (as when riding the city bus), the back bends like a banana, not to mention the bottom edge of the back board digging into my legs. It's the same when standing the pack up on the floor or somewhere, it just bends. Another thing, I don't use the waist straps so I removed them, but then I've got these two stupid-looking buckles (or whatever they're called where the straps attach) still hanging at the corners there. Who uses waist straps anyway? I wish it didn't have them at all, or they could be completely removed. Finally, I find the pack overall is about 1 inch too tall. It wouldn't matter except that stiff back piece tends to bump and hook into the belt I'm wearing on my pants, which is quite annoying, and I don't understand why it needs to be quite so tall. Apart from these complaints, the pack is great In every other way I can think of, durable, stylish, convenient, etc.