Customer Reviews The North Face Borealis Mini Backpack

LOVE THIS BAG

This product is light, and comfortable to wear. A great backpack for versatile activities. I loved all the color options, and I like how durable they appear in comparison to other mini backpacks; time will tell the durability. I could wear it to theme parks, small day hikes, and biking trips. So far, I am very happy with my purchase. It spans about half the length of my back, and can fit 2 waterbottles, snacks, purse, phone, sunscreen. The outside side pocket is not large enough for a waterbottle, but is large enough to put sunscreen or hold sunglasses, etc. Carabiners can be attached.

Cute bag but was too small

I received this little backpack today and I love it! It’s comfy, perfect size for an everyday purse, and super cute. Unfortunately, the straps are sewn crooked and unevenly from the body of the bag to the strap padding. I may return this one and see if another one is better quality. Not a Zappos error, but certainly a quality control issue from TNF. Zappos is awesome, as usual!

I love the small size, it's perfect for a day hike or bike ride. It fits a water bottle, keys, and wallet with room for more. I also think the pattern is so cute and fun.

I use mine everyday for a purse! I LOVE IT!! It is Super comfortable and perfect size for me I can fit my wallet and sunglasses and extras plus a sweatshirt or extra pair of shoes depending on the outing I'm doing. I get tons of compliments on it too!!! Very cute and well made!!!

Cute bag but too small for my 2nd grader. Not big enough to fit a standard size folder. Seems study though.

This mini backpack is a great grab and go pack. I recently took it on a trip to Florida and it held all my necessities plus my kids daily essentials. I was able to put my wallet, phone, keys, mini first aid, hand sanitizer, pouch with little extras, my son's diaper and wipes, his water bottle and ipad mini. I have also been taking this to the dog park and it holds all my dogs needs as well. I like the strap adjustment and the back padding, it makes the pack comfortable to wear for extended periods of time.There are also tons of places to clip items onto the bag. A standard size water bottle doesn't fit in the side pouch, i just put my phone in there for an easy reach. I would recommend the Borealis mini.

This backpack is the perfect size for hikes, daily use, and keeping all of your necessities in one place. As a busy guy that bought this for an internship experience, I was able to put my sunglasses, wallet, hat, and keys in this backpack each day and still had plenty of room for an occasional sweatshirt, water bottle, and credentials. I have taken it hiking once already and it was great for holding the same items listed above along with snacks and sunscreen. The only negative that I have noticed is that the straps are not very long so it sits higher up on your back, but I am a larger male that has still made the backpack work and it is still very comfortable. I am thinking about buying another one for my girlfriend since she loves mine, and there are more color options for her that she would love. All in all, this is a great backpack for someone looking to get a smaller bag to hold more of your daily and/or hiking essentials that don't require a big backpack that could weigh you down.

I love this backpack! It's the perfect size, durable and has plenty of pockets. I've been searching for a backpack for months and have finally found the one!

Perfect size and fit! Thank you!

I love this backpack. I was looking for something small for hiking but big enough to carry what I needed. This backpack was perfect!

Super cute backpack. Unfortunately it was too small for me but I loved all the pockets and the cooor was fantastic. I may order the full sized one soon.

I really wanted to like this bag. I have plenty of reg. Size NF backpacks but I wanted a smaller one I could use as a purse. This was not it. With the straps fully extended the top of the bag still sat at the mid to bottom of my neck. It's insanely small. People said a larger water bottle would fit but I'm assuming that's all the put in the bag because it wouldn't fit much else. I put it on my (average sized) 6 year old and it fit him perfectly. If it would fit his lunch bag and school folder I would have let him keep it. It's definitely for a very small-framed, petite person or a child. An average sized person let alone a full-figured person couldn't use this in my opinion. Sad because the bag is cute but not functional to me.

perfect size for me

Perfect size if you don't need a big backpack, lots of space to store different things

Love this portable backpack, good to pack snacks hats socks anything you need for a quick on to go trip without lugging around a bulky bag love it!

This is a great small backpack to use as an everyday purse to schlep around wallet, keys, eye glasses etc. I love the color and the fact that it is so light weight! It's also washable which is an added benefit!!!

I'd give it five starts if a water bottle fit in the side water bottle pockets. Other than that, it's the perfect size to hike in my opinion as I don't want to take too much and just the right amount of items without having bulky weight on me. Looking forward to use it many more times.

Love this bag. It's cute, but small. Exactly what I needed when don't want to take my regular size backpack out with with me.

Best small backpack. I plan on using it for trips in Florida. Lots of room for everything. I am a petite women and it is the perfect size for me.

Needed a bag for my Chicago trip. I absolutely love this one! It's light weight, and easy to carry. It has two inside compartments: one zippered for wallet and other essentials. I was able to carry IPad when needed. I also put a small jacket inside for boat cruise which was perfect. There's an outside zipper compartment for quick to get items like hand sanitizer, and an outside pocket compartment for an ink pen and phone. This bag is a must have! All I need is more colors!

Super cute backpack. I really wanted to love this. Took it on a trip to Disney and learned that it was not for me. Main complaints are lack of a chest strap which eases shoulders and water bottle pocket is way too small. The pocket opposite the water bottle is so small there is nothing one could put in it. Sadly returned as it wasn't functional in spite of being very attractive.

Love this for carrying around everyday items instead of a purse

For me, this is the *perfect* every day bag. I hesitated for a while because I couldn't really tell the size. So here, have a picture of my mini next to my borealis.