Customer Reviews The North Face Recon

Great backpack for high schooler. Plenty of room and great support. Glad I went with the standard recon for my daughter as it holds a bit more. Very please!!

Theres many pockets, its comfortable to wear, and looks great with any outfits lol

Spacious and compact. Love the different pockets and the space for laptop

Fantastic inner cubic space for air travel for business

Helping me in packing for three days trips. Have good space for bottle and laptop. Extra space for sport gare

Very Good Quality and Sturdy Bagpack

Great backpack !!! Quality and color is amazing

I'm really surprised, but I shouldn't be. This is a best-selling bag from a bag empire (The North Face, Jansport, Eastpak, Kipling). I find the design and build set it apart. Better zippers. A thicker bottom panel. A smarter front compartment that doesn't intrude into the main compartment. A great laptop compartment and superior back panel. Even the straps are connected differently from most other brands, so they are both durable and flexible. This is my new favorite travel backpack and airline personal item. It's awesome.

Durable, nice size, and it hold a lot of things

Got this as a gift for my college bound kid! Perfect for books + laptop and great for Seattle weather!

Like this product so much that I bought a second one as well. Very durable and can hold ample amount of gear

Perfect and exactly what I was looking for. Very durable. Appealing to the eye as well.

Perfect size for my husband! Color is perfect!

Great for my college student! Spacious, good material and above all, perfect for Seattle weather! Love this brand!

Perfect 30l backpack - multipurpose, school, casual, day hikes... has plenty of room and zip pockets for storage, built tough, like the front nylon pocket for easy storage, water compartments are deep. Just a very well made backpack.

It's perfect backpak ....

This is a good sized backpack for students. Fits my 16" laptop comfortably. I only wish there was another outside pocket

Excellent. like the fabric the extra pockets and the light weight

This bag checked more boxes than others on features I like and need for the field work i do. The laptop and IPAD compartment is great and decently padded. It has multiple compartments and zipper for extra items.

We had a different model of a similar backpack, but unfortunately, with the load of school books these days the straps did not hold up so well this backpack seems to be much more suited for heavier loads

I bought this bag for work travel. It is a great size to take on a plane. It holds my 17 inch engineering laptop which was my biggest concern.

Fantastic Backpack!

My last North Face backpack (Surge II) lasted me twelve years of travel all around the world (and local travel as well), but I had to retire it as the waterproof lining inside the bag was starting to deteriorate and flake off. So I purchased the Recon backpack (in Asphalt Grey) a few weeks ago, and it's been great! The Recon is a touch smaller volume-wise than the Surge II (according to website specs), but I haven't noticed a difference in actually usability... at least not yet. I've already used the Recon on two local trips, and it's the perfect size for my needs (light jacket, snacks, camera with lenses, water bottles, laptop, tablet, small med kit). I like the easy-to-pull zipper tabs for the two main compartments, and the color is a very nice subtle dark grey (blends nicely with the TNF Black accents) that doesn't scream "look at me". Time will tell if this survives another thirteen years like my old backpack did, but so far, I have no regrets. Oh, one big plus are the super deep water bottle pockets. My old Surge II had only one water bottle pocket (and a rather shallow one at that).... causing my 16 oz aluminmum bottle to fall out if I was standing off balance (like bending over to pick up something on the ground). Not the case with the Recon... the pockets are MUCH deeper and more secure feeling (and I can cinch them down if needed). Overall, A+ bag and can't wait to explore the world with it!

Love this backpack! Use it for work and travel. Plenty of pockets and room for my work needs as a project manager, as well as a great travel pack!