Customer Reviews The North Face Recon

This was an impulse buy, and one that I don't regret at all! Feels very high quality and looks great. I highly recommend to other college students.

Purchased as my daughter's backpack for college. It's got plenty of room for her daily gear for on-campus and the side packets are big enough to hold her favorite water bottle. She loves it.

Returned it. Stiff, vinyl side pockets that don't stretch. Zippers don't zip all the way down so hard to open it wide to access everything inside. Most of the storage volume is in the height, not the width or depth. Was going to use it for going to and from class, but it's not for me. I had a Recon backpack before and this one isn't as nice.

valid bag, lots of room for my cat.. i mean college stuff

Perfect bag pack in term of size and comfortably. Would love to have different color option .

Great for school l!!

I use this backpack for work. I like the shove-it pocket and the new shoulder strap design but miss the pockets on my Surge this pack replaced due to my surge needing repair. I went with this pack over the new surge due to the new front pockets on the surge being not very useful. The new NF packs are a step back in design. Hard ring around the bottom, pack does not open enough to get in, pockets intrude on interior, and the top of the pack area is wasted. The designers could do much better.

I purchased this bag for my freshman year of college and it has been perfect. It holds my laptop and textbooks perfectly and is lightweight and breathable.

I really like the durability and quality of this pack. My daughter had one and loved it so I checked hers out first and agreed.

Bought this pack for a trip to Switzerland. Great carry-on size for the airlines, fits a lot of gear, comfortable, and has great pockets. Unfortunately some of the stitching on the rear of the pack on the laptop sleeve was missed, but I should be able to put a few stitches in it to keep the seam sealed up. Overall a great pack, good size for what I needed, and fits well under the seat and in the storage bins of small aircraft.

School and day trips

Excellent Product!!! Absolutely Love this Backpack

Stealthy backpack, great for traveling and as an office bag. Has a pocket for all of your needs, easily fits my bulky 15" laptop.

This is my first North Face brand Backpack that I owned. I have my own Under Armour for 4 years already and I decided to order The North Face Recon for both back to work and hiking, and this backpack looks great fit to my needs. I like front mesh pocket allowing you to clip small stuffs and the daisy chain also allowing you to clip things and adding a bungee cords to carry other stuffs. The size is not too big, and not too small. However, I wish The North Face offer 20 or 22 Liter backpack between 16-18 inches height in the near future.

Overall great backpack to take into the office. I'm able to carry my laptop and iPad very securely. The only thing I don't like is that it's too thin in width. I had the older model and it is a little wider.

I love my backpack's design and durability.

I have old version of recon which I liked a lot. I gave it to my son who is in middle school. I bought the new version which is not as wider, good looking and sturdy as the old version. I am disappointed by the Northface product. Especially, I didn't like the material they used for the back pocket. It is looks very cheap. I won't buy back pack from Northface anymore.

I used to have the previus version of this bavkpack and this one has some of its best attributes, like the main bag, its very big, or the medium one that its has a lot oof pockets where you can store a lot of things

It's a very good looking bag, but the top compartment, once filled, gets in the way of the main compartment. It also does not stand up well at all. There's no structure to this bag at all and it falls over. Wish I could return it...

perfect for school.

I use this backpack for commuting to and from work.

Bought this for my grandson who just graduated from high school. He was very happy with it.

Perfect size for my college student, he loves it!

Unfortunately, the product was ripped at the shoulder strap so I had to send it back. It was a graduation gift. Once I get a refund I may try to order another one. Not sure yet.

Looks good, durable, and lots of useful pockets. A little smaller than expected