Customer Reviews The North Face Recon

Bag has great utility. I was just disappointed with my order as one of the zippers came without the zipper attachment to pull on and the color does not hold up in real life as in photos as it a more grassy green than forest green in real life. Besides having to return for those reasons, I know this is a great bag for utility purposes as my brothers and myself have been using recon bags since childhood.

Nice for younger student. Smaller backpack that could use more storage and depth when hauling the whole school day or office.

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Overall the quality of this backpack seems good. I like the organization and the water bottle pockets. However, I just cannot get over how droopy and sloppy the front mesh pocket looks. It was already droopy when I received it and I suspect may get more stretched out over time. Returning.

Not what I thought it could be. Looking for a new backpack for EU trip and even around town here in NYC. Looks great. Feels great. But as soon as you put anything in the front top section it wakes the rest of the pack feel useless. As it became so too heavy that I couldn't put anything in the main section. I was unable to use it and returned it for refund. Great return policy.

I sent my older recon bag off to the warranty department because the bottle holders were ripped and I'm talking about the recon bag from either 2018-19 and boy was that a mistake now I know this new recon bag is made of more eco friendly materials but it's no comparison to my last one it's much light and thinner don't think it will hood for years I feel like I have to be careful with this one unlike the last recon bag it's been through the wringer

I use it for working at MTA as a conductor . The bag is made for slim and simple items.I put my communiction radio and safety mask that is vacuumed sealed to fit in a little portable pouch . It looks durable using at my job. It looks it will take time for it to loosen up i have loosened all the straps on it but it still tight .

A bit small. Purchased men's bag so it'll be larger but it doesn't expand. The inside is filled but not very full and I can barely fit anything on the front pockets. The side water bottles doesn't expand either, it's a struggle to fit the bottles in.

previous design was better

Overall, this is a cool backpack but not a practical one for me. I am a high school student who has to carry around many books, but this bag does not have nearly as much room as I had wished for.

Great backpack for commute. Great bag in general but the bag does discolor. The yellow loses its brightness.

When looking at pack in store, it seemed perfect for my needs. But quickly realized that each compartment takes space from the other. It's more like 20-25L max. Needs a small pocket on top.

I purchased this product because i have other northface bags! very pleased with products, however this bag was not what i expected. the design seemed to be the adequate size for my needs but the pockets were small and the side pockets (phone and cups) were very difficult to manipulate. the bag does not have enough stretchiness for books, laptop and/or papers. the front pocket is not deep enough and stuffing it makes access to the middle items inaccessible. the zippers don't move as smoothly as some of the other products i own. the bottom of the bag is not balanced which makes means the bag is always falling over, emptying all of the items on the floor or the car.

I wanted to love this bag but I received one with shoulder straps of different lengths, returned it, and received another with the same problem. It has a lot of great storage features but I found the uneven straps intolerable and returned the second bag.

I'm confused by all these good reviews. Did anyone own an older version of this backpack? Vastly superior. The changes North Face made to this backpack are not good at all. The front pouch is way too shallow. Please bring back old design North Face!

The main pocket where the laptop fits in is a little too tight. Would like more room to be able to fit a notebook next to it. Also, the next larger pocket has a very narrow throat opening due to the smaller pocket in front of it. This prevents you from getting larger items through the opening. Once you get past the opening, it is ok, The smaller pocket in front of it needs to be designed differently and be a little larger.

The backpack was great while it lasted. Great size but the arm strap tore after 1 year of use. Shame.

The External stretch-mesh pocket is too loose and seems broken or badly made. I'm really bummedthis wasn't the case for the previous model and was my favorite backpack on the market.

I love this backpack but unfortunaelty it is already starting to break down and I have only been using it for 4 weeks. I purchased the backpack in July and started using it at the end of July when I started school. It fits everything and the pockets are great. However, today I noticed that the stitching on the straps was completly undone on one side. I carry the packback to and from the car to school but besides that, it sits in one place all day. There is absolutely no reason the stitching should be completely undone after 4 weeks of use. I looked at the other strap and the stitching on that side is starting to come apart but not nearly as bad as the other side. I am very disappointed because I have used North Face backpacks for years and never had this problem. Not sure if mine is a dud or not but the quality is not where it used to be. I want to send it for repair or warranty but the process is so inconvenient. It would involve mailing the backpack back for them to repair which the website says could take 4-6 weeks. So I would not have a backpack to use to for school for that time.

Used it to bring my computer, notebooks, and some personal items too and from work. Noticed a small tear in the shoulder and was advised for warranty they needed it back before they would ship a new one. Thought at the time it wouldn't affect the usage or durability. Didn't use it for a while and then when I started using it again for about two weeks the shoulder strap is ripped halfway where it connects up top. Now I only use one strap to prevent it from tearing further. It is just over a year old and I am out of warranty now. I would not recommend it. I probably only used it for about 4 months in total.

Nice pack but the mid-pocket only goes down halfway making the pack super-bulky up top and lean backwards because of it. Had the pocket gone fully to the floor this would have been perfect. But it's a huge turn off and renders the pack basically unusable.

Potentially a good bag if you aren't bothered by shallow pockets. Pockets are about half of what I expected the capacity to be. The inseam inside of pockets are cut too short leaving a lot of unused/unusable space within the pocket.

The overall quality of this bag is good. However, very poorly designed bag. The front zippered pocket only goes half way down the bag and designed to put quick retrieval items like phone, wallet, etc so pocket is always full but if you don't have enough items packed in the larger pocket, the bag bulges out so it looks like a giant letter B on your bag. Definitely not how it's pictured! Materials wise it's pretty nice, my front netting pocket is slightly off centered though so it will never look like what was shown on pictures. Quality is good. 1/10 for style.

I use this on my work commute. Wish the pockets were deeper. Lots of space used up by shallow pockets. Not practical for the price.

I have used this pack lightly for almost 1 year. The shoulder straps are already frayed where they are sewn to the pack and it will not be usable much longer without repair.