Customer Reviews L.L.Bean 42 L Comfort Carry Portable Locker

Wonderful backpack great quality glad I got it

Tons of room and very comfortable to wear. Adjustable and fits my laptop along with everything else I need to haul around. Great backpack and well made - my last LL Bean backpack lasted for 8 years.

I find this new backpack very interesting. I used to purchase the Turbo Transit backpack which, IMO, had a few issues. One, it did not have side bottle holders, Two, all the Turbo backpacks had black lining inside, hence making them a big dark hole to find objects. And three, the Turbo Transit did not have side pulling clips to center the load. The backpack used to droop and pull back with any load at all. I did love the bottom holder for clothing and wet items. Enter this backpack. Just as large, but all problems solved listed above! Wow!! I feel LLBean listened to my comments! Some of the colors have bright interiors including the black bag, which is blue inside. How nice is that? It now has side stabilizing straps, and water bottle holders. The bottom storage is missing, but this is roomy enough to stuff anything inside, so I am fine by that loss. Great backpack and thank you for the design improvements LLBean and listening to your customer base!

This is an excellent quality backpack with lots and lots of room! Nicely padded straps and back for comfort. Very happy with this purchase.

This backpack is extremely large, which is why I bought it, yet not overly cumbersome. I enjoy that the laptop sleeve that is essentially its own pocket and separate from other items in my pack. The sleeve accommodates my Pixel book Go in its own protective sleeve perfectly. The large main middle pocket will carry almost anything, while I use the large front pocket to carry books, folders, and similar items I need for work. The front stuff pocket is one of my favorite features because I can stuff my rain jacket inside for use if needed and without soaking my other items with rain water. The weight is distributed well and comfortable to wear to and from work, even when carrying a larger load. My 24 oz water bottle fits well and secure in either one of the side pockets. There are many colors to choose from and the contrasting blue interior is pretty sharp as well. If you are in the market for a larger than normal backpack, this pack is certainly a contender.

It is a really good backpack. It is really big. Nice & seems to be durable.

We have always ordered our backpacks from LL Bean and this year with the virus and not being able to use a locker, and lugging a chromebook back and forth to school, we knew we needed something bigger and better... and this was it! It has so much space and it is extremely durable. It is pricey but worth every dollar!

This backpack is probably the most functional one I've ever owned. It is extremely spacious, and the big compartment in front that clips comes in handy a lot...the two spaces for water bottles are great. I found that how it fits on my shoulders feels a little funny, but I discovered that it doesn't hurt my back like my others have after wearing them for awhile, so I think the placement is beneficial. Somehow it also feels very light, even with it packed. I purchased the gray, love the gray and the orange.. my partner purchased it in black, and the blue inside is very nice.

Our son can't access a school locker due to COVID so must carry all materials around in backpack. This fits his growing frame and meets his needs for what a 7th grader needs to carry.

We have purchased LLBean backpacks for my kids every time they needed an upgrade - they have the smallest pre-school size through this new super huge portable locker size! Neither my high schooler nor my middle schooler are able to use lockers this year (thanks COVID!), but have to carry an insane amount of binders, text books, chromebook, pencil case, etc. Their next size down backpack, the Super Deluxe Book Pack strained to zip closed and the portable locker, has room to spare! I am incredibly thankful to LLBean for superior products offered at just the right time. The price may be steep, but with the lifetime guarantee there is nothing better! There is even a waist band on this model which helps to reduce back pain from carrying this heavy load day after day. Highly recommend, and even posted it on Facebook as a must purchase!

Due to COVID, lockers were not assigned at my daughter's high school. This backpack carries EVERYTHING! She can easily carry her chromebook, notebooks, lunchbox, water bottle, supplies, jacket, etc. It is awesome! I highly recommend it. Not bulky.

Without lockers this year the kids needed large backpacks, these fit the bill... lots of space. Nice color selection.

With the new school pandemic normal, lockers aren't allowed and lunch is no longer served so needed a roomy backpack for a laptop, lunch, all supplies and several text books. This is working out great so far. Lots of compartments but not too many -- and lightweight when empty too. So overall a win-win, especially if your student is locker-less and carrying around everything for the entire school day!

I had bought this years ago for son who needed a large durable backpack. Still looks new. When daughter was in need of one, I bought this immediately. Laptop fits in back, roomy compartments, it is great. For some reason, when making girl items, manufacturers feel the need to trim with pastel colors. That would be my only critique. Far better to keep colors monochromatic and dark for items that will be tossed around.

We just learned there will be no lockers at school. This bag has all the room, pockets and everything my son will need. He says it is also comfortable to wear.

I've had many backpacks from llbean and all have their virtues. I've made a study of back pack abuse. I carry a lot of things on a daily basis. my pack can easily weigh 25 lbs when fully loaded. my last bag, the turbo transit, fit it all but for some reason the way the pockets were set up made it feel unwieldy to carry. the same 25 lbs of stuff fits in this bag and because of the compartment/pocket layout it is much easier to distribute the weight in a comfortable manner. the chest strap is actually a part of the shoulder straps which makes it far more secure. it's also an improvement over the transit packs because it has a generous sized water bottle holder that isn't as prone to having the bottle flip out when handling the bag. the clips on the side that hold the front pocket closed do a good job at holding the bag in a way to make it more compact and less like excess weight is just hanging off your back. the only addition i'd like to see is for the material to be more waterproof than just resistant. getting stuck in a good downpour drenches the bags contents as well.

We purchased this backpack for our daughter. It seemed well made and we loved all of the pockets for her laptop, binder, and pencils. There was even room for her lunchbox to fit inside the bag, which is what she wanted. She has had a problem with other backpacks when the mesh side panel for the water bottle tears, and she liked that this bag has a cloth side panel so that it won't rip from her metal water bottle. However, just a couple months after she got the backpack, one of the shoulder straps tore where it attaches to the top of the bag at the seam. LLBean was great and replaced the bag for us since it was defective. Then the new bag became defective after only a couple weeks when one of the zippers kept separating and she couldn't keep her bag closed. This was also a defect, as she does not stuff her bag overly full. LLBean was great and replaced the bag again. I am happy with the customer service, but I am not happy that the quality of the bag had defects twice so I took a star off for that. For a bag that costs over $100, it should not have defects that happened to us twice.

I used it for a school year. i love the pockets and space, but there were a couple of things wrong. Firstly, the mesh fabric on the back rubbed on my clothes and pilled them. I would fix this by sewing some other fabric on top of it, but that's the main reason I stopped wearing this backpack. Second, when the bag is full (and heavy), the straps don't stay up. They slip down, then the backpack sags.

Largest volume though lunchbox area isn't ideal. Wish the lunchbox area was a zip section. Nice upgrade from kids backpack.

Great backpack! Holds a lot of stuff!!! I would give it 5 stars but after only a couple weeks of use, some of the unnecessary trim on the straps is starting to show wear.

This is my son's 2nd backpack...the first LLBean lasted from middle school through his Junior year of college!!! I hope this one lasts just as long. Only thing missing in my opinion is waterproof material and I think past design has better storage options.

This is an upgrade from Deluxe Book Pack (32L) for my son. More rugged (a bit heavier) but lots of compartments. One down side is that you cannot put a monogram on it :( hence only 4 stars.

Bean has good quality bags. This one is durable and spacious and has convenient features like the small pouch at the top which is great to stash small everyday items like hand sanitizer and keys. If I could make a change, I'd like Bean to put in side pouches that could hold a reusable water bottle. The current pouches are too shallow and the bottle falls out while taking the bag off or putting it on. Some models have deeper pouches but didn't provide the space I needed. If Bean added deeper pouches to this bag, I'd give it a 5-star rating.

I ordered for my son who used a previous LL Bean backpack for school for over 5 years. He likes this one but says it's a little smaller than his previous one.

Really comfortable - will see me into college! Great colors.