Customer Reviews The North Face Borealis Luxe

It wasn't for me. It had a very tight fit and the top kept flapping down. I need an easy in and out with my work things and this took too much effort to try and pack my things into. Great quality, just too tight fitting for my style.

The capacity of the backpack is smaller than expected for a high school student!

The backpack was very beautiful. I loved the design and the color, but it was a little small for me. I was going to use it for school, but not anymore. When I received the backpack, I put my 15 in., laptop in the laptop compartment since the specifications say that has space for a 15 in., laptop, but the zippers barely closed. And my charger and mouse didn't fit with my laptop. Also, I thought that the laptop compartment had more space for more stuff like other backpacks, but it had space only for the laptop. Also, it doesn't have a lot of compartments for more stuff, it has very few. Additionally, I didn't like how rigid is the back support because, in my opinion, it doesn't let the backpack be more flexible. For these reasons, I had to return it. For the price, I expected more from this backpack.

Pros: Can fit a lot of stuff Cons: So many - SO CHEAP. Two months into use seam by a zipper broke and is getting increasingly larger day by day, with no real fix. - Back ventilation is terrible. In the summer my back overheats, in the winter my back overheads. There is no escape. - Water bottle pockets are too small to hold any bottle of substantial size. Not Nalgene approved. Is an absolute struggle to put in an Owala. Its a pain. - Back support, terrible. Product claims ergonomic and easy on the back. It is not, my back hurts so much compared to my last backpack it is terrible. - So top heavy, despite plenty of storage, it is so hard to get it to the bottom of the backpack. Most of the pockets are at the top so the bag is very "P" shaped. On its own it slumps over and looks quite silly while I'm wearing it.

Stylish however for the size of this backpack, it's not very spacious at all.

While super cute, it's not very functional. I purchased this to use as a carry on and it doesn't hold much at all. The back is stiff and doesn't really stand up to allow you to pack the bag.

This backpack needs a serious redesign. It's terrible. The backpack funnels down so it always ends up being overloaded on the top and flops over. You cant fit any larger 3 ring binders in it without them getting destroyed over time. Zippers ended up ripping apart after one year of use by my daughter. Do yourself a favor and look at Osprey backpacks. Much better design and lifetime warranty

Although it looks nice, the design is so impractical that you can't fit much in it. If your top small front pockets are somewhat full, it's almost impossible to put anything else in the bigger pockets. Would not recommend this bag for work or school.

Color are different in real product, too hard at the back

I got the purple color and it was cute but the backpack couldn't fit anything. I planned to use it for school and put two 1 inch binders, a small folder, pencil pouch, laptop, and a book. The backpack was too small and it top heavy. I couldn't fit my water bottle in the side pockets either. I could barely fit anything into the smaller zippers. I returned and got the recon instead and it's much better.

Very small do not recommend for college students

I used this for one school year and the front strings all snapped and the backpack didn't hold together very well.

Was super excited for this backpack and although it was pretty and good quality, it was awkwardly shaped and uncomfortable. I put it on with only half of my school books in it and it immediately was hurting my back and shoulders. It was also weirdly small and didn't have a lot of room for big textbooks. I think both problems stem from the back of the bag which is very hard and stiff. If you have to carry a lot of books I would recommend looking for a comfier alternative.

My college kid has this backpack and I loved it. I decided to buy one for me, but unfortunately the side elastic popped out of the loop after using it for 2 weeks only. I returned it to the store and they repaired it for me for free, but the process took one month. Overall it is a great backpack but probably mine was defective.

This backpack is top heavy, it can't stand on it's own so it always falls over. I feel like mine was made wrong because the top dips in, the zipper cant open smoothly.

One of the ziipper strings came off already making it hard to open that pocket. For the money I paid figured it would be better made.

I bought this backpack about a year ago and have been using it for school. From first impressions I loved the look of it and how the front pouch has many individual pockets to store and organize smaller items. When I had put in just 3, 1 subject notebooks in the main pocket it was already too tight, I even loosened the strap at the bottom but still it was too tight to fit anything else. Not only that but the backpack is already heavy by itself and on top of all the things that I somehow managed to fit in, it made my posture horrible. When the front pouch was full it would fold over which made the main compartment even tighter too which then can only fit barely 2 notebooks. Honestly wouldn't recommend unless you want to give yourself back problems and to waste money.

The back is super stiff and will hurt your shoulders, there's no room at all for books or anything. Not great for school.

It doesn't fit anything and it destroyed my notebooks and it makes my shoulders hurt so bad

I bought this backpack for school and this backpack is too stiff and too tight to fit anything. I could only fit 2 notebooks and a notebook in the main compartment because since it's top heavy the top would always curve into the main compartment making it soooo tight to fit anything else, you would have to squeeze things in and out. I would NOT recommend this especially for the ridiculous price and the problems.

-Only enough room for two binders and a book -Can't fit water bottles in pockets -Only good things about backpack are computer padded pocket and the look of backpack

I've owned 4 Borealis backpacks over the past 15 years and this is by far the worst one. The two smaller compartments are small so space is wasted and is so top heavy. Space under can't be utilized

First purchased the Jester for my daughter for school, it was tiny... returned it. Then purchased this one, since it was "supposed" to have 6L more space.... it felt even smaller... returned as well

I purchased this backpack for school for my daughter on July 1. I received it July 8 it's July 15 and I'm out of warranty. If you use this backpack for school, it's gonna tear up. My daughter hasn't even used it two weeks

This backpack was TERRIBLE. Awful. So small. I loved the design so I ordered it and was super excited to use it this year. I received it and I put all of the school stuff in it. Normally when I put my school supplies in my new backpack for the year, it fits great bc it's nice and organized. But not with this backpack. My stuff was crammed in. There would be no room for anything else like my lunchbox. There would also be no room for my folded to hold paper. I'm sending the bag back bc it sucks. Never again north face. I'm so disappointed. It's literally so small and I'm not a big person. I wish this bag was just way bigger.