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The North Face Router Daypack

$145.00

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Item # 833723

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The North Face Router daypack has the volume to support extended day trips, with plenty of room to stash and pack along items you need to have at hand.

Dedicated tablet and laptop compartments keep you connected to the digital world, and other fully dialed features keep you organized
Ballistic nylon provides a durable barrier to protect your precious cargo during daily use
Injection-molded shoulder straps, with extra top and bottom layers of durable foam, add support and comfort; sternum strap includes integrated whistle
Comfortable, padded air-mesh/polyethylene back panel with spine-relief channel ensures comfort even when carrying heavy loads
Stow the padded winged hipbelt cleanly out of the way when you don't need it; sternum strap secures the fit
Zippered padded laptop compartment fits most 17 in. laptops; protect your tablet in its own perfectly sized neoprene sleeve
Large main compartment and large exterior-access organizational compartment
Front tricot-lined top stash pocket and 2 vertical stash pocket
The North Face Router daypack also includes a side zippered power-cord pocket and a stretch woven water bottle pocket
Side compression straps secure your load when you're on the move

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Item 833723

$29.00

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The North Face Router Daypack Customer Reviews

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The North Face Router Daypack

3.5

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Apr

2013

3.0

Router lacks some important features

By rsongusa

from Southern California

About Me Casual/ Recreational

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Pros

Comfortable
Highly Adjustable
Large capacity

Cons

Bulky

Best Uses

Day trip
School

Comments about The North Face Router Daypack:

There is a lot to like about the Router. For one, it has a lot of space. Plenty of room to carry around books, work equipment, laptops, etc.

However, that might be part of its problem, too. It's too large and cumbersome for a person of even my build: 5'9" 170.

I want a pocket on the front or top of the backpack that is deep enough to hold a cell phone, keys, and a wallet. Unfortunately, the pocket in the front of the backpack is too small and the vertically-zipping pockets on the front are too inconvenient to reach for these items.

Lastly, the bottom of the laptop sleeve is not sufficiently padded. Frequently, I set my backpack down on my office's tile floor, and I could hear the metal exterior of my laptop clanging on the floor.

I am also looking at REI's Quantum backpack which I think would be a better fit for what I am looking for in a backpack.

I'm certain, however, that the Router would be a great pack for someone else.

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Jun

2012

(8 of 14 customers found this review helpful)

4.0

Good, quality daypack

By Kingmonkey

from Los Angeles, CA

About Me Casual/ Recreational

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Pros

Comfortable
Good padding
Large capacity
Lots of Pockets

Cons

Best Uses

Day trip
Office
School

Comments about The North Face Router Daypack:

This is a good, quality daypack. I have many North Face packs, from technical to many everyday ones; I have about 7-12 of them. I love them so much. I am going to compare this to their "Box Shot" which they do not make anymore, I think this Router replaced Box shot because the design (3 pockets and inside pocket configuration for pencils, etc is almost identifical to Box Shot. A few observations, generally excellent bag but when compared to Box shot the plastic hooks (i.e. key chain, buckles, etc) do not seen as heavy duty as box shot and instead of two water bottle pockets on each side, it only has one, the other is a zippered one slightly smaller, but the Box Shot has two, I use one for sunglasses and the other for water bottle. The other observation is that the tablet holder is a perfect fit JUST for the iPad itself (I also have a smart cover and backing on the iPad, but still a perfect fit and this is where I am not happy because I also keep the iPad in a neoprene case and all together with the neoprene case the iPad w/ neoprene case doe NOT fit in the ipad holder. So the rear pocket will have to hold a laptop in a neoprene case and then my ipad in another neoprene case so they will bounce around a bit but not a big issue as they are protected and assuming a filled pack, it will all be snug so it'll work; the other option is to leave the iPad neoprene case at home and slip it in the individual iPad pocket. Other than these two main observations -- the cheaper plastics and iPad pocket being to "perfect" to only fit the iPad itself with no extra neoprene padding around it, very good bag, but if you were to choose this Router over Box Shot, GO WITH BOX SHOT, you are basically getting the same bag (though Box Shot has no iPad individual pocket and Router's main pocket is roomier than the Box Shot.