Gregory  Zulu 65 Pack - Men's

Great bag. 65L is PLENTY of room for a few day trip. All the right features in all the right places. I sweat a lot and this pack caused me no discomfort. Holds trekking poles, comes with a day hike backpack and rain cover. Looks nice and has three access locations to the inside; top, front and bottom which makes packing and sorting very easy. Has ability to hold a hydration bladder, I didn't try it out yet but I am planning on it. Has a small compartment for a sleeping bag so watch out. Plenty of storage on the hip belt.

I bought this for rim to rim hike at Grand Canyon. I like the comfort of how it set on my hips even with +30 lbs of weight. The straps and adjustments made even more sense as I loaded it up. Used rain cover with some torrents and worked really well. My only query/ issue is the actual amount of compartments. Multiple zips make it easy To access the main compartment, not sure if that max flexibility is best as opposed to several smaller compartments. Two compartments on fold over top and one external.

I had a Z65 that suffered a manufacturing failure. It was replaced with the new and updated Zulu 65. The increased shoulder and waist padding is nice and will I believe be more durable. The new tool loops are great too. The stretching pockets for water bottles are much easier to use than on the Z65 but the pockets are still not positioned such that I can get the bottles and replace them myself as easily as I'd like but they are better. Perhaps I'll add the hydration bladder to free the pockets for other things. It packs well, balances well and for someone like me that needs to make one pack work for many applications this is a great all around purchase. I'm not too excited about the external stretching pocket that is supposed to make getting gear easier. I think I like the old zipper in the middle back pocket better but I may be converted. Its a great pack for SAR, day hikes with kids and a couple nights out over a weekend. If a 4.5 rating were possible I'd go for that.

Bought this month. Adequate room. Comfortable. Cool. Bag material wore out over internal frame corner. A little disappointed. These hot spots should be reinforced.

I purchased this pack before hiking Mt. San Gorgonio. This pack has a lot of great features, and would probably be perfect for many. However, I felt as though it didn't ride very comfortably for my frame, and I couldn't quite get it comfortable on my hips. I returned the pack and will be purchasing the Gregory Paragon 58 which feels MUCH more comfortable.

True to description. It feels and functions exactly as I expected. Great backpack. No surprises. Weight was on point when I weighed it at home.

Simply put, Gregory uses dollar store quality materials when building their packs. I could literally purchase a child's backpack from Walmart and it would be made of higher quality materials. One of the shoulder straps broke on me within 250 miles and a hole wore through the material within 100 miles. DON'T WASTE YOUR TIME WITH GREGORY PACKS!!

So far I’ve only taken this bag on one trip and it was great. The it fits a lot of stuff and with the multiple zippers it is really easy to access everything. It also comes with a smaller extremely light back back. It is small but it fitted my drone and DSLR. It’s a great little bag to walk around with when traveling. I am so happy with this bag.

For some reason Ospreys are not for me while Baltoro is pretty heavy and expensive. So this one is a perfect balance for me. I saw complaints that it is not designed to carry heavy staff, will see how it will go.

sweet bag with tons of compartments and enough space for a long weekend camping trip, the straps really make it convenient. super comfortable with good amount of aeration for the back.