I need a new backpack

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I've had mine since grade 8 and its finally starting to show some wear so i need a new one. It's easy to find just any backpack but I want one that is made in north america. It will be for school and work. i love velcro
 
if it's for school and you don't have a ton of stuff to carry i would go with the dakine mission. i love mine. if you do have a lot of stuff go with the terminal. for skiing the dakine heli pro is perfect.
 
plenty of people said dakine, well everybody besides the llbean guy. i said that i didnt like the new dakine products
 
Dakine is the most solid bag ive owned. I got one about 4 years ago and its still in good shape.
 
yo i know this pretty sick brand theyre kinda underground so dont tell anyone else but they are mad sick the company is called dakine really nice bags man

but for real i have an Armada bag that is really sick as well
 
I'm looking at Dakine right now, there's so many choices... I want one that works for school but i can also use for day hikes and a bit of skiing. so basically one that's good all around. Any recomendations out of all the Dakine's?
 
Filson, duh. Not just a lifetime warrantee, an infinite warrantee. If 100 years from now your great great grandson, having inherited your bag, gets hit by a bus and the zipper breaks, they will give you a new bag. "But J.D.", you cry, "What are the odds this company will be around in 100 years?" To which I reply, "well young grasshopper, they've already made it 114 years, so why not?"
 
personally i wouldnt try and mix skiing / sport with travel / school.

i have a Heli Pro for little day hikes and skiing.

a TNF Vostok for school and travel.

both are a couple of years old and still look as good as the day i bought them. (and they get used)
 
get an avalanche back pack to put your stuff into also make sure it has a avalung attatched to it cause you might get stuck in some crowds.
 
jansport and most bags have a lifetime warranty, it just means the lifetime of the bag itself, not your life time :P which a retailer told me is about like 7 years or something.
 
ok this is a pretty radical idea, but hear me out.

DAKINE.

I can't believe no one else has recommended their packs yet.
 
you know what il be a nice guy and sell you my dakine heli pro

for the reasonable price of $90, its got one fat rip in it but normally stuff dosent fall out. pm me your address.
 
i have 2 dakines, heli pro for skiing, and a mission for school. my heli pro zipper broke and i was pretty bummed but HEY! you can send it in for a free replacement! take advantage of the lifetime warranty
 
Mission Workshop Vandal. thing is a tank. lifetime warranty, made in the USA, I regularly carry a laptop, apc40, and an 30 rack of beer in mine, no problem.
 
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Yeah I'm talking about a warrantee where if your bag is destroyed for any reason (including "my pet cheetah got ahold of it and managed to make a tear in the canvas after assaulting it for three hours) they will just give you a new one. It's because the bags are next to indestructible. I have one that's over 20 years old. I wasn't really serious though, it's not an NS-friendly brand, they've barely changed their product since the 19th century.
 
I have a filson clays jacket that I love. their Passage Business Pack looks so good. If I need a more professional looking pack, thats definitely going on the list.
 
I have a Dakine Heli (not Heli Pro) that I'll sell to you for $40Canadian shipped.

The only thing wrong with it is a little piece of a buckle broke off, but the buckling isn't affected whatsoever.
 
Dude my swiss army backpack has been through hell and back. Seriously I lived out of this backpack and a tent for a summer, I used it all day everyday, fell off a moving boat, slightly melted by a fire run over by a truck, ive fallen while longboarding at top speed with it...shits legit
 
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