Forclaz Travel 500, 50 L Hiking Backpack, Men's

Great backpack - lockable zips very handy when travelling

Lots of great well thought out features with brilliant placement of strappings for keeping everything locked down and in place, and that means internal as well as external strappings. Love the accessibility into each compartment and the fact that the top pocket is removable so you have a little day pouch to carry valuables etc. The storm cover is really well made and tough. The comfort is the best of any pack I've had. Simply amazing value, top quality product.

I recently started the camino de Santiago, a trek of over 520 miles, I wanted a lockable, 50lt rucksack, as i was staying in hostels, but was durable enough to with stand the journey. The biggest plus for this rucksack, is the way it opens, like a suitcase. This allows full access, to save rummaging around, for items at the bottom. This further allowed for the rucksack to be properly packed, as I was doing on average 20 miles a day, & nothing is worse than having to stop half way thru the day, to re-pack your rucksack. The side pockets easily held a 1 litre water bottle, & it was easier enough to remove it, without taking the rucksack off. It was so easy to adjust the straps, whilst wearing, & the waist strap, helped take the weight off the shoulders. If your planning a long hike,over different terrain, I would recommend this.

Bought this (online from Decathlon Australia and delivered to NZ) for 2-3 day tramps/hikes and overnight business trips. It delivers. Access is good, there's a multitude of pockets and it's comfortable to carry. The only think I would ask for would be strap cover to hide/contain the shoulder and waist straps when not carrying the pack (i.e. when checking it in for flights). The lid/man-bag is useful for taking as small cabin baggage when the rest of the pack is checked-in, and is big enough to hold my tablet .

This is a well-made versatile backpack, comfortable with easy multiple adjustments. Excellent value for money.

Bit little heavy wait for long trek

Cons: If you are looking for light weight bag then it is not for you. The weight of bag itself is up-to 2-3 kg. If you are looking for daily use than this bag is not for you Pros: This bag is very good for trekking, hiking and travelling. The quality of the material used is very good. The chains are very solid and durable. It have a variety of compartments of different sizes, in total it have 7 different compartments. You can adjust your bag into different ways up - down, forward - backward. Best part of this bag is that it have one small bag which is on the top of this bag which is detachable and can be served as a side bag. You can put around 2-3 jackets in this small bag.

In lower strip should be both side pocket

This rucksack is good in terms of build quality and usability. The upper part can be detached and used as sling bag and it doesn't look like a detached part of something at all. There are plenty of hooks and securing areas every where. I have previously explored premium Rucksacks brands like 'Wolf skin' and other which are at least thrice the price of this Trekking backpack. Great work by Decathlon team

Really cool bag

Performance as told

Pros: The best part of this bag is its space management. I have had other bags of a similar size that had a somewhat sub-par space management. The bag has a big main pocket large enough for me to keep my books -- something that is important to me as a student. The main compartment also has an inner pocket big enough for a 15 in laptop but not enough for a 17 in one. Its main compartment also has some more meshed inner pockets for keeping your cables i.e. laptop charger etc. Other than the main compartment, there are two other pockets as well, one of which is big enough to carry food etc. (I prefer keeping food and books separate, for obvious reasons). The other pocket is also appropriately sized for keeping something else you'd like (medicines, glasses etc.). It also has two vertical pockets, which are deep enough to keep a 1.0-1.5L thermos flask. If I keep my water bottles in the side mesh pockets, they keep falling off whenever I bend down to, let's say, tie my shoelaces. This also leaves my side mesh pockets free for other things. It has a raincover at the bottom which doubles up as a 30L bag as well (great!) but I do not understand why the rain cover compartment is not zipped and is closed only by a Velcro. The hipbelt pocket provide easy access to keys, a sanitiser bottle etc. Cons: Lack of a top pocket for phone, wallet etc. But the another pocket in front with a side zipper does provide an easy access to your wallet/phone, but a top pocket would nonetheless have been better. The back support is pretty good, but could have been better. It is better than my previous Wildcraft bag, but ain't better than an Osprey Radial 27 bag I had.