Boy Scouts are tough on gear, and so are airlines! We took 21 Northstar duffel bags stuffed with backpacks and other gear through 4 flights and 6 trips through baggage handling equipment with zero problems. Customer service during purchase and shipping was personable and very helpful. I used the precursor to this bag for the same group trip 3 years ago with some minor handling damage to one bag and was happy enough to buy again. This new duffel is even tougher, and the new zippers held up to overstuffed, yank hard Scout abuse! The included shipping strap will make for more compact storage until the next use. This is a 5 Star product for backpack transport!

Bill Daniel, from Amazon.com

Outstanding Value! I am a sailor who goes on long distance ocean voyages (e.g. 1200nm) and I need a good seabag that is big enough to carry all of my gear that is needed for long voyages and from hot weather areas (e.g. Florida) to cold weather areas (e.g. Maine, Nova Scotia, Newfoundland). I also wanted a bag that was big enough to carry whatever I needed in a single bag, because of how airlines charge fees now for each checked bag. I filled this bag with 40 pounds of gear and was only charged for one checked bag (make sure you stay under 25kg). This particular bag is very large, and easily contained my bulky cold weather clothing, my foul weather gear, my sea boots, my rolled up sleeping bag, my safety gear (PFD, Harness, Tether), ditty bag, extra clothing, fleece garments, and it still had room for more! Once on the boat, it was easy to collapse the bag to a smaller size for stowing it. The bag is well constructed, of what appears to be durable cloth [...] Very good value at this price point. I was not disappointed!

Steadman Uhlich, from Amazon.com

I bought this to stuff child car seats (carseats) into for our family's airplane vacation trip. It's as big as the description says (so big that I was a little concerned), but I ended up needing every inch to stuff in my kid's three carseats (a Diono Radian carseat for my 3-year-old and two no back boosters for my elementary kids). I used towels around the sides to keep everything padded and protected (plus a great way to get the family's 6 beach towels to our vacation location). We flew Sun Country and car seats checked free. Even though the bag was "very oversized" for luggage checking, the baggage people didn't give it a second thought and checked it for free each time. No problem at all. Total weight of the bag for me was 44 pounds with everything inside (less than the 50 pound restriction for checked luggage). Bag held up perfectly during transport and all car seats were kept very safe.

Brent L., from Amazon.com