Thank you sooo much for such thorough reviews on these bags! I am looking for a new school bag and was leaning towards Jansport but I also need a daypack and don't want to buy too many bags haha. I need alllll the details before buying gear and you covered it all!
Thank you for your kind words! I’m happy the review is helpful! You know, I really wanted to be able to use a Jansport as a travel bag, partly for that nostalgic feel, but it really has zero support on the back or cross chest, and even the back of the backpack is relatively soft which makes putting a laptop in somewhat difficult. And I’m 100% there with you! One of the main reasons I’m reviewing bags and shoes and stuff is because I wanted as much information as possible before buying it, because I don’t like buying something that has one or two hidden flaws and just trying to make it work. I really appreciate you watching!
When did you buy this backpack? I've heard that REI recently updated the ruckpack series and lost some of the extra pockets so some people were pretty upset about that
That’s a bummer! The 18L is a few years old (purchased around 2018/2019) but from the REI site. I just checked and it does seem like they tried to streamline the bag a bit: both this one and the larger ones. Maybe the REI outlet/used website will still have a few? It had remained unchanged for so long, I just assumed they settled on a design. A bit sad to know they cut some of the pockets, especially since it doesn’t have many in the first place.
Thank you sooo much for such thorough reviews on these bags! I am looking for a new school bag and was leaning towards Jansport but I also need a daypack and don't want to buy too many bags haha. I need alllll the details before buying gear and you covered it all!
Thank you for your kind words!
I’m happy the review is helpful!
You know, I really wanted to be able to use a Jansport as a travel bag, partly for that nostalgic feel, but it really has zero support on the back or cross chest, and even the back of the backpack is relatively soft which makes putting a laptop in somewhat difficult.
And I’m 100% there with you! One of the main reasons I’m reviewing bags and shoes and stuff is because I wanted as much information as possible before buying it, because I don’t like buying something that has one or two hidden flaws and just trying to make it work.
I really appreciate you watching!
When did you buy this backpack? I've heard that REI recently updated the ruckpack series and lost some of the extra pockets so some people were pretty upset about that
That’s a bummer! The 18L is a few years old (purchased around 2018/2019) but from the REI site. I just checked and it does seem like they tried to streamline the bag a bit: both this one and the larger ones.
Maybe the REI outlet/used website will still have a few?
It had remained unchanged for so long, I just assumed they settled on a design. A bit sad to know they cut some of the pockets, especially since it doesn’t have many in the first place.