Borealis

My one bag backpack is the North Face Recon Woman version. I’ve tried various backpacks including patagonia, osprey, tom bihn. But nothing beats the harness system from the TNF W version. I have traveled with the smaller Borealis, but switched to the Recon for more space (also for work). I’m 5”2 siz

I carry around a The North Face Borealis mini. Fits all my stuff and isn’t huge. Most important to bring for me: lactase pills. (If you know, you know)

Witzigerweise hab ich genau gestern mehrere Stunden dazu recherchiert und hatte dabei ähnliche Ansprüche wie du. Bei mir isses jetzt der The North Face Borealis geworden, da ausreichend Platz ist sowie viele Fächer vorhanden für gute Organisation. Andere Rucksäcke in der engeren Auswahl waren TNF Je

I have The north face borealis sling and its great. The strap is comfy and it has a lot of pockets for small items. It can also fit iPad mini. It’s 6L though, so maybe too big for you https://www.packhacker.com/travel-gear/the-north-face/borealis-sling-pack/

You were right in some way about not noticing a lot of difference. I ordered several smaller osprey bags to compare. They looked nice but seemed as big as my hikelite 18. Same height anyway. So I sent them back. I now bought the North Face Borealis. That is what I was looking for. A small backpack w

I highly recommend the north face borealis backpack! It’s 28L with a very safe laptop compartment that can fit 16in laptop. The flex vent back is very comfortable. Water resistant material. I can’t express how nice this backpack is :)

Ich habe mir den Borealis von North Face gekauft, weil er genau die Anforderungen erfüllt. Der Rucksack hat ein separates Laptopfach, ein riesiges zweites Fach, zwei große Getränkehalter und zwei Fächer für Kleinkram. Das Gummiband ist auch ganz nice um zb die Jacke dranzuhängen :) Ich schleppe viel

The backpack weighs only 800g, is very robust and functional, and can also be made more compact with 4 compression straps. It has been my daily companion for almost 3 years for the office, weekend trips, and so far also as a daypack on trips to Iceland, Canada, Scandinavia, etc. I tried out many sim

The Osprey Axis (which you'd mentioned previously) sounds pretty close to what you're looking for, and it's tough to go wrong with Osprey at that price point. Definitely room for laptop and ipad mini in with space leftover in the laptop sleeve w/document flaps in the large main compartment, plus a s

Its The North Face Borealis. I think its really good for commuters. Lots of space in the big compartment and big enough for a medium size laptop :-)