High Sierra Wheeled Backpack

This good feature of this wheeled backpack is that you can put your computer in the outer pocket, making it very easy to remove and put back when going through airport security and in other travel contexts. It is a struggle, though, to unzip and zip the main compartment. In addition, the outer pocket tends to drag when carrying something heavy (like a computer) so that the fabric on the bottom rubs the sidewalk and eventually develops holes.

I love this backpack, I bought one two years ago but the zipper broke that attaches the small backpack to the larger one. Sierra was supper and replaced the backpack even after two years of use - I have used this backpack on all my trips it travels well and easily fits in the overhead compartment (if not too stuffed). Once at your destination, simply unzip and use the small pack for day trips!

Lots of use. Walk to work and carry lunch in the removable backpack........just the right size! Can carry 4 days to a week (with careful planning) in the main bag as a carry-on on planes. If the zippers were stronger, this would be a perfect product. As it is, a person has to be VERY CAREFUL or the zippers mis-align.

Fits in the overhead bins of airplanes

Will use as carry-on for very long flights, followed by the kind of trip needing a light back pack.

I heard zippers were a problem, they are. They stick and you really have to fight to make them come loose. Its a company gift for my staff which I am having embroidered. It better work for the extra cost or they can give me one that will!

Was excited to use this for a trip to Europe but was too small for my clothes and pair if shoes, so my daughter used it. The handle did not go in smoothly and broke at the airport as we were departing! We used tape to do a quick fix, but overall I'm not impressed with the quality. Additionally, the pack has no mesh or other compartment for socks, etc. It's just one space.

Love love love these bags, Great for petite women.

I really wanted to like this bag and the image, description and reviews look quite promising. I've used a similar bag, Protocol by JC Penney, since 1995 or so. That one's been all over the country along with two European trips, so I've dragged it between cars, planes, buses and over long distances of terrain. It's an amazing bag; it's soft sided, with an interior lid pocket, an open rear exterior pocket (great for newspapers/magazines) and a small but thoughtfully designed detachable daypack. I've carried both on my back and know the straps work well enough (but I prefer wheeling the bag). I think I paid $60 for it back in '95.So, I guess I expected too much from this High Sierra wheeled bag, which I got on sale last April for about [$]. Upon arrival I was a bit disappointed with the construction; it just seemed on the cheap side. The bag didn't have pockets (unless you count the interior zipped up access to the wheel mechanism; I guess those could be kind of secret stash areas, but I didn't use them for such). The zip off daypack was okay but I found the interior space too tight (too much padding and not enough openings for easy access), so it was not quite as flexible a bag as I'd anticipated.Upon examining the bag at home on its arrival, I recall worrying that the zipper, attaching the daypack to the main bag, seemed vulnerable to breakage but hoped for the best. However, upon arriving at our European destination and zipping off the daypack, the bag tipped over onto the floor (from the floor, not falling off a bed or other place of some height) and the zipper broke off rendering the attachable aspect of the two bags useless. The zippers overall seems likely to easily snap and must be treated gently. I've returned this bag and purchased the twice as expensive Eagle Creek Tarmac Plus One. I hope Eagle Creek's Vietnamese-made bag holds up better than the Chinese-made High Sierra one. If not, I guess I'll take my old Protocol bag out of retirement.

Just got back from 11 day Europe trip and loved my new backpack. Wheels easily and holds lots of stuff. Also used the removable day pack portion several times and it goes back on easily. Think this is a pretty good product for the money, but is my first backpack purchase so nothing to compare it to.