Comment by Cider9986

6 days ago

I bought a north face backpack 4 years ago. Looks brand new.

It mentioned in the article that their higher end models are still well made. I bet you can still get nice NF or JanSport bags if you’re careful. If I had to guess, I’d say the models at REI are decent (or else they’d get yanked) while the ones at Target are the chintzy ones.