Osprey Farpoint 55L Men's Travel Backpack, Muted Space Blue

Bought the 40L travel backpack to use on a recent trip to Europe. The 40L accommodated everything I wanted to take with me without issue. I’ve traveled a lot over the years for both business and pleasure and I’ve learned how to travel light, so the 40L was plenty of space for me. I make use of compression packing cubes to keep everything organized and I’ve simply just learned to not overpack.Overall, the pack feels very well made from quality materials, so I believe it should last being subjected to the type of robust traveling I do. Zippers seem sturdy and all seams are well sewn. The handles are robust and well cushioned. I had no problem carrying the pack by hand.I also like the simplicity of the bag. One big packing compartment and a zippered mesh compartment. No interior dividers or extra zippered pockets means more packing space for the things I want to carry. Again, I use packing cubes and drawstring bags to keep everything organized.Used it in both duffle bag mode and backpack mode. I like that I can hide the shoulder straps behind the zippered cover for boarding planes and trains. It made getting the travel pack through the aisles and up into the overhead bins easier. I had no problems fitting it into the overhead bins and the airlines didn’t flag me for having too big of a carry-on or a “backpack”. The handles at the top of the bag and on the side helped with getting it out of the overhead compartment and off the plane.It was also comfortable when I used it as a backpack. The fully adjustable strap system with hip belt allows you to find a fit that is comfortable for your body.Using the compression straps on the back to hold my jacket in place when not in use is also a plus. And on the 40L you get the accessible, top pocket to hold smaller items, which I like as it’s nice to have a pocket for quick access to certain smaller things. Note, the 55L version does not have this top pocket/compartment as Osprey assumes you will be using the included 15L travel daypack as part of your travel system. There’s a back pocket underneath the compression straps that’s deep enough for a light sweater, water bottle, snacks, etc.A few things to note on the design. First would be to add more, softer padding to the laptop sleeve behind the shoulder straps. I feel like the padding for the laptop sleeve is a bit “stiff”. My laptop survived the trip with no problems, but I didn’t bang the backpack around very much. Also, the laptop sleeve extends inside the main compartment of the bag and is held in place on each corner by a hook and loop system. This allows the laptop sleeve to be lifted up, maybe so you can place something under the sleeve such as papers. I’m not entirely sure why Osprey designed the laptop sleeve this way, but that’s the design. So, you will be packing items directly on top of the laptop sleeve in the main compartment. This was not a deal breaker for me, but the user should be aware of this system. You also access the laptop compartment from the side of the bag instead of the top. Not an issue for me but for some users they may not like that system. I had no problem fitting my iPad Air and 14” PC in the computer sleeve.The shape of the travel pack is more oval or teardrop than square with the oval being slightly bigger at the base of the bag. Some people may prefer a square packing compartment over this design but I had no packing issues. Just make a mental note of it.The straps have excessive length and dangle. I’m assuming this is to accommodate all body sizes and clothing bulk. It’d be great if Osprey provided strap retainers to make the excess strap lengths more organized, but they don’t. I ended up 3D printing simple strap organizers which did the trick of eliminating the dangling issue. Fortunately, if you don’t have an 3D printer, Amazon sells strap retainers, so a purchaser should consider getting some if dangling straps bother them.You say you can’t decide between the 40L and 55L? Let me give you some clarity to help. The 55L Farpoint main pack is exactly the same packing size as the 40L. In order to get the additional 15L in packing space, Osprey added a 15L, detachable travel daypack that sits on top of the main pack. Yes, the 15L travel daypack is a nice feature. It gives you a detachable, 15L smaller backpack that you can use separately from the travel backpack for when you’re touring around a city. Some people might like the 15L travel daypack addition, but not me. I chose to go in a different direction and use the Osprey 13L Daylite pack instead. The 13L Osprey Daylite pack incorporates/attaches well with/to my 40L Farpoint and I prefer it over the 15L travel daypack for many reasons that are too long for this review.Overall, for the price (I bought mine when it was on sale), this is a solid travel backpack. It has a good cost to quality to usefulness ratio. Yes there are other, more expensive travel backpacks out there that are geared towards world travel adventures - but this one will be more than sufficient for the average, on-the-go traveler who goes on a few trips each year.

I’ve taken this backpack on two trips and it’s worked out great. There is room for a lot inside, though I recommend something like packing cubes to help with organizing the contents. There are handy straps inside for keeping stuff in place, and I like that one can adjust the straps a lot including putting them away entirely for packing away into a car or airplane. Super comfy to wear, though I’m probably borderline fat for the belly strap (a reminder to walk more and eat less on travels perhaps - I’m larger than most folks around the waist).I had one incident where one of the strap pieces came off while putting into an overhead bin, but I saw it happen and retrieved it. I’m not sure how to prevent this other than to be careful that straps don’t snag in that situation. Otherwise, for this price, a fabulous backpack that replaced two separate carryon pieces (courier bag and a cpap bag).TL;DR It’s a great backpack and inexpensive, felt secure out in public and never felt like stuff would get damaged or ruined or lost while out and about.

I absolutely love this backpack! It’s the perfect size for travel comfortable to wear and has plenty of well designed compartments. The Gopher Green color is great and it’s built to last. Highly recommend for anyone looking for a reliable travel pack!

The best travel backpack. Very comfortable, great quality, and fits so much as a carry on for flights. Very impressed with this bag! A great find.

Perfect carryon for my Japan trip, to keep all my clothes and a couple electronics in! Got a warning at a Toronto layover that it might need something removed to fit in the overhead, but it fit without.

The bar is pretty neat and customer service when contacting Osprey was stellar. I'm a fat dude and the included straps weren't long enough to go around my wait/belly. I contacted Osprey and they sent me extenders free of charge. I'm a fan of the brand for that alone. Two things prevent me from giving it 5 stars. The bag along is a bit on the heavy side. The materials are strong and sturdy and maybe that's the reason the bag feels a bit heavy. The shoulder straps after a while started to dig into me. I took it on vacation as a carry on and walking through the airport I would take it off whenever we were waiting in a line and placed it on the floor. The second reason is the lack of compartments. When I use a carry on for travel it contains 1 change of clothes, 1 tablet, sweater, battery packs for charging along with cables, contact lenses and a water bottle. The bag has a large main compartment that will accommodate a lot, but only 2 compartments; the main one and a small mesh compartment that rests on the opposite side of the main compartment on the flap the open and closes the bag. It does have a great feature where you can tuck away the shoulder and wasit straps for easy storage in the aircraft overhead bins.

Perfect 10 day travel pack and carryon size when used with packing cubes. I hate having a roller bag when I'm traveling carryon only because I like to be agile. If I'm checking bags, whatever... but carryon means I want to move. This Osprey is great.It's the perfect size for a 10 day trip and the shoulder harness is superior to other designs out there. The 15L pack mounted to the top does throw off the balance of the rig if you have a laptop in it, but fortunately it can be strapped to the front for high-speed connecting flight panics. Yeah: you look a little weird, but look around the airport.Everyone's weird.It doesn't bother me because I'm used to wearing a plate carrier.It feels rugged and built to last... and if it doesn't, it's covered by Osprey's awesome warranty program.