Alright so check it out, I ordered this bag because the wife and I travel A LOT and we are constantly plauged by baggage fees at the airline counters. We always try and pack one heavy bag to save some charges and almost always go over the 50 lbs. limit and have to shell out for it. However those days are over!!!! We got his bag and packed it completely full of gear and then weighed it. With both bags connected to each other it came out to about 75 pounds packed FULL of gear and I do mean full! So if we tried to check it in we would most certainly have to pay the $50 "over weight baggage charge" plus the normal $25 dollar single bag charge. That brings us to a total of $75 bucks each way for one bag F@#$ing rediculous. However with this bag ew simply split the bag in two and have 2 seperate underweight bags at $25 a piece saving us 50 bucks a trip. May not seem like much but when you take 6 or 7 trips a year it certainly adds up.

As for the bag its self it has more than adequate space and a durrable liner so your boots and other hard gear won't tear through. Both pieces have tons of space to be used and the top bag even has a seperate luggage tag. The zipps are high quality and durability super tough and reliable.

Quite frankly for the money there is no standard suitcase that could ever possibly compare. Love this bag might buy another.

Thanks backcountry you guys ROCK!

Bought this bag for my wife to go along with our 60/40 convo bag also from Dakine. Bag looks awesome alone or matched with the convo bag. Wife loves the amount of storage and that it has seperate internal pockets. Only draw back that we see is tht the zippers go all the way around the bag to the bottom so if you open up the zips to far some stuff is going to spill out. Otherwise Dakine strikes again with yet another winner!

For about a year now my wife has been ploting to steal my Spyder fleece because it is so warm and great in all conditions and well se just wanted it. I finally broke down and bought her one of her own this year for christmas and she just couldnt be any happier. This fleece is tops in any condition and great for layering or hot spring skiing days, we would recomend them to anyone.