re: Do North Face Backpacks hold up?

Get her what she wants. Make sure it fits from now for the duration of use. Do not put her name on it unless she want strangers knowing her name.

We spend a lot of money on everything. Dog food! You probably have $9,000 of unused features in your cars.

Bought a North Face Heckler 9 years ago for $95 which I did not consider expensive. I carry everything but my laptop back and forth to the office every day.

It is still like new.

Heckler

Had a North Face Teardrop for many years that I bought around 1973-1974. It worked for the times. High school and college.

North Face Teardrop

I still have old North Face gear from the 70s such as a goose down Superlight sleeping bag, down mountian parka, etc. They are in better shape than I am.

It was a long time ago. A few of the main backpacking brands were Kelty, Sierra Designs, North Face, Camp Trails and others.

Eddie Bauer and LLBean were more designed for car camping. I bought a very large LLBean flannel sleeping bag last year after the freeze and loss of power that we had for days.

The LLBean school packs are nice, but stick to what your daughter wants.