Suitable as a travel pack and a (large) backpacking day-pack. I have used this on multiple three-week international trips and manage to fit everything I need except for my hard-shell if required. All airlines accept this pack as carry-on. The pack is in reasonably good shape and I expect it will last for many more trips but I just wanted a change and I was given a MEC gift card so here we are. Some of the zipper pulls have given up so I just replaced them with light cordage.