I recommended this bag to a friend for our 7 day bicycling camping trip. The zipper on mine tore at one end the second day and I could not realign both zips, I used super glue to prevent the other end from pulling apart from the bag. My bag has two holes in it from standard use. My friends bag ripped at the connection of one of the handle straps.The pros is it is big, and cheap, so best considered a sacrificial piece of luggage. I ended up buying some rope half way through the trip incase my zipper failed completely, but that was not the case.If you purchase this bag, sew a stop in the zipper a half inch or so on each end to prevent losing the union of the two sides.