TL;DR, It's a very well-made clone of the Maxpedition Falcon II that costs significantly less with drawbacks that will likely never effect the lives of users in civilian use who are looking for a better deal on this type of backpack. (37L Variant)
I was initially very cautious of ordering this bag, Seibertron was not a familiar name and doesn't offer many other products. I decided to pull the trigger on this bag for it's water-proof claims (I'll explain later in this review) and MOLLE webbing. I bought the 37L bag for roughly 50$ USD and am absolutely amazed with the quality compared to the much more expensive Maxpedition Falcon II which is priced at roughly 3x to 4x the price I payed for this Seibertron clone of Maxpedition's offering. Now let's get one thing out of the way immediately: I am a college student, and I use this bag for carrying my books, papers, and some computer equipment around campus, I also use the bag when I go hiking and biking. I don't carry a very heavy load so I can't speak for the ruggedness, but I've had no issues with wear, and every sewn seam is nearly perfect on my bag. Every strap is of equal length and sewn at the end (There is one exception, explained later) and there is plenty of slack for adjusting each strap for your load. The waist strap is not padded, but very accepting of wider waists, I am a waist size 38 (Mens) and the waist strap was comfortable at the default length. The D-rings on the shoulder straps are plastic, but of seemingly high quality. And, yes, the flag patch does come with the bag.
There's only 2 complaints I have with this backpack, and neither are important enough for me to rate this bag less than 5/5, which are the MOLLE design is not perfect throughout the bag, especially around the Seibertron logo. The logo is sewn into the bag leaving no space between it and the actual back pocket, so you cannot run anything through the logo section, and the webbing is NOT sewn in exactly 1.5 inch spacings. For my particular bag this only applies to the MOLLE webbing on the back pocket, the webbing along the sides of the bag, and everywhere else, are proper MOLLE design. My other complain is very minor, the adjustable strap for the backpack shoulder straps are NOT sewn at the ends, and can completely remove themselves from the plastic tension lock, on first trying on the bag I accidentally loosened these straps to the point of removing them from the tension lock and the bag falling of my back. I re-threaded both straps through the tension locks and have tested to ensure I cannot loosen them without doing so intentionally. I cannot say for sure that these straps were put into the tension lock backwards initially, but there are very sturdy after setting them up myself. Another, very minor, complain is that there's a small zippered pocket in the main compartment of the bag that is completely flat and sits between the main compartment and the wearer's back. If you attempt to use this zippered pocket for anything it may prod into your back unless there is space in the main compartment for the bulge, in exchange it does make a good compartment to add some light padding for your upper back.
Overall I am blown away with the quality and price of this backpack, It's extremely versatile with the MOLLE webbing, and my bag is absolutely water-proof. I was walking around a park with some gear in my backpack as a flash flood hit, I spent nearly 10 minutes trekking to my vehicle on higher ground as it poured down rain, I was absolutely soaked from head to toe when I made it to my vehicle, as was the backpack. I feared my laptop and other water-sensitive gear was potentially damaged but when I opened the bag the only water inside was a couple drops from my arm as I pulled the zipper open. Absolutely astounding. I cannot recommend a better backpack at this price for anyone interested in this type of bag,
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