To be completely honest. (I know you aren't used to government employees doing that, so I'll give you a second to recover)

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One of the buckles did break. I bought a replacement for about a dollar at a local outdoors/tent repair shop. A bit of bonded nylon thread and a heavy needle and I'm back in action even if half the buckle is black now. It is the buckle on the compression strap across the front of the pack.