I really like Tacitcal Tailor (TT) products. In 2005 I met a guy at a course with a TT backpack that he'd taken to Baghdad and back. It was still in great shape. I bought myself one, which I also took to Baghdad (coincidentally) and have had it since 2006. It's a great pack still in great shape, and has reinforced my belief that it pays to buy quality. I bought my son a TT backpack for school - he'd been thrashing them and needed a new one every year. It's been two years now since he's had it and it has held up very well. I told him it's his backpack for life - he can finish high school with it and use it in college.

It's importatnt to note that TT has a Busse-like warranty. Well, maybe not that good, but they do stand by their products. "Should one of our products fail due to a defect in materials or workmanship, we will repair or replace it, free of charge, for the lifetime of the product."