Well, I stopped by REI to pick this up on my way to go camping and once at the park continued on to stuff my sleeping bag in it. The first half of my bag went in well enough, but when I gripped the top to stuff it in, it just gave way. The top cinch closure ripped about a third of the way around. I had a previous version of this bag that developed a tear on the top flap. While they have reinforced this area on the current revision, it seems another weakness wasn't fixed.

Like the title says, it was an awesome affordable compression sack until it tore. I used it on three trips and it was fine, and on the third one, it gave away. The seam between the thin top cover and the black reinforced part gave away, left a large hole. I liked the sack, and its a pity it tore. But, I can't afford to have the sack rip again when I am outing.

I bought this product to sinch down my sleeping bag for a canoeing trip at the boudry water canoe area wildernness In Ely, Minnisota and qeutico provitial park In Ontario,Canada. Two days into the trip the bulkes tore apart from the top of the bag.