Still running strong with my first Oakley backpack. Like others, I have the one with the embroidered logo.

Was able to pack for a trip to China in this bag alone.

It has been a camping bag, water craft gear bag, tool bag, carry on luggage, laptop bag, and so on.

Other than a busted buckle (slammed it in trunk door) and the yellowing / flaking interior, it had many years left in her.

This backpack symbolizes so much about what is RIGHT with Oakley.

Best backpack i've ever had! Mine lasted for 12 years! had it since 1997 when they first came out and it finally gave out on me a month ago. i'll probably get another one later on.

Color: Red, White & Blue
I've been looking for a good backpack for a while. Something that would last, and hopefully something by Oakley. Looking at the $125 prices tags for the Icon's, I figured I'd have to settle for the sandbag if I wanted something a little less expensive. But BackcountryStore.com ran a sale on these Icons, and I picked one up. I was able to pack for a full week trip to Hawaii without needing any checked luggage. The storage capacity is amazing and there are tons of little pockets and snaps to explore. I bring this everywhere now, and it’s great for my bike. Highly recommended. Now does anyone know what those loops are on the top?

Colour: Blue

Mine dates from about 2002 and is still going strong after 9 years as my main daily use kitbag. It's been on trains, plains and automobiles almost every day since I've had it. Good capacity and I've used it as my one bag when travelling. A bit of wear, firstly the rubber zip grippers have come off mine (replaced with some cords) and secondly the moulded back piece has worn near the bottom, where the black cover fabric is gone and the blue foam is exposed. Doesn't seem to be wearing away any further though. Finally the bottom corners of the side pockets are starting to look a bit thin but nothing is falling out yet. In other words this is a pretty robust backpack.

The biggest annoyance with this pack as far as I'm concerned is that if you put it down it will flop over onto its belly. If loading it with the main compartment zips fully open, the back of the pack kind of folds in half so it flops down, which combined with the body rolling forward onto its belly can make it awkward to deal with. It's also very dark in there - the bulk of the interior is black or navy blue - so given how much will fit and the lack of interior structure in the main compartment it can be a challenge to find things now and then. I had a bad moment when I thought I'd misplaced my passport in Schiphol a few years back but it was actually in the bag and invisible in the interior darkness! I'd also like the waist straps to be removable, I never use them so they're kind of rolled up and wrapped around each other to get them out of the way.

None of that is enough to put me off thinking about buying the latest generation when this one finally gives up the ghost!

I have a black one from '97 and a yellow one from '98. Both are still in regular service and I haven't bought another backpack since. Both are the first generation model with the large, embroidered logo. Nice padding, comfortable even when filled with heavy stuff. The yellow one has seemingly deeper, more-defined padding cells in the back. Neither bag shows much, if any, wear and this is after being thrown around by baggage handlers while filled with books, shoes, large documents with sharp-edged binder clips, tools, etc. Large, beefy zippers that run smoothly even when the bag is awkwardly overloaded. Fantastic styling. Shoulder straps show no signs of coming apart. In my pre-Oakley days I owned other packs that came apart eventually. These haven't. Love the long straps and the dragster-parachute styling elements. Simple layout with not a lot of special-use compartments, but one of the highest-quality consumer products I've ever owned.