I took this on a week-long trip recently. I always take a garbage bag to toss my dirty clothes in, to keep them separate from the clean - but this bag's built-in dirty clothes bag made everything much easier. Wet stuff got tossed into the waterproof side pocket, the external pockets kept some tech items (cords, spare batteries, etc) and I was able to get by with just this for clothing items and another bag for camera gear.Seems fairly sturdy as well. Time will tell if it holds up, but for now it seems to be working out great.and it makes people think I work out too! :-)