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During our planning On a 20-day trip to Asia in 2018, my boyfriend at the time was adamant that neither of us would check luggage. As a proud overpacker, this intention shocked and horrified me. I love options and I hate taking things apart. I wanted to bring 30 pairs of shoes and 348 pairs of underwear. I definitely didn’t want to painstakingly build a capsule wardrobe and strategically arrange packing cubes. Eventually, though, I settled on single-bag travel, and the Osprey Farpoint 40 instantly converted me to falling in love with the light travel life.

If you want the perfect bag, or the most durable suitcase, or the best tote for toting your tottables, my colleagues have plenty of recommendations worth browsing. But if you’re looking for a bag that makes carrying (to the plane, train or automobile) and carrying (from hotel to hostel to hotel again) a blissfully pain-free experience, the Farpoint is my favorite.

During this nearly three-week trip in 2018, my boyfriend and I visited Shanghai, Tokyo, Osaka, Kyoto, Busan, Seoul, and Hong Kong. We took multiple flights and trains, and we stayed in both spacious rooms and cramped quarters. In the years since, I’ve taken my Osprey Farpoint to the east and west coasts of the United States. It has lived with me in three houses, joined me on dozens of roads, and stayed with me in hundreds of hotels. I’ve used it for trips as long as three weeks and as quickly as one night. I’ve thrown it down flights of stairs, sat on top of it on subways, used it to shield my head from the rain, put it in the trunks of loaded cars, and tied it to curbs whenever I’ve taken it anywhere. It’s still working the same way it did on the first trip.

Needless to say, this bag is cavernous. Its 40-liter capacity lets you load it on the verge of being too heavy to carry, but I’ve never had a problem getting it on board, thanks in part to the compression straps that help you lower the silhouette. (According to Osprey’s website, the Farpoint meets domestic carry-on size requirements.) And it offers so many pockets, they’re hard to keep track of.

The outer shell has two mesh spaces perfect for shoes or water bottles, plus a small compartment where I like to keep my keys and passport. The pack itself has two main chambers, the first of which is a laptop compartment, complete with a zipped sleeve ideal for an e-reader or tablet. The largest body pocket has two built-in compression straps to help you achieve that “sit on top of the suitcase to close it” effect when you’re ready to zip up. On the opposite side, there’s another zippered mesh pocket that spans the entire shell, which I use to stash my socks, underwear, toiletries, and other items I need but don’t want mixed in with my clothes.

Somehow, the Farpoint makes it not only possible but also comfortable to carry everything I might need. Yes, when you wear a full-rim Forepoint, you look like a turtle peeking out from under the shell. But you won’t need to move slowly thanks to its stable design. The shoulder and hip straps are padded, and there are clip straps for your hips and chest. The chest strap also has a built-in whistle, which doesn’t necessarily increase your comfort, but can come in handy if you’re hiking. (I mostly use the whistle for pranks or to annoy my campers at festivals.)