Shipped to Air Force Basic Training with this duffel bag. It was small enough to hold everything I needed to bring. Held up to being thrown in a room with other bags during training, was backed to max capacity and put in the cargo hold of a coach bus and held up just fine. Also was used as a checked bag on the flight home and held up despite being packed. Still use this bag for leisure travel and it has no tears or damage to it. It was worth the money I paid for it.