Really wanted to like this but.....
Firstly, excellent service from HH as always. The Bergen- I erm and ahh about this for weeks, I did consider the karrimor but couldn't justify the money. The main part of the pack is comfortable and well made (like many other DD products) however, the additional pouches (sides and front) whilst again are well made, the Velcro lets them down badly. If you put any weight in the pouches (water bottle etc) the Velcro will fail and the pouch falls off (within the first 10yards) so you re do it to have more Velcro attached, which then allows the pouches to bounce about which is very annoying. I ended up taking the pouches off and putting them inside the main bag before I'd walked 100 yards, which kind of defeats the object of having the extra pouches. Pay the extra and go for the snugpak or the karrimor would be my advice........ now time to start saving up again