I bought this when my sons middle school told students they could only bring in string style backpacks for the last 2 weeks of school this just passed school year. I liked this one as it had pockets on the outside for water bottles, had flat straps instead of actual strings, which is a lot more comfortable on your shoulders when you have any kind of weight in the bag and then figured we would use it during the summer and for future trips/cruises.Well my son never even used this for his last 2 weeks of school, he liked a different model I also ordered at the time more for that use case.Since then however, we took it with us on a trip to a water park where we went 2 different days and this thing was just perfect for that and is going to also by extension be perfect for pool, lake, ocean, cruise type of activities where you need to tow your towels, sun block, waters, etc with you but then afterwards, it's mostly just mesh and can air out and not get funky when you put all your used and wet towels back into it to walk back to your vehicle.
Rating: [4 of 5 Stars!]