Anyone have the Portland Gear Cascade?

I have had the compact version for about 6 months and love it! The best feature is the top opening, which magically stays open. It has a luggage sleeve and makes an easy to wheel "unit" when on the carry-on handles.
The compact version complies with more stringent personal item dimensions. It holds a lot! I appreciate that it doesn't have lots of pockets. And it's really well made.

Bon voyage!, how are the straps for comfort?

Hi. SandraL- I haven't used it as a conventional backpack in any of my travels. I just sling the straps on one shoulder like a purse or tote, so can't offer more insight, apologies! I also use a very small crossbody purse (phone, travel wallet) so that has worked well.
They don't have padding and can tuck away, there is a handle option on top. Just standard straps?

I have this bag and I find it to be fantastic. I mainly use it for daily bicycle riding. It’s great to pick up a couple days worth of groceries or to go containers. I usually ride about 15 miles with it on my back, usually with about five, but no more than 10 pounds in it. I find the straps to be very comfortable. I did have a failure of one of the front zippers, but customer service replaced it without any issues at all. It’s not on par with the top-tier bags in terms of quality, but it’s a great bag. Why expensive bag companies continue to use offbrand zippers is beyond me! While I very much enjoy the bag, I feel like the quality is more on par with something in the $40-$50 price range. That being said, I don’t regret spending $100 on it given the practicality I get out of it and the top notch customer service.

n64andrew1--thanks for weighing in on this!

n64andrew1-What size of this do you have?

I just bought the standard size and it came in the mail yesterday. I’m not a small woman 150 lbs 5’7” but it feels really bulky to me. I’m thinking about exchanging it for the compact version. I’m a mom of two small kids out of diapers and the standard seems way bigger than most of the diaper bags I used. I’m hoping this will become my new day bag for local and international adventures and the standard size seems way too big and bulky for that. That said the bag does seem super high quality.

It weighs almost three pounds?! Yikes.

@rebeccalynnhennigan, thanks for weighing in on this! (Sorry, sorry, couldn't resist the pun).
That does seem rather heavy...