Finn-Savotta Challenge: The First Year on the Road

The Finn-Savotta Challenge. Read about our experiences and life on the road with new Savotta LJK12 and Savotta 90 backpacks.

We have travelled now one year with Finn-Savotta backpacks, Savotta LJK12 and Savotta 906, in 15 countries in Europe, the USA, Central America, and Asia. The backpacks are still in mint condition after exhausting 11 flights, 5 bus and 4 train trips, and one cruise around the world plus walking and hiking. Usually the flights, particularly baggage handling, are the biggest challenge to the durability of backpacks, and last year there were plenty of flight as you can see.

Flight	Helsinki-Amsterdam
Bus	Amsterdam-Bruxelles-Luxembourg
Train	Luxembourg-Liechtenstein-Bavaria
Train	Bavaria-Dortmund
Flight	Dortmund-London
Boat	London-Boston
Bus	Boston-New York
Flight	New York-Florida-Costa Rica
Bus	Costa Rica-Panama-Costa Rica
Flight	Costa Rica-Florida-New York-Hong Kong-Kuala Lumpur
Flight	Kuala Lumpur-Jakarta-Kuala Lumpur
Flight	Kuala Lumpur-Tokyo
Train	Tokyo-Kyoto

On the road we discovered some minor improvement ideas. Some of them have already been implemented in the models that are currently for sale.

Summary

Savotta LJK12 and Savotta 906 are both in mint condition. We experienced no durability problems and nothing broke. Our review score is 5 out of 5 stars.

Disclaimer: Although Savotta kindly provided us the backpacks for the test, we do not have financial ties to Savotta nor any other obligations to declare.