Originally Posted by vaticdart

All of the companies mentioned, with the exception of Timbuk2 (they assemble their mess bags in SF, but they're mostly still made in China and all their non-mess bags are made in China), make their bags in the US, Canada, or Europe.

My Pac has a tag inside that says "Made with Pride in Canada"

As long as it's made in a first world country where people aren't enslaved to supply 'Merican consumers with cheap crap, it's fine. It doesn't necessarily have to be made in the USofA.