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4.5
This is a real handsome bag and seems very well made. I’ve been shopping for larger laptop bags in retail stores, and found it comparable to a nice Victorinox bag for $300 and a Tumi bag that was on sale for $500. The quality is that nice, and states on the tag that it comes with a limited life-time warranty. I’m really impressed with it; and time will tell how well it holds up to travel. If I don’t update this post, no news is good news.I was going back and forth between ballistic nylon and leather, and I got leather for the looks. I was worried that it would be heavy, but I was really surprised how light this bag is. While it is heavier than an equivalent size ballistic nylon, it is just slightly so and it looks awesome, and the interior liners are beautiful (my pix don’t do it justice). And the bag I received seems to be made by a US company called McKlein, with a tag that says its leather, and it smells like leather, not like some cheap petroleum plastic China crap.This expandable bag has two big, deep main areas, one with a removable, extremely large and well-padded laptop case (although I have my own, which is quite thinner) and a couple of front zippered areas. There are tons of “pockets” inside each area to keep things organized and segregated; and the front deep area has a couple of further dividers for folders and papers. (although I would prefer just one divider). I was especially tickled by the inside pocket that is perfectly designed to fit my iPad air! Nice! It also has a rear zippered flap about 8" wide to fit through a stroller handle,What I have crammed in: 10” laptop with neoprene case, cabling packet for laptop, cabling packet for iphones/iPads, cabling packet for USB drives and misc electronics, two prescription sunglass in strong cases, one pair sunglasses in strong case, sony mirrorless camera in leather case, Bose headset in strong case, passport and ID case, small paperback book, one pair of rolled up shorts and rolled up t-shirt, sun visor, GPS text phone, iPhone, iPad air, folder with paper, thin mousepad, mouse, roll of tape, external mifi device, two wallets (travel and primary) packet with four lens filters for the camera, small plastic bag of candy, small spiral 3x5 notepad, iPad earphones in small hard case, flashlight, 5 pens and markers, portable corkscrew (critical!), eyeglass cleaner, eyedrops, Tidepen, earplugs, portable reading light, eye cover band, plastic bag of loose change, SWA drink coupons (of course!) and other papers. TMI? Maybe. Do I carry too much stuff, sure. Bottom line: It fits!Anyway, I put some effort into this review because I spent a lot of time researching and shopping to replace my worn-out Samsonite bag (and my research led me not to buy Samsonite) as will use it a lot and it’s important to me; and figured the same for you. Hope this helps, and so far, I DO recommend this bag. For the price and quality: it’s a steal! Really,one could easily pay three times more for it.
