So far so good - Nice-lookin bag
I bought one of these from a seller on Poshmark, but they sent me a broken bag that they had tried to glue back together... So I returned that...<br /><br />I loved the look of the bag (other than the broken part) so I decided to buy a new one from the manufacturer here on Amazon (for cheaper btw 🙄)<br /><br />It is a very nice bag, but in comparing the first one I received to the second one and to the Amazon ad itself, I have a few comments:<br /><br />1. NOTHING about this bag is suede. It is a bit baffling to me that a LEATHER-working company would claim that the interior is suede (a type of leather) when it is clearly nylon or polyester or something like that that is not even remotely mistakable for suede... I do appreciate that mine did not have the weird green interior that I saw in other pictures though.<br /><br />2. It did come, as another reviewer put it, "wet" and needs be hung for a while to dry out a bit before I'll put it on my person. I'd worry a about it transferring oils to my clothing if I were to use it right away.<br /><br />3. This bag is made a little different than the first one I got. There are some definite improvements, such as the magnetic breakaway behind the buckle, (which means it doesn't need to be un-buckled every time you open it) but also there are some modifications I would not have made myself (such as the use of more rivets to secure the straps to the body of the bag instead of the nice hand-sewn fixture the first one had)<br /><br />All and all I am still very pleased with this bag... A bit disappointed that there is no suede, and that it has to "dry" before I can use it, but I am still very excited to use it WHEN it dries.<br /><br />We'll see if I can update my rating to 5-stars then. 😊<br /><br />EDIT: I've used nothing else for the last year and I absolutely love this bag -- 5-star purchase, hands down<br /><br />UPDATE #2: STILL going strong with this bag! My love for this lil thing has literally lasted longer than 100% of my relationships from the last decade 🤣<br /><br />Seriously though, it's pretty much perfect as an every day carry. I was nomadic for most of my childhood, so when I got a bit more stable and realized I was still carting around as much of my life as I possibly could in my purse, (which was always more of a backpack) I had to make a conscious effort to promise myself I'd start letting go of that "bug-out" anxiety... Learning to carry the bare minimum of necessary things, and trusting the rest to still be where I left it all was one of the hardest parts of that process -- really not trying to be dramatic; in my specific case this bag legitimately changed my life lol!<br /><br />It fits my phone, a charge cable, my car keys, my house keys, my card clutch, a note pad, pen/pencil and my dog's leash when I can take him off it. It also has a little front pocket for a stick of chapstick, a lighter, length of cord, some earbuds and a set of "emergency earrings" (for when I inevitably lose/break one) -- all the basics and nothing more (or less)...<br /><br />Not to mention it's absolutely adorable and even now, two years later, I'm still getting compliments on it weekly 😁
Rating: 5 stars