Positive Reviews:| Rating: |  | | Great bag! Love this bag! I wanted a bag for my notebook that I could also use as a purse. I don't want to carry both. My Dell 14.1" fits great with room to spare in the designated pocket. There is plenty of room for my wallet, checkbook, mp3 bag, digi cam, and something to keep my twins busy while we're out. Also, the pocket in the front is great for cellphone, pens, pda, gum, sweet tarts, you know - the necessities of life. I would like for it to have some kind of strap or something to hold my notebook in its pocket, but the way it's constructed sort of takes care of it. It could use some end pockets and maybe one in the back, but it's extremely heavy right now and I’d only put more stuff in it! So maybe that was to save my back! The bag is huge and very well constructed and beautiful and I anticipate it lasting a long time. I looked at at least 50 bags, literally, and chose this one. I know, a little OCD. AND Zappos upgraded my shipping to high priority and I rec'd it in 36 hours from the moment I paid for it. Yeah Zappos! I cannot imagine anyone not being happy with this item. Happy shopping! | | A.l.heatherly at Zappos.com on 07/14/2008 | | Rating: | | Almost perfect! I *love* my Valet. I had to have a good laptop bag in a hurry, and I got one, thanks to Zappos' good service and Dakine's craftsmanship. My only qualms about the bag are (a) my laptop barely fits, and it's just 14.1" (so if yours is bigger, it probably won't fit) and (b) *so much* will fit inside, in addition to the laptop and power cords, that the bag makes me greedy--and my shoulders/back end up hurting. It's not really useful as a messenger bag, but it's great as a shoulder bag. I got it in Sage Tweed and the fabric is divine. The compartments in the front are great, except that only an iPod Nano would fit into the "iPod" pocket--nothing either bigger or smaller--so I put my huge cell phone in there. The cell phone pocket is tiny; I use it for pens and pencils. Anyhow, yes, I would recommend this bag. I've gotten compliments on it from both my colleagues and my students, and it doesn't scream LAP TOP BAG!
| | Lapsus_lingue at Zappos.com on 09/14/2007 | | Rating: | | | Love the green/brown one! Great bag; I go to college and so it works perfectly. I can fit all my notebooks, plus some, in the main compartment with no problem. I haven't used it for a laptop yet. The handles are a little stiffer than I thought they'd be. I wear the two straps over my shoulder and it's pretty comfortable - not so much arm room so we'll see how carrying it with a winter jacket will work. I do wish the back was actually a pocket like it looked like, but it is just a strip so it can be put over the handle of a rolling suitcase. They should have added a zipper at the bottom for the option of using it as a pocket. Zippers work well; wish the main compartment’s went down a little further. Overall, great look, great fit - I love it. | | Rain T at Zappos.com on 09/28/2007 | | Rating: | | | Great bag just with a few minor quirks. I loved the look of this bag and was very satisfied with the size. However, my laptop doesn't fit in the padded laptop pocket even though it is only a 14". Luckily, I use it for class so it is alright to just put my laptop in the main compartment and use the pocket to hold the things that might scratch it. It is typically my school bag, but I also used it as a carry-on and it held up really well. I was a little disappointed that the back pocket is not really a pocket at all but only a strip. Other then a few minor quirks I was very happy with the overall usefulness of the valet bag. I also get tons of compliments about the plaid and size of it. | | Emily S at Zappos.com on 11/28/2007 | | Rating: | | | Love This Bag - I really do love this bag. It's so pretty and I've gotten dozens of comments on it in the short time I've had it. It has a lot of space inside and the outside pocket has plenty of room for all my personal junk. Two potential problems: 1) the cell phone pocket is tiny. It will not hold a PDA phone, like mine. I don't exactly know what the other outside "pocket" is. 2) The laptop pocket is very small. I have a small, 13 in, laptop and I have to struggle every single morning to get it in. I appreciate it, b/c I know it is snug and not moving around, but it is difficult and a computer any bigger might not fit. | | Govolz at Zappos.com on 09/02/2008 | I over pack just so I can take this bag too! | | Rating: | | | I couldn't wait to get this bag. Just in time for a trip. This thing has space for your junk and then some. I used it for an over nighter and it packed all my clothes plus shoes. Used this bag for a week in chicago and I had room to spare. One problem is my laptop is too big for the laptop pocket. But my laptop is circa 2004 and is big and bulky. Just a reason to buy a new laptop. I do like the choice in straps. Go for the shoulder strap, or over your head like a messenger bag, or slid it on top of your roll away. | | dre at Backcountry.com Outlet on 08/06/2009 | | Rating: |  | | Great student bag - I needed a cute bag that can pass for both school and clinical work at a hospital. It had to hold a fair amount, but I didn't want a standard laptop bag and I didn't want a backpack. This bag is perfect for my needs. I usually carry around my macbook, a small binder, water bottle, small umbrella, and my lunch - all of this fits in here easily, plus room for pens/pencils and all that stuff. The straps are just the right length too - long enough to sling over your shoulder, but not too long that the weight drags you over. Fantastic find! | | Ginny at Zappos.com on 09/04/2008 | | Rating: | | | Cute, but enormous bag - I was looking for a bag big enough to haul my necessities to work: books, notebooks, water bottle, lunch, etc... I had kind of underestimated the size though. If I have the space, I tend to fill it up and it gets uncomfortably heavy. It's a very structured bag, so I feel weird hauling it along when I have nothing in it just because it's so big. I'm sure this will be a great carry-on bag when I travel, so that's why I'm not returning it, but I am using my new Puma tote a lot more for work and everyday use. | | Anonymous at Zappos.com on 07/17/2008 | | Rating: | | | Good laptop bag - My 15" laptop fits in the laptop compartment, but it is a little tight (my laptop is also older & a little thicker than newer ones). I can get pretty much all my textbooks in it for class, although it gets pretty heavy. There are plenty of other compartments for your wallet, phone, iPod, etc. so it's good in that respect. But it's not always easy to have those things handy if you need them (unzippering, unclasping, & such). Overall, this is a great bag for school. I got the green plaid & I love it - get compliments all the time. | | Anonymous at Zappos.com on 05/12/2008 | | Rating: | | | Too cute of a bag. I'm in college and this is all I need to get from class to class. It holds a lot of things in the pockets. I have pens, highlighters, pencils (lots for a drawing studio!), and then lotion, a planner, flash cards (lots for Japanese!) and I still have room to put two classes worth of material in here, my Macbook, and a water bottle. Even though I gave it 5 stars, one thing I would change is for it to have a more sturdy bottom so it could sit upright. It's always falling over! | | Briittney at Zappos.com on 10/02/2008 |
| Negative Reviews:| Rating: |  | | I really wanted to like this bag, and it's just as gorgeous in person as it is online. The problem is that the padded laptop compartment is padded on only 3 sides. It just didn't offer enough protection for me to trust it with my Macbook. | | Anonymous at Zappos.com on 12/01/2009 |
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