The zipper is really resilient & it fits a lot of stuff. Easy to use for a day on campus or a weekend away. I notice a lot of people I see in public don't snap the snap on the top handle, and right away when I got mine the snap actually came off, so maybe that's why people never use the snap? I gorilla glued the snap back on. Maybe it's not cool to do the snap? Fine, I'm a nerd.