Compliments galore from everyone who's ever seen me tote this around! The color and stitching is beautiful and I've loaded it down with books, water bottles, and other junk and it's never weighed me down. The downside is because of its leather-like finish, it's prone to getting hot when the sun's beating down on it. I haven't tried it near a water park, too scared it'll ruin the inside of it, but it's held up to a few rain showers in my city. I'll end up buying another down the road as a gift for a niece who's really into the leather school bags craze.