I am on my second one of these.  I have the polka dot one that Amazon carries too, but for carrying all my papers and books ( I teach) this is the best because it opens wider and it is easier to dig in.  I carry A LOT in it!  I had back surgery and this makes life so much easier, especially because you can get so much in it.  I use the cloth pink polka dot version for carrying my library books, and the cloth blue polka dot for gym clothes etc.  Good for single purpose, but this version is wider.  My first one of these "oil cloth" (as my mother would have called it) is still going strong after 3 years of heavy use, but I have torn it.  That was after 3 years of use, and then I repaired it with colorful duck tape that now just looks like a yellow stripe around the whole bag!  That one is the white version with travel stickers, which I really like,but this floral one was cheaper and it is actually more attractive than the picture of it on Amazon. The top zipper is good, though I only use it when it is raining out.  I like that this version is waterproof in a way that the polka dot cloth version is not. The front pocket is a great place to stow pens etc, but you have to remember what you have in it because ,as you can see in the picture, the pocket is much deeper than it is wide!  I have used this version as travel "suitcase" when I am traveling by car for
short overnight visits too.  Amazing how much I can stuff in it!  However, I would not use it on an airplane because it isn't going to last well if it is handled roughly.  I will keep buying this version until I retire!