I just received this purse and bought it based on the reviews I read on here. I will be returning it today as well.

1. There is NO water bottle pocket, one review talked about how it accommodates a water bottle and purchased it based on that last defining factor. I suppose you could stick a bottle of water IN the purse along with your wallet, but no real advantage or convenience to that!

2. The bag is not very roomy because it's very "tight". This is a nice feature for a slimmer purse but not for a carry-all type you'd take traveling or use for ipad and books, etc.

I was looking for a bag to carry my ipad in its case and a book, my wallet, keys, sunglasses and few other things and this bag would not accommodate that well.

My search continues. Next i am going to try the Taipan Shadow S, by Booq as this seems it may do the trick.