I bought this bag for a trip to Australia -- needed it to fight some fairly stringent size and weight constraints for flights within Australia. It made the trip with flying colors. It's good-looking, sturdy, light-weight, and very good capacity for the size. I bought the amber color, which does help me find my bag on the luggage carousel. My husband bought charcoal, so his is a little harder to spot. But we both love them, and have taken them on a trip since Australia with equal satisfaction.