I purchased this bag a year ago, to use as a work bag, for carrying my laptop, personal papers, books etc.  The bag is great.  Another reviewer gives a detailed explanation of the different pouches and pockets, and there is somewhere to tuck just about anything.  The bag has a nice, but casual look to it, much more casual than a brief case, but more professional looking that a backpack.  The bag was used on a daily basis, being carried (I use public transportation to get to and from work).  Little things started to deteriorate quite soon after I purchased it.  Within a few months the piping along the edges was coming unstitched and/or wearing right through.  The handle along the top, pulled off.  I have owned it for a year now, and have made quite a few repairs to it, but it is to the point where it can't really be repaired anymore.  The design is great, the quality is really lacking.