I purchased this in the black and the leopard print - both were sturdy and excellent quality.

The mini-pen is useful on the plane to fill out paperwork before landing during international travel.  The holder fits a standard passport perfectly and pulling out boarding passes and tickets was easy from the larger pouch.  We used these to travel in Japan and carrying our JR train pass in this for easy access to pull out and show to the gate managers made thing so much quicker and easier (as other tourists clumped up to one side of the gate to pull their passes out of purses, pockets or bags, we always had ours ready to show and could walk through unhindered.) The zipper pouch on the back is another great feature where I like to keep money and other documents stored.

Overall very pleased with this product - I would recommend it to friends as a must-have for travel.