I keep searching for a perfect backpack.
It needs to look more like a tote or attache, less like I'm going hiking.
It needs to be very rain resistant to manage my Portland commute.
It needs to have a place for my umbrella and coffee mug.
It needs a pocket for my tablet and phone that I can access on the bus without opening the main bag.
It should have organizer pockets for credit cards and cash so I could eliminate carrying a purse.
This bag is a good "almost."
Very water repellant.
2 outside pockets hold my umbrella and coffee cup. But everything else goes in the main bag. Just a few pouches so stuff falls to the bottom.
No good place to tuck a phone.
No chest strap to help when the bag is heavy. But does have decent shoulder straps.
Tote handles on the top are handy but the bag is too vertical to really carry as a tote- especially if you're short.
Rides high on my back so its less frumpy. But I wish it was more trim, more rigid to be even less frumpy.
I use it every day and it works fairly well.
But I am still on the hunt for the really perfect backpack.