This bag is amazing! Wonderful rich leather that feels great to touch. A very well done interior - something that is lacking any many bags. This shipped free the day I ordered it and arrived three days later. Well packaged, great color that will go with just about anything you choose to wear. After spending several days comparing too many bags to count, I found that the Visconti Berlin offered everything I wanted in a new bag for work including:

1. Many compartments to stash things. Especially a lot of very deep and wide zip pockets. There were places for pens and pencils, etc.

2. A bag that wasn't super huge, but roomy enough to fit my 11-inch zenbook and 10-inch tablet, plus charger, plus notebook, various accessories, and my nintendo ds lol.

3. A decent length matching leather strap. Many of the bags I came across in this price range or slightly lower excelled in the design of the bag and just totally bombed when it came to the strap. Many of them are made of nylon which (in my opinion) clashes with the lushness of leather. Not the Visconti though.

4. A decent price for a durable, well-constructed bag. The design of the Visconti is very simple, but classic. It works well as a shoulder bag or as a non-conventional briefcase.

Of course, few products are perfect and in there were a few things I wish were a part of this great bag in hindsight. None of them are deal breakers by any means, but just observations:

1. The interior of the bag should be able to be zipped shut. Since the flap doesn't completely cover the opening at the extreme left and right, one might worry about things getting wet in the rain. Not that you should carry a bag like this around in the rain, but I would feel better putting my expensive electronics in with a bag that could zip shut at the top as well as have the flap over it. Fortunately, I live in Los Angeles where it hardly rains.

2. With the handle mounted on the top flap, I wonder how long it will hold up. So far so good, but I do wonder.

3.  The brass plating on the Visconti badge on the back of the bag was already peeling when I got it. It's not a big deal as the color underneath is actually more desirable for me and doesn't take away from the look of the bag, but it's a little disheartening to receive an item where this is already happening.

I can't wait to start using this bag as my everyday work bag. I had previously been carrying around a wonderful and durable Timberland backpack which, while highly functional, clashed a lot with the casual business attire I had begun to wear to work and elsewhere. Love this bag!