Yeah, I call it my "man purse" no sense in letting my kids beat me to it.

Why I went to this backpack:  I stopped using my Patagonia Lightwire when I stopped carrying my work laptop home.  It was just a lot of unused space, (and the Lightwire is not a big back pack).  What I loved about the Lightwire was the clam shell zip with all the small pockets for organizing those items you need during the day.  The Ameribag provides a lot of those features.

Pros: a good compromise on a backpack

What I carry: Wallet, Sunglasses, checkbook, business cards, keys, a couple doses of prescription medicine, SD cards, 500GB portable drive,cell phone, work id tag, carmex, comb, 2 mechanical pencils, pen,  and an A5 size Red and Black notebook.  It's all organized, with each item in its designated pocket, and that's about the maximum the bag will hold without just stuffing junk in and let it roll around on the bottom.

Cons: Could use a couple more internal pockets.  I've got my wallet, check book, glasses case, mechanical pencil, pen and SD cards all allotted.  I could use a couple more small/tiny pockets on the inside for keys, or SD cards (the SD cards have a pocket that is way too big right now).

For me, its a 5 star bag because a I bought it at a garage sale for a buck (yep, virtually unused for a buck).  I think the retail price is a touch high for what I would normally be willing to pay. On the other hand, I still think its quite worth the money.  Who knows...hmmm.... maybe next time...  leather.