I gave this as a gift to my boyfriend and he said it's what he's been looking for to replace his old beaten up leather satchel. It's made with thick leather which makes the bag a little heavy for me but just fine for him. The one star I knocked off the rating was for two things: the bag came with hay which was cool if we didn't live in an apartment and got a real big mess unpacking it, and the small pockets in the laptop pouch where his 17" laptop always got snagged onto when he slips it in.