We shopped around for awhile, reading and watching numerous reviews, but everything led me back to this bag. When I finally pulled the trigger and ordered these (one each for me and my husband), I found out why. They're great! The material is durable but still looks chic. I like that it isn't too firm yet has some structure to it. The inner space is fantastic. My one critique is that I typically don't bring a laptop or tablet with me so that space became a bit pointless (although it seems hard to avoid not having a dedicated space for this unless you're wanting a hiking backpack). However, you find other ways to use it, it just felt like there could have been a better use of the area, for me anyways. We filled the main space with 1 large and 2 small compression packs, and then filled in the areas around and on top of those. We were able to get 9 days of stuff in this for a trip to England in Spring. When my parents saw ours, they ended up buying two for themselves as well!