Ogio Midtown Women's Laptop/Tablet Messenger Bag

There are several things about this bag that I really love:

1. It's spacious. Fits my laptop, iPad, chargers, wallet, and do-dads without being bulky.

2. It has a back pocket so you can attach it easily and safely to your carry on luggage.

3. It's adorable. The styling is really cute and makes for a nice ladies messenger without being too frou frou.

After a month of use, here are the things I feel need improvement:

1. The front flap only has a Velcro closure. When you have things in the front pockets or if it's heavy, the Velcro easily comes undone. If the bag fell over, all of your stuff would spill out. It would be nice to have a buckle for security.

2. The buckle on the strap is uncomfortable and digs in. Could use padding.

3. The strap itself gets easily twisted and is difficult to un-twist. I gave up on mine after two weeks.

In all, it serves its purpose and it's cute. But it still needs a few tweaks to be really good.

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I replaced my regular backpack with the Ogio Manhattan Messenger bag (in the blue "Tide" color) for college. The surprising thing is, ALL of my stuff fits! This bag has alot of room! It's definitely a well made bag toothe shoulder buckle is sturdy, the strap is like a seatbelt, and the pockets for electronics are lined with a soft terrycloth like material. The bottom and back of the bag are padded (the back is a black quilted panel). The only complaint I can come up with for this bag is that the little flap pockets on the sides are shallow, and can't fit a pen or pencil without the flap remaining up. The buttons on the front of the bag are super cute! Also, the zipper pockets on the front are two separate pockets -one small and one large that overlap inside. Overall, the bag is great quality, spacious, and lovely to look at!

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I have a 17" Mac Book Pro laptop that is hard to find covers and bags for. It fits perfectly (with room to spare) in this messenger bag. The color is so fun and I get tons of compliments on it. The way the strap is designed, it stays so nicely on my shoulder. It's not bulky and doesn't add weight to my already hefty laptop. Love the button design! Great job, Ogio!

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I've been using this bag for about a week now, and I am close to saying I love it. It is surprisingly easy on the shoulders considering there is no strap-guard (the kind that pads the the straps as it weighs down on you). The compartment for your laptop is nicely padded, and the insides all feel very smooth. The back pocket for your tablet is also perfectly lined; you won't feel anything hitting against your hip as you walk (I didn't put a tablet in the back, I placed my wallet there and didn't feel it digging into my hip when I walked or sat). It also has plenty of other pockets on the front of the flap (the two zippers you see in the image lead to two different pockets, one on the right being smaller than the one on the left).

There are 2 problems with this bag. As another customer has mentioned already: you cannot overload this bag. This bag has no clasp, it closes by the sole power of two velcro patches on the bottom corners. If you over-stuff this bag, your bag will not close and the contents of your bag can come spilling out easily by just tipping over on the floor. I never overload my messengers (I'm lazy, why carry more when you can carry less?) so I don't have this problem, but it can be an issue.

Finally, my biggest problem with this product is that the "compartments" on the left and right sides of this bag are not compartments at all. They are more like slits with a bit of wiggle room if you poke your fingers in. It's hard to put anything in there. My previous bag had extremely roomy compartments on the sides for things like a water bottle or an umbrella which this product doesn't seem to have. I guess you can put both the water bottle and an umbrella INTO the bag, but bottles can spill and umbrellas after use are wet. You wouldn't want that kind of mess within the interior of your comfy bag.

For these reasons, this bag gets a 4/5.

By the way, the lining within the interior are polka-dotted. This is true for most colors of this line of messenger bags (I know because I saw most of them in my university bookstore). The preview pictures on Amazon show no polka dots on the lining, but I'm pretty sure most of these OGIO bags have polka dots. Just a heads up for people buying this, if polka dots bother you.

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I receive so many compliments on this bag and I'm very happy with it. I don't have any problems with the velcro and the strap is fine for me. I can adjust the strap so that it doesn't hang too low on my 4/10" frame and if I extend the strap I can wear it cross-body style. I don't generally carry my laptop, but the few times that I have has been fine. I can fit many manilla files in the back pocked and several notebooks in the front. I also carry my cellphone, ipod and several other devices regularly. The little sidepockets aren't very useful to me because they seem too narrow and inconvenient to put anything it. The inside of my bag is in a very vibrant rainbow polka dot pattern, but I kinda like that. Also, the black is more of a tuxedo gray. I have to say that I am really enjoying this bag!

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