ful Women's Brickhouse Sling Bag

I purchased this bag to be a diaper bag. I have an active 1 year old and we like to be out and about frequently. I used to just use a tote bag but my daughter quickly learned it was easy access for snacks since it didn't have a top zipper and I was tired of how disorganized it was. So bought this bag to see if it would work even though it wasn't designed to be diaper bag. Bag is working well so far. The organizer pouch work for small items (nail clippers, kleenex, etc). The little zipper pocket on the front pouch I use for misc. items (hair clips/ties, etc). The next larger front zip is use for snacks. The large opening is divided into two areas. I use one for spare clothes and the other is for miscellaneous items depending on the outing. since it was designed as a computer bag, the large opening also has two velcro pouches I use one for diapers and one for wipes. keeps them easy to access and organized. I'm only 5'2", but the bag isn't as overwhelming as most diaper bags. I tried my hubby's messenger bag (which is designed to be a diaper bag for him) but it was too huge and got in the way walking through stores. I wish this were a little smaller but I'm sure the size will be appreciated later. Construction so far seems good. The color is very vibrant. Only reason for 4 stars instead of 5 is the front zip organizer pouch only zips one way and it's such that it opens from the bottom first so anything loose can fall out making that pouch not useful for loose items hence the need for the little zip pouch in front I guess. But, if the zipper just opened the other way it would be more functional. And, the water bottle pocket is really tight I only put in 1/2L bottle and it's a tight squeeze (might be better as it loosens with use).

This is a really well designed and very comfortable bag. I used it primarily as a daily-use bag for carrying my MacBook, powersupply and some binders to and from work. The strap is very comfortable and can be anchored on either the bottom-right or bottom-left corner of the bag for easy shoulder switching. I've used this on both my bike and scooter for around town travel too and it does a great job of staying put on your back. All and all I love the size, pocket layout and strap configuration of this bag.

Unfortunately, the workmanship and material quality is miserable. In less than two months of daily use (~ 30-45 minutes of carrying around per day) the seams tore out at the top of the bag around the "reinforcement" poly-leather that's around the strap ring as well as the stitching that holds the main compartment zipper in place. Mind you, this bag wasn't even close to overfilled and I wasn't even using one of the compartments regularly.

I've put in a replacement request with ful, hopefully they'll honor it. But it is a disappointment. None of my Swiss Gear/Wenger bags has given me problems like this and they've been through a hell of a lot more abuse (air travel, urban backpacking, hiking...).

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I love this bag, unlike with my old, normal backpack, I have no back pain at the end of the day, which is what I was hoping for when I bought the bag.

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I bought this bag in October, giddy because I needed a bigger sling bag I find them much easier to buckle over a winter coat than the standard backpack design but this morning when I tried to tighten the strap, a piece cracked off and went flying across the room. For one dinky little piece, my bag is now kaput.

UPDATE: I emailed Ebags, who forwarded me to Ful, and I emailed them requesting a replacement buckle. It seems there was a 1-year warranty, and they sent me a new one, no charge whatsoever!

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Extremely handy "man bag" for the pool and errands. I got this because I've had and loved my bigger Ful sling for my noteand netbooks for a couple of years now. Problem is the stitching that joins the shoulder strap to the clip separated because it was poorly done. I'm going to install a rivet or a snap to make sure it doesn't happen again. If I weren't biased by my very favorable impression of my other Ful product I'd probably be less charitable about this one.