TravelonAnti-Theft Heritage Tour Bag

Why did you pick this product vs others?:We are traveling to Italy and I wanted a purse that would carry my ipad, phone, water bottle, and an umbrella. I love cross body bags too as they allow me to "carry" my purse in different ways...with a handle, across my body, or over my shoulder. This bag is large enough for all my travel needs (guide book, hairbrush, sunglasses, etc.) and yet it isn't so big as to be a bother.Security features:The great locking compartments. RFID blocking pocket for passport, credit cards, etc.Travelability:Easy to carry. Easy to find specific items (passport, drivers license, hotel key, etc.). Great compartments for organization.Pockets:It holds my ipad! A water bottle and an umbrella in the side pockets.Size:Love the secure features, RFID pocket, slash proof sides and bottom, and super long adjustable slash resistant strap.Durability:Well made, sturdy, but still attractive.

I recently used this bag on a nearly month-long trip around Great Britain, including larger cities such as Edinburgh and London, where pick-pocketing is a concern. I went back and forth between this bag and a similar PacSafe - mostly, I do prefer how PacSafe uses cables in the cross-body strap - but ultimately chose this one because I preferred the tweedy-looking fabrics, as well as the pair of side pockets. Because I am currently healing up from a leg injury and was traveling with a folding cane - in some places where the cane was too awkward to use because of cramped spaces or too many people, the folded-up cane easily fit in one of the pockets over a short time. Also, the pockets were a good place to put our digital camera - it's a small camera so it fit snugly and deeply in the pocket - for quick access without being forced to open and close the bag. Additionally, the zipper locks here are a little more straightforward than PacSafe's - still difficult for a pickpocket to maneuver, but not so difficult that I was going to have a hard time using them!I was very pleased with this bag. It holds a surprisingly large amount of small items. As we traveled between cities, I would have my passport in a case, a Kindle, my smartphone, my travel wallet, two folded reusable Envirosax bags, and a dual strap Cho-Pat for my knee in the main compartment and slip-in pocket. (For day-to-day usage, the Kindle and passport case stayed behind in the hotel safe.) The zip-up pocket held tissues and room keys, and the front pockets held all sorts of small things I needed handy like an Oyster card, cough-drops, and some travel wipes. The back pocket was the perfect location for my glasses and sunglasses (held in microfiber bags, not hard cases). I also had printed-out tickets - folded in thirds - in the slip-in pocket, and they were very easy to slide in and out when necessary.While I note some people had problems with hardware breaking, I did not have that problem. Nothing I carried was overly heavy or bulky, though - I never tried to carry our iPad into this - because I can't really carry a heavy bag anyway with a shoulder injury. I feel if you want to carry more items, you should probably up-size to a full messenger bag or backpack that has more interior volume. This bag is designed to carry your small/slender day-to-day essentials, so if you are looking to cram a lot of items into a small bag, I don't think I'd recommend this bag. I fully concede it doesn't have a lot of expansion room as far as the width goes. But I don't think that's what this bag was designed for, so I don't necessarily see it as a negative for the design - you just need to grasp that the design is for smaller items, not heavier-duty use. (We each traveled with an overhead-bin sized roller-bag and a Small Catalina Deluxe bag from Lo & Sons - the latter bags took care of toting electronics and cords and other miscellaneous "stuff" when we were either flying or on a train.)Wearing this bag across the body was quite comfortable, and the loop handle was also very comfortable in the hand when I switched to using that on occasion. My worries about the cable not being in the cross-body strap were pretty unnecessary - while this lacks a cable, it is a very sturdy and thick strap - there is no way it wouldn't take many, many swipes with a small knife for the strap to be cut. And the strap hardware was just complicated enough that it would be difficult for someone to undo discreetly without my noticing it. It was also pretty easy to unhook and wrap this around a table leg or through some bench slats if I was worried about someone grabbing it if I wasn't paying 100% attention to the bag at all times.I also appreciated the small flashlight inside. I ended up using it in some small dark spaces, so it was surprisingly useful to have. And one or two of our boutique hotels gave us actual room keys, so it was nice to have a strap to attach those keys to. It hangs deeply into the bag, so I never felt like keys were at all vulnerable to accidentally falling out.I am very pleased with my purchase and am not regretting buying this over a similar PacSafe. My main goal in a travel bag was something that would allow me to carry several small items with a little bit of room for other small items. It was more than up for the task.

This is a great travel/city bag. It's just the right size for exploring, has a pouch for a small water bottle, and a handsome suede-like fabric. The security zippers give peace of mind in crowded European tourist sites, and the included mini light is great for seeing into it.

This is very casual looking bag, but quite functional. It has many features I was seeking, but some drawbacks too. First off I really like that there is a grab handle on the top as well as the strap. I wish more bags offered that. How often are you grabbing the bag off the passenger seat of the car, or while it rests at your feet. The strap, particularly if you have it really long so you can wear it crossbody, is a little awkward for that.I like the outside pockets since when I'm out and about I often want to stash a receipt or grab a coupon quickly without wading through the main compartment. It's also handy for passport and ID that you want to have handy when traveling. Nice that the zippers can be secured easily so the contents are safer in a crowd. Sometimes I want to carry an umbrella just in case and like the side pockets for that. I like being able to get at my credit card or phone quickly from the provided front pocket, although there are is only one inner pocket that could serve to hold cards. I prefer several slots for different cards and ID and don't like to have to retrieve the full load to sort through, so that is a negative for me.The interior fabric is attractive, but I found it caught too easily in the zipper in a couple of place. The zippers are not quite as smooth as I'd like either. Okay though. I very much like that the strap is webbed material that is sturdy, but also good at staying on your shoulder if you want to carry the bag that way. Mostly I can't use a shoulder bag because the straps are constantly slipping off my shoulder. This bag stays put because of the added grip of the strap material. I wanted the crossbody length strap but appreciate that I can also carry the bag on my shoulder when I want to.I appreciate the key fob which includes a tiny light and value the additional pockets inside the main compartment. The bag is big enough to carry my Surface Pro tablet with keyboard. That was one thing I really wanted. It isn't deep enough to zip closed with the tablet in there (10x13" screen) but is transportable without having to carry the tablet separately.The bag is lightweight and doesn't add much to the load which is a good thing, particularly if I'm carrying the little computer. The suade accents on the gray bag especially are really good looking and add a flair of quality to the bag's casual material. It's the sort of material that will probably get roughed up over time like a pair of jeans, sort of, but that sort of adds to the appeal. The bag certainly is great for travel, but also good for every day, particularly for something like going to a festival or concert where you might want to carry snacks and a water bottle plus an umbrella and feel all is secure as well.