Customer Reviews

Alchemy Goods Pike Messenger Bag, Ash/Black

5 star:		(3)
4 star:		(1)
3 star:		(0)
2 star:		(0)
1 star:		(0)

 

 

The Pike Bag is almost perfect. Why?

The Love:
1. I love that this bag is made of recyclable materials, go Green! This is the main reason I bought it. More stuff should be made of recycled products YAY, Alchemy Goods!
2. Comfy shoulder strap - I was quite surprise of how nice it fits on my shoulders, I enjoying wearing / carrying it. It is almost comfy enough to become an accessory to my outfit. Just kidding.
3. Velcro and clips work perfect on flip for however you want to secure the bag shut.
4. Easy zipper pocket for quick in and out.
5. Uh, it is Waterproof, this just keep getting better!
6. Strong adjustable strap and doesn't slip.
7. Quick easy access in and out of bag.

The Disappointments:
1. Like someone else said this bag is made for a 15" Laptop (I have 15" Macbook Pro), but it is a little bigger so the Velcro close piece is useless as the laptop covers it. Not a big deal as it is still pretty sung in the slot. However, it kind of defeats the purpose of having the Velcro strip.

2. Would expect a little more padding for the laptop slot at minimum on the backside and bottom of the slot.

Suggested Improvements:
1. Improve on the two disappointments noted above.
2. Add a couple of pen and pencil slots.
3. Add a slot for a sunglass case or can of soda on the outside ends.
4. Another zipper pocket for smart phones on the flip.

I gave this a 4 because if I felt for it to be a truly excellent product it would have had a little more padding, in my opinion, around the laptop slot to be a proper laptop shoulder bag. All in all, I love it and recommend it to anyone and everyone. I am even thinking about the bigger messenger bag or Alchemy Good's smaller bags.

On a small note I usually don't take time to write reviews so the fact that I wrote this one says I truly like this product. I usually only write reviews for products that I think people should or recommend them to buy, or to stay away from because it is just horrible. Fortunately I have yet to come across the latter and I definitely recommend this product.

I love this bag. It looks cool, feels great, fits just enough stuff in it, and the people at Alchemy Goods are super nice. It is custom made, though, so don't expect everything to be PERFECT. all the function stuff (the zipper, etc) works fine.

Great bag. Well made, seems very robust. I like most everything about it.

My only qualm is with the pouch for the laptop. Ideally the slim pouch is made to drop your laptop in, and then a velcro tab closes the pouch. Unfortunately, the velco tab is positioned too low, so that when I put my laptop in the pouch, I can't put the velcro tabs together. They should have made the liner a little bit taller so that a standard laptop (I have a macbook air) can fit in the slot and close with no problem.

Other than that, the bag is great. Sturdy, well made, and comfortable to wear.

Amazing bag made of 67% recycled material. I killed 5 laptop bags in 2 years before finding this bag. It is well worth the price, water proof which rocks for Seattle. High quality strong shoulder strap that will hold up to 20+ lbs in the bag. The outside is made of bike tires and has a nice look. Simply the best bag I have had in years.