I bought this bag for carrying my laptop, water bottle, etc for the days I have to work from the office. Overall, I am very happy with it. I just have two things I would change and it would be exponentially better. 1: I would make one of the side pockets big enough to hold my water bottle vertical on the outside. As of now, the side pockets are pretty much worthless. 2: I would add a divider on the inside of the bag. It doesn't need to be anything fancy or padded, just something to hold my laptop against the back of the bag leaving the rest of the main compartment an open pocket without my laptop flopping around. Otherwise, I love the bag. The fabric, color, feel, etc are all what I was looking for, just lacking minor quality of life improvements from being pretty much perfect for me.