This bag was so incredibly popular that it sold out last time and I missed the boat. The reviews seemed pretty good too, with neoprene being a reasonably good material to protect electronics (the laptop cover used to carry my laptop by itself is made from neoprene), and with how much space it had, I had high hopes to say the least.
I spent months waiting and saving up for this bag (it's not cheap), and when I finally got it, I was ecstatic, it was cute, seemed practical and I was going to use it for my next trip. So I packed it and prepared for my next trip with laptop in it (could not fit both my cover and laptop in, so had to then remove the cover) then placed it temporarily sat upright on an elevated surface somewhere else to sort something out.
Sadly, the balance was completely off (it was not like I had nothing on the front side of the bag to balance it out, I had an iPad and headphones among other things), and it fell. The contact point was unfortunately the laptop itself inside the zipped up bag, but the protection was highly insufficient and the laptop cracked as a result, with the bag being punctured/torn upon its first use.
Although the bag is cute, and provided you don't put it down or you're happy to lie it with its back down, this is sadly not worth over $100 in my opinion. Especially when you don't have a choice on giving your laptop extra protection when you use the laptop pocket, and just have to risk it with poor balance of the bag too...
I am usually very excited by the collections of popflex, and love to see the designs and service updates, but this was unfortunately a disappointment for myself as I had waited so long for the bag and was hoping it would successfully replace my current worn out one.