I happened to see a small restock of the mauve color of the Mavourneen Mini a few weeks ago, so I decided to buy it before it sold out. (And it did sell out a few hours after I purchased one!)
Overall, I’m happy with my purchase! My Mavourneen Mini actually came with a dust bag—which I wasn’t expecting at all because I saw someone ask in the “Questions” section about whether or not it came with a dust bag, and the POPFLEX Team had said it doesn’t. So it was a really nice surprise to see that mine did come with a dust bag! :)
The backpack itself is lovely! <3 Here are some good points about it:
- The bow is cute! I love how it’s styled.
- I was satisfied to see that the gold hardware zippers were wrapped in plastic to protect them from possibly getting scratched during shipping.
- The straps are nicely padded and seem to be well sewn.
- The starry black lining inside is cute and simple.
- I love all the pockets inside! Definitely great for pens, notepads, keys, scrunchies, and other small items. And the rest of the backpack has more than enough space for my wallet, glasses, hand sanitizer, mobile phone, and portable charger (which are the main things that I carry when I go out).
- The tablet pocket fits my iPad Air in its Logitech keyboard case (which measures 10” x 7.25”). This is perfect for when I want to use a smaller backpack for carrying my tablet. :)
That being said, there are a couple of reasons for why I took off one star from my review:
- Some of the threads on the top haul strap are sticking out. My Bia Backpack doesn’t have this kind of loose threading on its top haul strap, so this must be some imperfection in the sewing of my Mavourneen Mini. Not a dealbreaker at all, and it's small enough to not be that noticeable—but for a backpack that is this expensive and is touted as being luxurious, I feel like it shouldn’t have loose threading like this.
- The mauve color is noticeably darker/duller than the preview pictures on the website. (I took pictures of my mauve Mavourneen Mini in natural light—as in the curtains were wide open with no artificial lights on. The first three sets of pictures were taken in the afternoon, and the fourth set of pictures was taken in the morning. If you compare the preview pictures to the morning pictures and afternoon pictures, the color looks different.) I still like the color, but I wish the preview pictures were more true to the actual color.