Sierra Backpack, Saddle, One Size

Love this backpack! Bought it for my son for college and have nothing but high marks to give it.Time will certainly tell how it holds up but it seems to be a quality bag and it certainly is a great looking bag!Here's an update on this (not so) awesome bag. As I stated, I purchased this bag for my son for college and as always, time DOES tell how a product holds up. Well, my son started Grad School in mid-August and sad to say that one of the shoulder straps has pulled completely apart. He carries a lightweight laptop and one book. You would think for this amount of money that the bag would hold up. WRONG!!Of course I cannot return or exchange the bag because that option has come and gone.VERY VERY disappointed with this product.

ClairChase makes a very nice leather back pack but the Sierra Pack I purchased was listed to fit up 15" laptops. That claim is not even close. CC's website makes this claim. I have a 15" and it stuck out the top of the pack by at least 2". The cover would barely close and the snaps were not close to snapping shut.I traded the CC Sierra for the CC Jumbo back pack. Again, the Jumbo is very nice but it claims to hold 17" laptops. My 15" laptop fits right to the brim and tightly fills the width of the laptop pocket. I don't know how a monster 17" laptop would even begin to fit in the Jumbo.PLEASE NOTE THIS: I highly recommend buying from LeatherPaks here on Amazon. Walt worked with me very quickly on my exchange of the Sierra for the Jumbo. He sent me a UPS return label and exchanged with no problems. This is the type of vendor you dream about when buying online. Thanks again, Walt at LeatherPaks!

This just arrived today...So wear and time may alter this but. Looks goods and seems well constructed. I read some sleeve complaints around the laptop fitting in. My dell 14" just barely fits. The edge is just barely under the top of the pack. It would work, but probably not ideal . However that is not what I planned for it. It holds 2 full size ipads, each with a leather protective case, with some room to spare. So it works great for me... lots of pockets and and the main compartment still has the room I wanted. With the Ipads in it might have enough room for an "over-nighter" it would depend on your needs. My main use will be around town and daytime errands.. it will fill that bill just perfectly. The one thing I noticed (and think I read in another review) the punch holes on the shoulder straps. there are only 3, I'll probably have to push a few more in the shorten the strap part.So I thought it was time for an update. This pack fits the bill for me. The pc section easily holds 2 iPads with cases around them. I was also able to stuff a 15" laptop in with them, but width wise that was tight. The elastic and Velcro strap kept them in there fine. I've seen reviews about issues with 17" laptops and yes that may be pushing it. The straps are long, so I did have to punch some extra holes to make a better fit over the shoulder, but a nail and hammer made that easy. All in all it has been a good day/"urban" pack. Beware it is a leather pack, which means it looks good but is not as light as the hi-tech packs. I assumed that at purchase and like it. (And as I said at the start list of good pockets to stash stuff

This is very solid construction. Its absolutely beautiful, just like my two other Claire Chase pieces. Unfortunately, my other are monigrammed and this one was not, since I bought it directly from Amazon. Fortunately, I was able to send it to Lewis at Atlantaluggage.com. He did a spectacular job...so classy. It did cost me to ship and pay for the monogramming. I would have probably saved a bit of money if I had bought it directly from them.

The quality of product okay. I have 2 major issues: The measurement as stated is not accurate and the magnetized buttons are not strong enough to hold pressure from "almost full capacity." So if you are buying this you can't ever fill it to a full capacity because the magnetized buttons will undo in no time. I would consider this as a smaller medium back pack or Small.

Like some other reviews I read, I purchased this for a trip to Europe. I wanted something that looked nice, would hold my camera, lens, a light jacket, cell phone etc. This was perfect and now that it is worn a little it looks even better. I did not baby this bag at all and it stood up to all of my abuse and looks like it will continue to do so for years to come. Only drawback is the weight, it does get heavy when you are carrying it around for miles - but would do it all over again.

Great bag! Looks and works very nice. I'm just reserving the 5th star rating due to the fact that I'm not sure about durability at this point. I have not had it very long.

My 2nd Claire Chase backpack. Simply moved up a size to carry my Microsoft surface. Hold everything I need for travel.