Great quality, large size. Soft feel leather. Not the biggest fan of the handles but that is a personal style opinion.

Love this thing. I had another similar product but the handle was on the hinge side, you can imagine the problems with that, it always had to be zipped. This is perfect, just grab the handles and go, everything is secure whether it's zipped or not.

So far so good - I'm temporarily holding back a star until I see how it functions under normal wear and tear, but I really love having the size upgrade. I've been using Covey's 5 Choices wire-bound weekly planner and I do love the weekly layout much better than the daily. I just didn't like having such a small amount of space to write in (and I don't do shorthand). So I upgraded to the FranklinCovey monarch-sized weekly ring-bound sheets for the new year, and ordered this to house them. I've carried it for a few days but haven't given it a full workout yet. The handle seems sturdy to me, a point of some concern after reading some of the reviews here, but we'll hope for the best. I'll update my review after a month or so of normal, daily use.

UPDATE: 3/5/2016

I've been using this for a few months now and I'm still pleased with it. I find it amusing that one of the "must have's" on my list when looking for some sort of full-sized planner solution was the handles - and I tend to never carry this using the handles anymore. I end up putting my laptop on this like a platform and carrying it to meetings down the hall or in the other building.

One thing I constantly find myself doing is trying to slide my cell phone into the outside pocket by holding the handle away from the body of the binder. That isn't how it's built and for some reason I just never seem to remember that.

One item I would have liked to see is some sort of ring or something that I could clip my keyring on. Not changing my star rating till I've been using it for a year. For the money, I believe it should last at least that long. I'll update in a few more months.

I bought several different planners before I got this one. I wanted a large, 8.5x11 planner with a three ring binder so I could either use the inserts that came with the planner or inserts I printed out from files. I'm also happy that the included inserts are not dated. This fit the bill. It's a very roomy binder and well made. It's faux leather, but it doesn't look cheap, in my opinion. I'm very pleased with my purchase.

Amazing product. I was about to buy this from staples for 53.00$ and luckily they had only 1 piece and it was damaged. I checked it on amazon, the price was 25.00$. Good product, great buy