I could see why people were saying that the colors were off 😂 this is not the color that's advertised but I do love this bag regardless. I don't mind the darker color of this bag. The quality is great and it's still very cute!

I'm not a girlie girl, and I have a bad back. I've always struggled with purses, short straps (I'm tall with long arms), and messenger bags would make my back sore from pulling me sideways with the weight.
This bag helps evenly distribute the weight in a ergonomic feeling way. It's not a backpack or purse, but it's perfect for me. I can carry my wallet, keys, paperwork, even a water bottle in there if I want.
And the zip pocket is large enough for a Samsung Galaxy S10 plus, with an OtterBox on it, to give you perspective. The Velcro pocket it perfect to have my keys handy. The back pocket, I put stuff I don't need often like my EpiPen and inhaler, so they're on me, but not in the way of stuff, just floating around in the front with everything else.
I plan on getting this in other colors now!

I love this bag. It's not perfect. But the important parts are 1. It's cute. 2. I can do anything I want with my free hands. Free solo rock climbing, sword fighting, superhero vigilante-ing, unicycling while juggling, None of those things! But the point is I COULD because of this bag. And who knows? I might now that I'm not encumbered with a regular purse designed by the patriarchy to keep women from fighting crime and unicycling. But seriously I have kids and one is a toddler. I need three hands, really. There's a lot to love and some thing I would change if I had a hand in designing it, but overall it's a keeper.

Pros:
1.LOOK at all the useless crap I can fit in this bag. And I never have trouble finding any of it, because it's packed flat, so nothing falls to the bottom. Even with all this stuff in here I could have probably added a hoodie an still had room. It's Like I'm Mary Poppins, y'all!

2. Hands-free as stated

3. It's bottom heavy so I can bend over without it falling down and smacking me in the back of my head.

4. It zips easily no matter how full I stuff it. And it opens almost completely so I can access larger items easily too.

5. The print on this bag might as well have been designed for me. And there are only 60,000 designs to choose from, so every person can have the most perfect bag for them.

Cons:
1. There is no water bottle holder, and if I had gone with the Paxton rope bag, the placement of the water bottle holder would be at the bottom and upside down when you swing it around to the front. Sure, I don't always have a water bottle with me, but when I do, I'd like a place to put it so I can remain hands free, preferably not in the bag with stuff I don't want to spill my water all over. At that point, a water bottle holder does become imperative. All bags should have them.

2. The rope is not rough, per sé, but it's not soft. After several hours in the hot sun over the course of a few days, on bare skin, my shoulder has been getting a bit of a rope burn feel to it. I'll be getting a shoulder pad for it.

3. The placement of the bulky center pockets means when I swing it around to the front to access my useless junk, the secondary pocket is blocked from view. I have gotten pretty good at finding whatever I need by feeling for it, and like I said, everything remains exactly where I left it. There's a learning curve for finding my stuff, but there didn't need to be in the first place.

4. There's no grab handle. Makes it hard to hang it up at home or grab it from the back or the passenger seat of the car. Yeah I just hang it and grab it by the strap, but trust me, it's just not as functional a it could be.

This is my 5th Kavu bag, I love them .. I would give 5 stars but my bag arrived with a bright orange strap vs. the typical black that was shown in the photo. All of my previous bags had black straps and I wouldn't have purchased this one knowing it was this color. That said, it was on sale and I love the pattern, so I am keeping it.

Just be aware that these can come with a different colored strap than the picture shoes, I had no idea as all of my previous ones have been black.

My first ever Kavu bag finally bit the dust about a month ago. I had it for around 11 years. It was the only bag I ever used and it travelled through Europe with me, as well as every hike I ever went on. The zipper finally broke. I tried several other bags and finally went back to what I know will last me another decade. They're lightweight, organized and versatile. I've talked all of my close friends into getting ones for themselves.