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Travelon Anti-Theft Classic Messenger Bag, Black, One Size
- Material: 900 D. Polyester
- Roomy main compartment with pockets for organization
- Strap Length: 25 – 48, Strap Drop Length: 16 – 27
- Zippered organizer with card slots, wall pocket, pen loop and removable LED light and RFID blocking card and passport slots
- Compartments lock with lobster claw clasps, Adjustable cable-reinforced cut-proof shoulder strap
Protect your belongings from pickpockets and slash-and-grab thieves with the Anti-theft Travel Bag from Travelon. Featuring hidden, slash-proof, Chain Link construction and an adjustable, cable-reinforced, cut-proof shoulder strap. The roomy main compartment features a locking zipper and pockets for organization. The rear organizer includes slots for credit cards, and pockets for travel documents. The zippered expansion pocket holds a camera, water bottle, or sunglasses. For more than 35 years,
List Price: $ 59.99
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This is what I comfortably fit in this purse:,
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|It’s small, 10″ x 11″ x 3.5″.,
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|Updated version is pretty much PERFECT,
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UPDATE – 5/7/14 – I’ve used and loved this bag every day for the last 15 months (3 months longer than the warranty), but it’s now coming apart at one of the seams — the fabric is so coarsely woven, it’s shredding. Still, after looking at alternative anti-theft purses, I am ordering another one — the $40 I paid for it amortizes to $2.67 per month, well worth it to have a bag that works so well. But it’s now a firm 4 star (not 4.5) in my book.
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This is one of 3 anti-theft bags I have ordered. The 1st, a PacSafe Metrosage Gii 100 Sling-Hip Bag is nice, but SMALL and few organizing options. The 3rd, for my mother, is the PacSafe Citysafe 100 Petite Handbag, which is a convenient size with an anti-RFID pocket, but has no outside pockets, credit card organizers, etc. and certainly no place for a water bottle.
This one is perfect in size and design — NOT the 12 x 18 x 20 listed on Amazon — more like 11.5 x 10 x 4.5. I love the many pockets and numerous other organizing features, as others have described. A full size (17 oz.) water bottle will fit in the expandable side pockets. You can run earbud wires from inside to outside by not totally closing the zippers — they will lock anti-theft-wise with a tiny gap of open zipper. The bag is also very lightweight, but a little wrinkly at the seams.
However, I have only given it 4 stars for several reasons:
1) The anti-theft wire netting does NOT include the two large outside zip pockets. I’ve never had a purse slashed so I don’t know if it matters, but it would have been nice if they had made the whole thing mesh-protected.
2) The outer material and inner lining are both looser-woven, thinner, cheaper fabric than either PacSafe bag and the shoulder strap only has one wire in it vs 2 for PacSafe bags. Overall, the bag’s quality of construction is not as good as the PacSafe bags, though the design is much better. I wonder if it will look scruffy in a couple of years like my other Travelon purse.
3) The carabiner is attached to the bag with a meagre 3/8″ nylon strap, which might break if someone gave the purse a really hard yank — I “fixed” the situation by adding stitching to help support the carabiner and I think it’s now sturdy enough. I added stitching to keep the strap from slipping, as another reviewer had suggested.
4) There is no key clip, which surprised me, though it’s not enough to lose a star over…
Despite these concerns, this is still the best, safest, most practical daily handbag I’ve ever owned. If I could give it 4.5 stars, I would.
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