Tote Bag/Laptop bag Suggestions?

[purplepenguin7]

I know this question gets asked a million times, but I've yet to find the perfect bag and hoping someone here has a suggestion.  Here what I am looking for:

- everyday/work tote bag that also fits a 15 inch, fairly think laptop (as in not a macbook)  
- doesn't need to have a particular laptop compartment/sleeve 
- not strictly a laptop bag but would also work as an everyday tote
- handles that fit over your shoulder and a cross body/longer strap.   

On a typically day I carry a wallet, card holder, sunglasses, kindle and two cellphones.  Organizational pockets would be great, but not a neccessity.  

My current bag is the MZ Wallace Belle www.mzwallace.com/shop/products/4270089-0001/belle-black-bedford-with-black-oxford, which i love but the handles are breaking after two years.  I also have an OMG which I don't like for an everyday bag.  

So...anyone have any other suggestions?  I am looking to spend about $200-250.

[v]

The Lo & Sons Brookline tote is a bit bigger than what I'd want to use as a tote every day if I wasn't carrying a laptop around, but it is a fantastic laptop bag and would fit your laptop.

It is $195 I think, but they have 20 or 25% coupons on a somewhat regular basis.

Here's what mine looks like with my 15" Macbook Pro (which is not particularly thin because it isn't particularly new) in it:



It could fit a thicker laptop.

More pictures of it in action (including with a smaller, but no thinner, laptop in it) on pages 2-3 here: pandce.proboards.com/thread/438084/work-bags-solution?page=2

That post may help you get other ideas as well.

[purplepenguin7]

Apr 23, 2015 14:36:43 GMT -5 v said:

The Lo & Sons Brookline tote is a bit bigger than what I'd want to use as a tote every day if I wasn't carrying a laptop around, but it is a fantastic laptop bag and would fit your laptop.

It is $195 I think, but they have 20 or 25% coupons on a somewhat regular basis.

Thanks v!  I've looked at the Brookline many times but never pulled the trigger.  Do the handles fit over your shoulder comfortably?  They don't look long enough and Lo & Sons doesn't have many pictures.  

[v]

Apr 23, 2015 14:46:38 GMT -5 purplepenguin7 said:

Apr 23, 2015 14:36:43 GMT -5 v said:

The Lo & Sons Brookline tote is a bit bigger than what I'd want to use as a tote every day if I wasn't carrying a laptop around, but it is a fantastic laptop bag and would fit your laptop.

It is $195 I think, but they have 20 or 25% coupons on a somewhat regular basis.

Thanks v!  I've looked at the Brookline many times but never pulled the trigger.  Do the handles fit over your shoulder comfortably?  They don't look long enough and Lo & Sons doesn't have many pictures.  

Yes, they're plenty long for shoulders though when I'm carrying my laptop with me I usually use the long strap instead.

[Susie]

I have the same bag as v. I like it a lot. I wanted the TT, but got the Brookline because my work computer is a 15" Macbook Pro.

[purplepenguin7]

Thanks for the suggestions. I was all set to order the Brookline with the 20% off, but it is out of stock. bummer. I'll have to keep looking.