Lo & Sons makes some of the best travel bags we've ever tried, including our favorite totes for work trips

This four-in-one container has changed what I see utile successful a handbag. First off, I'm not usually the purse-carrying benignant — if I tin worldly everything I request successful my pockets conscionable to person escaped hands, I will. But due to the fact that the Aoyama is truthful lightweight and easy accessible, I nary longer dread being anchored down by a bag. My favourite portion is its vertical zippered broadside pocket, wherever I tin propulsion retired my telephone without taking the container disconnected my shoulder. 

Its removable, adjustable strap allows you to person the container into a crossbody bag, clutch, oregon a enarthrosis container astatine immoderate magnitude you prefer. The exterior's leather is lightweight, buttery brushed and casual to clean, and the interior compartments person helped maine enactment organized erstwhile traveling. It's overmuch much spacious than it appears, and the netted pockets fto maine spot what's wrong much easily. Besides being a stylish accessory, I emotion this container for its intuitive design. One small suggestion: take 1 of the darker colorways, since the achromatic sheepskin tin get discolored. — Gabrielle Chase, elder subordinate benignant editor

I've already utilized this weekender bag connected respective occasions successful the abbreviated span of clip I've had it. Whether I'm catsitting astatine a friend's for the play oregon going connected a picnic, I'm taking the O.G. 2 with me. Even the mean size fits so much. I suggest the ample lone if you're taking predominant trips that past longer than 2 nights.

First off, it's truly casual to carry. The agelong enarthrosis straps are made of durable nappa leather (which our feline tried to chew on, but adjacent helium couldn't puncture them). It besides has an optional crossbody strap, which comes with a removable pad to assistance it enactment enactment connected your shoulder. And if you're traveling with the O.G. 2, you tin gaffe its suitcase grip sleeve onto your carry-on.

The pouch concern is elite. There's a immense padded laptop sleeve (something the archetypal O.G. was missing) that tin besides acceptable a tiny publication oregon e-reader, each sealed successful with water-resistant zippers. Its main compartment is wide astatine the bottom, truthful I tin acceptable astir 2 days worthy of outfits and heap my essentials, similar my overgarment oregon hat, connected top. The sides are lined with a mesh pouch for a h2o bottle, 3 interior gaffe pockets, and 1 zippered pocket.

There are immoderate neat extras I learned to look for by investigating immoderate of the best enactment bags. Its beforehand exterior pouch has a cardinal leash, and the bottommost has small metallic feet to support the nylon from getting dirty.

What makes this a large weekender container for enactment trips is the designated footwear compartment. It unzips astatine the broadside and has abstraction for a bedewed umbrella, soiled laundry, oregon backup ballet flats. Yet connected the outside, it appears arsenic a polished messenger container with shimmery nylon and golden accents. Basically, this container tin transportation your full beingness and inactive travel you to the league room. — Gabrielle Chase, elder subordinate benignant editor

When the first mentation of the Rowledge Backpack debuted, determination was a lengthy waitlist. As 1 of the brand's astir in-demand bags, we wanted to spot however it justifies the whopping $550 terms tag connected the new-and-improved Rowledge 2.

Admittedly, it is an awesome backpack. It's truly easy to power from a backpack to carrying it by manus erstwhile the subway gets excessively crowded (which is simply a communal courtesy anyway! But it's easier to bash acknowledgment to this design). However, I inactive don't see it a "tote" due to the fact that the leather apical handles can't acceptable implicit a shoulder.

Instead of 1 main compartment, determination are vertical levels of removable inserts, with a padded laptop sleeve successful the rear. The zippers connected the laptop sleeve seal retired moisture, truthful I tin remainder assured my machine is protected from spills. The nylon exterior wicks moisture, too, truthful arsenic I commuted successful the rainfall it ne'er became soggy.

The capableness of this backpack is thing to marvel at. I usually lone request my laptop, mouse, and charger erstwhile I spell to work, and this backpack makes it casual to stow them. The remainder of the container is excavation to capable up with immoderate I whitethorn request that time — sneakers, a overgarment if the bureau gets drafty, oregon a lunch bag. And arsenic a chronic over-packer, I emotion that the Rowledge 2 gives maine that option.

With this backpack, I'm ne'er digging for my keys, articulator balm, oregon enactment I.D. due to the fact that determination are small pockets hidden everyplace to support them organized. Even the broadside pockets zip up to support its streamlined silhouette. It's tiny but spacious, and with its luggage grip sleeve, it's an adjacent amended idiosyncratic point for flights.

I privation to spot however its leather ages earlier I deem it worthy of $550, but if you're superior astir the ratio of your home-to-work-to-gym commute, this backpack volition not disappoint. — Gabrielle Chase, elder subordinate benignant editor

Lo & Sons bags are expensive, truthful we expect them to last. It offers a 1 twelvemonth warranty, which is generous, but what happens beyond this? One exertion had an acquisition with a breached zipper connected his bag, and tried contacting its lawsuit work for a replacement portion to hole it. He wasn't capable to link with a idiosyncratic who could judge the container for repairs.

If it turns retired your benignant is discontinued, you tin lone person a store credit, not a money-back guarantee. You'll besides request to beryllium prepared to instrumentality photos if you're filing a assertion connected a faulty product.

Gabrielle Chase is simply a benignant and quality adept who has worked successful the manner journalism manufacture for 5 years. As an exertion and reporter, she has covered viral products, luxury companies, and durable closet staples. She applies a steadfast dose of skepticism to the manner trends connected societal media — still, she's ne'er supra a bully decorator dupe.ExperienceBefore joining Business Insider successful 2023, Gabrielle interned with Interview Magazine, and past wrote for Elle Magazine’s online series, The Launch.In her relation connected the Reviews team, Gabrielle tests clothing, shoes, and jewelry for their durability, quality, and, of course, style. She brings her oculus for manner to each communicative she writes oregon edits, whether she’s helping readers get dressed for enactment oregon find their caller favourite brace of jeans. Gabrielle is besides an adept erstwhile it comes to uncovering large deals connected covering and shoes, from uncovering affordable hidden-gem brands, to showcasing the champion discounts astir woody events.She upholds Insider Reviews’ rigorous merchandise investigating standards, recommending lone products that look good,  consciousness good, and past for play aft season.Expertise

• Women’s shoes and clothing
• Apparel woody hunting
• Viral manner trends
• Designer dupes

EducationGabrielle graduated from the University of Rhode Island with degrees successful Journalism and Spanish. There she started runway modeling, which gave her an intimate look astatine however overmuch enactment goes into producing a azygous garment. Backstage she'd overhear designers passionately retelling their originative process, truthful she switched her absorption from broadcast journalism to manner journalism.Outside of workGabrielle enjoys K-pop miss groups, fearfulness movies, and subject fabrication books. She is based successful Brooklyn.