Customer Reviews Kipling Erica Cross Body Bag

This is a wonderful large-ish crossbody. It's not as large as some other kipling bags, but it is definitely large enough for daily use if you tend to carry a lot with you. I previously purchased the Aisling bag but needed something larger. My things fit but they were cramped and it was hard to be organized when things are squeezed tight. The Erica has enough room for my things and extra in case I need to carry something unexpected, maybe a book or a water bottle. I do wish the small pockets were larger to accommodate the larger phones out there but there's another pocket that will hold it, it just makes the purpose of the smaller pockets questionable. I love that it is light-weight and durable. I had to choose between this bag and a large 60$ Coach leather bag and I am returning the Coach bag.

I bought this bag to be used primarily for travel but I ended up using this as my daily bag to work. It is so easy to extend the handle to transform it from a shoulder to a cross-body bag. This has a lot of pockets and it is big enough to accommodate all my junk. The only thing that I do not like about this bag is the handle - it slips so easily off of my shoulder and so annoying specially if you do not have a free hand to catch it. I wish Kipling has put something in the handle that would prevent that from happening (like that rubbery traction type found in Swiss Army laptop bags.

I'm very glad I purchased this bag. I use it when I'm bringing my iPad with me someplace, as there is plenty of room in the main interior compartment for the iPad and my wallet. I like the number of pockets on the outside of this bag, as well. I bought the "Warm Gray" one...however, it's not even close to gray, it's khaki. This is fine, as I didn't really care what color I received, but for those of you who love gray...this isn't gray.

I purchased this and brought it home. My husband told me he thought it looked like a cooler. After hearing that I had to agree. Back it went. It is a well made bag just like all kiplings but I really don't want to carry around something that looks like a cooler!