Customer Reviews Vera Bradley Recycled Lighten Up Reactive Sling Backpack

I wish there had been more choices for a nice pattern that I bought a few years ago. Also the zipper on this one gets stuck too. Most likely I'll look elsewhere next time for something a bit more stylish as well as functional.

I really like the size and various different zippered pockets of this bag. My biggest issue is that the adjustable strap will not STAY at the adjusted position, especially if I want to make the strap shorter. The plastic buckle and slick nature of the strap make it very difficult to stay in a shorter adjusted position. I also find that inside fabric gets stuck in zipper on the largest pocket, making it difficult to zip or unzip. I do like the overall size and style of the bag.

I like the backpack what I do not like it the strap will not stay put and gets longer while carrying constantly has to be readjusted

Product OK just went with a jacket instead

It's entirely too small!!

I really enjoy the size of this lunch bag, however the zipper is constantly catching the inner liner and in the 1st week the zipper ripped a hole.

A little to big does not lay flat on back

I love the bag but I was extremely disappointed in how it was shipped. I expected that coming from such a popular and well known, the bag would have been packaged better. I did not see nor feel the love for for your product. The bag was ripped and the bag was wet. Very disappointing. I have purchased other items through a few other places and they came in pretty packaging and a card. I would have given it more stars otherwise.

I love my Sling Backpack. But it's too big. I think if I got the smaller one that would have been too small. Also if you want to wear it on your shoulder it's too slippery and won't stay on. I love the Regatta pattern,

I expected to like this as much as I like the mini sling backpack. While the large compartment is a good size, it isn't very comfortable to wear. It doesn't sit right on my back, so it slides down and sits more on my hip.

Loved the color but lunch cooler was HUGE. Much larger than would be practicable for my daughter to take to her teaching job. It was supposed to be a back-to-school gift but she ended up having to take it to UPS to ship back. I do not drive and there was not a pick up option plus i had to pay return shipping. I love Vera but this was a big disappointment

Got it for Christmas but wanted to see if they had it in a darker pattern. No luck so I stuck with it- started using in March. By June.this cannot come clean. Functionality 5/5. Cleanliness 1/5

The size is good, color is bright and material is wearing well. I gave it 3 stars because I have carried it for 2 weeks and have NOT been able to get the strap to stay where I set it! After carrying it for any length of time the strap has sludge to the very end.

This item is beautiful. It was disappointing the zipper worked didn't work well.

The strap keep loosing. It doesn't stay in place.

In the picture it looked like a light spring green, that is why I purchased it. Upon arrival it is actually yellow. I was a little disappointed that it wasn't green. However I do love it. Thank you

I love everything about this bag. The color. The size. The shape. The pockets. The strap. The reason I couldn't give this a 5 is the inside of the small zippered pouch on the back/side has a small hole forming between the liner and inside of the backpack.

I purchased several things from the reactive line and everything was great except This one. So hard to zip/unzip because it sticks at the corners

I thought it would have been a little bigger. But it will have to do I do like the lunch box.

I received the bag and it was damaged, the backside was not stitched. For a first time buyer that is not a good first impression. I wanted the bag for travel and could not use it. I have been back from my travel and don't have time to return.

I love the style of the sling backpack; however, I wish the bottom of the strap could be unhooked and moved to the other side of the bag. As a leftie, I carry bags over my right shoulderit feels very unnatural to carry a bag over my left shoulder! Because of the strap placement, it is impossible to sling this bag over my right shoulder! If the strap was adjustable from left to right shoulder, I would probably own several of these in different patterns!

The Sling Backpack was too bulking for me and I didn't like the excess strap hanging down. On the plus side I did like all the pockets.

The design was a lil too busy for me,I thought the colors would be more muted.

For the price- it could have had a zip compartment on outside and even a netted bottle holder. I would have forgone that zipper for the so called 2 inch expansion.

I'm trying to find a smaller backpack instead of the campus backpack. I have many of that size but at 80+ years old it is getting heavy! I still need to put my iPad in it so am not sure about the sling..