Customer Reviews L.L.Bean Zip Top Boat and Tote Large

I was very disappointed with the bag! Material was too heavy and bulky! I returned for a refund!

When I first purchased this bag, I was disappointed by the terrible sitching on the embrodiery. The thread was pulled and snagged. I decided not to return it because it felt wasteful -- but I was greatly disappointed. Because of that snag, I never use the bag. It's clean, it's hung on the wall away from any chemicals, we do not have a rat or moth problem in our home. But today I discovered that my bag it literally shredded. The canvas is literally crumbling a part in my hands. It has never been washed. It's seen the beach a few times. It's carried a few six packs. There's never been any spills outside of sand collection. I'm blown away.

I love these boat totes, but prefer the custom color options. These make amazing gifts, but the beige/natural color is not a great option for kids. My favorite color combo was a dark pink with green I used to gift to little girls, or a navy and forest for boys.

The Boat and Tote is a classic - I've always kept one around. Now the latest is shockingly shoddy piece of workmanship. Threads sticking out of major seams - a zipper so cheaply inserted that the feature I paid extra for simply doesn't work. The quality of the canvas is still excellent, but the assembly has been turned over to the wrong people. Iplan to return for a refund.

had to send the bag back due to poor stitching. The monogram that was put on was stitched to the side and top at the same time.. So you could not zip the top closed.

PLEASE bring back the custom option for the boat & tote. I've used one for years as a purse and wanted to create a new one only to discover it's no longer an option. The beige base doesn't work well for a purse option.

I would like to start by saying, I LOVE my boat and tote bag. I've had the same bag for 2.5 years and it looks as good as the day I opened the box. I am however extremely disappointed to see L.L.Bean has discontinued the custom option. A beige base simply does not fit into my life style. I wanted to downsize my tote for a medium sized bag, as the rule of thumb goes the bigger the bag the more stuff you will carry. Let me tell you the extra large can carry A LOT, and my back says it's okay to carry less. I cannot however replace my bag with any of the current options. BRING BACK THE CUSTOM BOAT AND TOTE PLEASE!!!!!

I come from an LL Bean family. We have lots of LL Bean totes and gear. I was very disappointed when my tote straps faded so badly they are no longer in the same color family as my monogram. It looks so bad, I need a new bag. I will no longer be purchasing from LL Bean, as they are not standing by their work.

Very disappointed, zipper does not work properly and canvas is so hard and not pliable at all. I bought totes in the past and they were high quality but not this one

I love my old zip top LLBean Tote. I have ordered at least 20 of them and given them as gifts from my company but in my last order of 5 of them I realize these are completely inferior. No exterior pocket. No interior of bag pockets and it just feels like thin and inferior material compared to my old ones. Nowhere do I see the fact that these are pocket free advertised. Really sad with this product.

I received my second boat and tote bag for Christmas this year. With my first one, the seams started to unravel after a couple of years of use. Fair enough. With this one, the seams started unraveling within ONE DAY OF USE. Unacceptable. I can hardly zip/unzip it because of all of the loose seams caught in the track. I cannot believe how much LL Bean's quality has decreased over the years. Considering this and the fact that they no longer offer their lifetime warrantee, I think I am done ordering from LL Bean.

O, dear LL Bean...after several years of being a loyal costomer of yours, i have to say, you are loosing a quality, you always been so proud. Three returns from me in one month! I try to do monogram on this bag, just a simple letter on the front of the bag. They saw the part of the bag that has zipper in monogram...so the bag became not usable....

i've been super happy with this bag for 3-4 years of light, occasional use (packing clothing in car for weekend trips, overnights, etc.) but this past weekend i took it to the pool and the blue handle got a little wet (i guess, i didn't even notice) and the area where it touched the bag now is stained blue! tried to dab it off to no avail. when i contacted customer service they said the color will bleed if the fabric is wet. in general, most fabrics are a bit more colorfast than this, and i would expect that something called a "boat and tote" shouldn't bleed to easily! i'm really disappointed, i expected something that was a little more able to withstand normal use.

So, recently bought the medium boat tote to use as a book bag and it is way too small to hold two textbooks and binders. I had an extensive chat with a customer service rep deciding between the medium and large and based on their advice went with the medium with the zip top and long handles. Unfortunately, I had it monogramed and am stuck with it. So, if you want to use this tote for more than one textbook and binder, definitely buy the large

I called Bean to order the bag. I verbally gave them the monogram I wanted and then emailed customer service to be sure they got it right. The customer service even emailed me back that everything would be OK. Wrong. The bag is fine and I can use it but they really messed up on the monogram. What I wanted was QT's BOOT BAG--what I got was QT"s" BOOT BAG. Very unhappy with the service but love the bag for my shooting boots. Don't know what more I could have done to insure the monogram was correct.