Customer Reviews for Nomatic - Slim Messenger Laptop Bag with RFID Pocket, Tech Organizer, Water-Resistant Zippers & Expansion Design - Black
Customer Rating
5
Wife loves it!!
on October 15, 2026
Posted by: rojelio g.
from US, United States
[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] Don’t let the size fool you! This is a great bag with plenty of organization for all your office needs. Was very surprised at the amount of stuff that fits in it and you can easily access everything. without having to dig around! One of the best! I would definitely recommend!!
I got this bag because I wanted something much lighter than my Tumi briefcase and this was one of the only laptop bags on the market that had a place for a water bottle. I used the bag on many trips, and I really wanted to love it, but instead I hated it because it has a number of weaknesses that only become apparent after you start using it. The laptop compartment does a good job of holding a computer, but it's not big enough to hold much else. The only place that's really designed to hold papers/files is the laptop section, but if you have a laptop in there, there's little room for files. Worst of all, the laptop section only has a single zipper, so you can't lock it. The main compartment has two zippers so they can be locked together, but that means that if you want to lock up the laptop, you have to move it to the non-laptop compartment. The luggage pass-through strap on the back is taut across the back and has very little give, so it takes a lot of effort to get a rollerboard handle through it, particularly if there is anything in the briefcase. I found myself struggling to get the briefcase on and off the rollerboard in security lines and when boarding/deplaning. The larger outer pouch has decent amount of storage and some nice slots, but it only opens on one side, so it's hard to put things in it or get them back out or even to determine what's in there because you can't see inside of it very well. The main compartment has a good selection of zippered pouches, but those on the one side are tight against the wall of the compartment, so you can't put anything in them that is very thick. The middle compartment has an expansion zipper, but it only expands the bottom half of the compartment, so it's impossible to make that compartment wide enough to handle a large number of files or reports (for letter size materials, you need to have the extra depth through the full height of the briefcase, not just the bottom of the compartment, so having a half-expansion doesn't really do much good. So after giving it more than a fair trial, I finally gave up and bought a Briggs & Riley case., which was much more expensive, but also much better in virtually every respect.