- Hardware
- One metal zip, and that's the whole of it. It runs across the top and turns down both sides, so the case opens along three edges and lays back rather than parting at a slot, and a laptop goes in and comes out flat instead of being angled through a gap. Two pulls run on it, meeting wherever you leave them, so you can open from either end or work them to the middle and lift the lid straight up. The teeth are a heavy gauge against a cream tape, sitting proud of the panel as a line across the front rather than hidden in a seam. Each pull is bare metal, no tab, sized to take a fingertip
- Construction
- Cut and closed by hand, with the panels turned and stitched rather than bonded, so the edges are finished on the inside and there's no raw cut showing. The layers are skived down where they meet the folds, which keeps it slim when it's closed. Edge stitching runs through the outer panels, with bar-tacks at the points that take the wear
- Water Resistance
- Water-resistant. The vegan leather surface sheds rain rather than soaking it up, so a shower on the way to the station wipes off with a cloth. The stitching and the zips aren't sealed, and the flap isn't a closed seal, so it isn't waterproof and shouldn't be left out in sustained rain or set down on wet ground
