LL Bean Bags - styles and color questions

[ckleist]

I know many of you have either their daiper bag, travel touring bag, or shoulder bag, but does anyone have the microfiber tote bag or the carryall tote bags (the others are too small for me)? Also, what colors are your bags - I'm contemplating getting the tote in the mist green, but it looks kind of minty green on my screen. I was looking for a colored "neutral" bag, along the lines of maybe a light olive or sage. Their khaki color looks too brown on my screen.

http://www.llbean.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/CategoryDisplay?categoryId=30010&storeId=1&catalogId=1&langId=-1&parentCategory=4520&cat4=2913&shop_method=pp&feat=dp50

[MommytoLayla]

I have the tote in black and it is huge. There are tons of pockets though for organization. I think for a diaper bag it would be great because of all the organization but I think it is big for an everyday bag, unless of course you carry a lot. I use it for my work bag and I love it. The strap falls nicely on me and isn't too high up under my arm. I live in Maine so I have seen the colors and have owned both the blue color and tan color in some of there other style bags. By the way if it gives you an idea of size the side pockets fit my Nalgene bottle without a problem.
The blue is really pretty and the tan is a more brown color. I think the green is really nice too. I just recently started getting into colored bags other than black and am getting more brave :)


Shannon
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[ckleist]

Thanks for the info...I'm just tired of black, but it is a safe color. I've got 2 kids in diapers, and the youngest has acid reflux and some other gi issues, so I need to have at least 1 change of clothes and several cloth diapers to handle the spit up and/or blow out diapers. I thought the sling tote would have been big enough, but it is barely big enough to handle the stuff for my youngest. So I'm hoping to sell my black sling tote before getting another bag.

Do you have any pics of the bag so I could see what the interior looks like? I'm surprised LL Bean doesn't post any interior pics, especially if it is a bag w/ good organization.

[MommytoLayla]

Well I tried to take some pictures, some came out okay. There are three elastic pockets lining one side of the inside. The opposite side has a huge zippered pocket. The outside on one side has a organizer pocket which is in one of the picture and on that same side there are two more pockets that have vertical zippers along each side of the organizer pocket. The other side of the bag has one of those pocket that you can undo the top and bottom to slide over a luggage pull. The top of that pocket is velcro and the bottom is a zipper.

Hope that helps. If you want me to try and pack some things in it to see what will fit, I'll try it.

Shannon
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[ckleist]

Thanks for the pics, it looks like a great bag. Now I just need to decide on a color.