Customer Reviews Vera Bradley Recycled Lighten Up Reactive Deluxe Drawstring Backsack Backpack

Love using it. Took it to flea market and it was awesome

I love the pattern and color. It's very sturdy and the outside and inside pockets make it better than a typical backsack. I also like that the material is water resistant. I would have given it 5 stars, but the one annoyance is the strings you pull to close. No matter what you do, they don't close evenly so one string is always looped longer. I have to adjust every time I open and close the bag.

Cute bag! Nice material though it was a little bigger than I thought it would be but also the draw strings were a bit tough to pull together when closing all the way and hard to get them even when pulling them open .

Drawstring is to hard to tighten. Very aggravating. Worst product I've had from Vera Bradley.

Although the backpack was a very nice item, it did not suit the purpose for which it was intended, and I had to return it.

Bigger than I thought

Main compartment is a good size. I like the material. The two mesh sides pockets are okay. It'd be better if they were more stretchy to accommodate medium sized water bottles. The worst feature was the straps. It's so hard to pull them and keep them even on both sides.

It is a little bigger than I thought it would be. Not sure if I will keep it.

The Rain Forest Canopy Coral looks way different than the website photo. The coral is extremely bright while the greens are swampy, which makes it a very unattractive combination.

Just perfect for holding my scrubs

The pattern is cute and the bag and pockets are nice. However, the straps are far to short and are just to uncomfortable to wear on your back for long periods of time.

Loved the idea of this, but didn't work for me. Too many strings. Sent it back.

I love the print! Color is great and the size of the bag is great. But the straps are horrible! There is a really tight strap & a really loose one on each side. It's uncomfortable to wear. I can't get the straps adjusted where they fit right. Don't recommend due to this reason

I have just about all of the deluxe drawstring bags like this one . I love them but this one is coming undone at the bottom where the strings are sewed into the seem of the bag . I have only been using this bag for two months and now it's coming apart . I'm so disappointed because this is one of my favorite drawstring bags and for what you pay for them you definitely except more especially from Vera Bradley. I have bought her products for 15 plus years and over the years the quality has definitely gone down to the point where I have wrestled with not buying them anymore. I really wish they had a quality control department . I have never written a review before but I thought folks should know about this .

I don't understand, why hey designed it with 4 strings. The photo shows the model holding them all together, which defeats the point of a backsack (hands free) but if she hadn't done that, we would have all seen the 4 straps that don't seem to be the same size and look silly. Plus you cannot sling over one shoulder. I have multiple patterns of the OLD backsack, which although smaller, had two straps. 4 looks ridiculous. so disappointed.

I returned this bag because the straps were too small and not very stretchy. It felt like it was made for a child not an adult.

Hoping to return this! It's a big floppy mess! Draw strings are tight and if they aren't pulled evenly, it's difficult to carry. It needs some small compartments too.