Gave this as a gift and they loved it. Great bag for the beach or vacation.as a cosmetology student, Ive been looking for just the right thing to carry my hair tools to the school salon… ive tried rolling cart, bags, baskets and couldnt find something simple and big/and small enough to sit on the counter. this is perfect!!!! square, not huge, but tall to keep everything in and visible!Awkward tote. Has a metal support along the top so it juts out funny from my body when I carry it over my shoulder.....straps are too long to carry it any other way though.Also planned to have this embroidered as I bought 2....1 as a teacher gift. The metal around the top wouldn’t allow for embroidery so I went with an HTV decal instead and the material did not take HTV either.....it melts ?I guess it all depends on what you want to do with it but my teaching partner and I use it as a catch all tote to take to recess etc....it’s just and awkward boxy thing.Use it daily! It’s great!It’s perfect for a two day visit to family’sThe bag has a rigid frame at the top.This is a well made easy to use tote but it was a little too large for what I needed it for. Too bad because I would've loved to keep it if I could think of a use for it. It was too small for groceries (besides I have several of those already) and too large to use as a lunch bag/box which is what I bought it for.