Love your video very helpful. I want ihe medium tote deluxe or your bag the medium crossbody. It is such a hard choice. The quality is so nice. Thanks a lot for your great video.
Thanks for sharing such a great review. I’ve been wanting to purchase one of these bags and your review really helped show how much this can hold. I have the tote back pack in cold brew and love it so much. Portland Leather bags are amazing! I’m also a planner stationery nut so loved seeing your vandersspeck. I’ve never had one! I usually use planner perfects inserts and other b6 tns. Please keep the videos coming! Enjoyed it so much.
Hello Leaon. Thank you for watching my video. I love TNs too and stationery. I’ve never had a planner perfect, but I have friends who do. I am going to do a video soon on setting up my pocket TN from Chic Sparrow for my purse in my nutmeg. I adore PLG. I agree, they are amazing. You cannot find this quality as PLG has for the price PLG has anywhere else! It’s completely ruined me from the other bags on the market making me a PLG only girl now. I’m really glad that my video was helpful for you in regards to the bag. It can hold so much. It’s my favorite. I have a cold brew mini zipper in my wishlist for Christmas.
Great video! I got my medium crossbody in honey this week and am loving it! I bought the mini last summer and it’s great for day trips or something like that but for edc I need something a little larger. I’m planning on recording a comparison tomorrow after church, I too noticed there’s only one comparison video on TH-cam. I’ll be eager to see what your thoughts are on the difference. TFS!!!
Hi Ashley. Thank you for watching and commenting. I’m looking forward to your video comparison. Honey is such a pretty color, I hope to receive a wonderful neutral from the sale. I will find out tomorrow. We definitely need to create more comparisons vs the mini/medium crossbody. The medium crossbody is such a perfect edc for me. It’s one of the larger bags that I’ve owned, but not too large.
Great review! I own a few PLG totes and accessories, absolutely love PLG products and totally agree with you with the bags found at department stores. I have become a bag snob, lol, I don't like to look or touch the pleather or genuine leather bags. Can't believe prices for these bags and to have the fall apart of in a matter of months (my own personal experience). Thank you for sharing your beautiful bag and information.
New Subbie here, I have been carrying a Grizzly mini for a little over a month and I have an eclipse (honey) make up bag, small zip grizzly wallet, cold brew card wallet and my iPhone 12 Pro Max and keys in it , no zip though but o love it so much!!! I’ve been selling off my designer bags, also have a medium zip nutmeg too and love it as well! Thanks for sharing! Great video!
Hello! Thank you for subscribing. I can’t wait to feel the grizzly leather. I was thinking of ordering a few small leather goods in grizzly, sunflower, and that blue they have now just to have a variety to get me through until Christmas. I received my mini mystery in honey I still need to get a video up on that. Do you prefer the structure for the mini?
Great video. Thank you. I’ve been on the fence between the Medium Crossbody Tote and the Madewell Medium Traveler Tote. I’m also torn between zipped and unzipped. I really want the slouchy look. I’m leaning towards this one though.
I love PLG. Their coldbrew is amazing. So is cognac & smooth black. I recently sold my medium crossbody because it was just too big for me. The mini is amazing tho.
Thank you for your comment. I keep seeing so much 💕 for cold brew on their social media sites. You’re making me want to try that also. I did receive my mystery mini in honey. I’ll get another video on that soon. I love PLG too. It is a rabbit hole for sure.
Your bag looks amazing! I recently got the large bucket bag in nutmeg. I love it. As much as you carry, I wouldn't try the mini crossbody. Unless you wanted a smaller bag. I was already subscribed to you, so I much has watched a planning video from you before. lol
Hi Angie! Thank you for your comment and your subscription. I wanted the mini for days when we’re at the amusement park, the festivals this summer, and vacations. I was hoping that it would work for my wallet, sunblock, brush, and extra hair ties. Without needing to carry my medical pieces. With their flash c-grace sale this week my husband encouraged me to try to snag one. I can’t believe I got one and the prices were low. Being a mystery I won’t know if it’s going to have a zipper or snap closure, or the leather color. The bucket bags look so pretty and unique. I’m so glad that you too are a PLG fan and a nutmeg fan too. If it’s too small I’ll end up placing it on the bst. Have you tried the mini before?
@@MamaGraciePlans Wow! You got a sale item! I didn't even know about the sale. lol I hope you get something you will like. I have a few mini's because when I found PLG there was no medium crossbody. I am looking at selling my mini's though. They are usually a tad small for me. However, I am purchased a used mini Canyon with a zipper, which will be a new experience! Take Care
That was a great video and so helpful😁 I just bought my first bag from Portland leather and I was torn between the medium Crossbody tote and the mini, I got the medium and I love it but it seems big so I was thinking about returning it but now I’m wondering if I should keep it and just order the mini one also they just seem like such high-quality bags for a great price, but I usually don’t buy too many bags,I buy one and use it for years
Hi Cindi. Thank you so much for your kind words. I have the mini and medium. If you are like me and only use 1 purse you may find it hard to move out of your purse. The only time that I use my mini is for day trips to the park to make traveling a tad lighter. Whichever one you decide to use. I hope that it’s the perfect solution. I still want more leathers just to be able to gift them to close friends and to test the leathers myself first to see if I want to replace my mini with a cold brew zipper 😂. My advice is to only order during a 30% off sale.
I have a MacBook 13” it won’t fit. You’ll need a tote to fit a MacBook into. The only reason why it won’t fit is because of the hooks. For the crossbody strap to attach onto.
Thank you for watching. I agree. This bag is beautiful. They chose such high quality leathers. If you use Sam’s code, she gives you 30% off. It’s so affordable when comparing every single high quality leather bag company out there. You won’t be disappointed.
I have a question. If you put a water bottle, that has condensation on the outside of it, in this bag will in ruin the interior? I would plan to do this everyday.
👋🏼 hello. Thank you for watching my video. This leather bag is still being used as my purse. I’ve had it wet in the rain and nothing has ever ruined. The rain drops dry and don’t change the leather. I’ve also had water bottles from the cold fridge straight into my bag and the inside is just as soft as it was the day it arrived. I’m extremely happy with this bag. It’s shined up since it first arrived and the aging looks great and symmetrical all over. I should probably do an update video on how it looks now. I hope this helps answer your questions. I’m not sure if I shared in the description but this is the leather called nutmeg.
I want to get one of these bags, but in the early 1990’s Coach bags were not lined, I didn’t like them cause the color of the leather rubbed on everything in the purse and stained it. Will the Portland Leather Bags do this?
Hi Kay. I’d recommend getting a lighter color. As color transfer has happened with my canvas bag. I use leather products inside of my bag and oddly there’s been zero color transfer. I also have clear pvc zipper bags and of course no transfer to that. I’m not sure why only the edges of the canvas bag were affected. I still love and use my bag and have had no further transfer. I hope that’s helpful in your decision.
Did you have an accident that led to you being in a wheelchair? I have a prosthetic left eye but nothing happened, I was born without it. Well I just realized this is an old video so how are things going with the orthotics now?
Hello Kessia. Thank you for watching. Yes, I had a spinal cord injury due to an auto immune spinal cord disease. I’m able to get around today with limited mobility. The orthotics were amazing to help learn how to walk. I’m now using AFO’s that auto kick my legs to help with the foot drop that seems to be permanent. Without them I fall quite often. Due to the nature of my disease I started following others who also have disabilities and share them on their channels. I’ve seen the prosthetic eyes and they look amazing. You can do so many unique looks. They come in so many different colors. I recently learned that 40% of our population has a disability so we’re definitely not as few as it can feel at times.
@MamaGraciePlans Wow it's great that you're getting around better! By the grace of God huh! I think it would be too expensive for me to change colors for fun...mine is a full socket...or whatever. Some people have shells and I bet they are more reasonable. I'm legally blind in my right eye but I do everything I want except drive. I felt like I should share some of my experiences on my channel, and how people can be rude just without thinking or not knowing. I mostly do wimb videos and I only shared thise experiences once. The comments I got were all positive. Maybe I need to mention my disability a little more often since I'd like people to know that they don't have to be all weird about disabilities. You know?
Hi CJR. Welcome to my channel. Thank you for asking. From my personal experience on full grain leathers. They’ll use the pieces on the premium size that match in pebble or in texture together. The almost perfect will be from part of the leather that has a bit more character to it. Like if it’s typically smooth leather and it has a fat roll, a scar, or a wrinkle in the leather. They’ll mark that as almost perfect. I’m eyeing an almost perfect mini zipper tote for Christmas as the price is more within my budget. All of the straps are the same size no matter which grade of leather you purchase from. I hope that helps. If you’re thinking of buying one. What bag would yours be?
@@MamaGraciePlans ohhh ok, thank you for giving me such a detail answer 🙂. I purchased the "Almost perfect tote backpack" but it looks a bit funny when I have it on me... the left strap seems to be sewed a bit lower than the one on the right. It isn't first leather backpack ever so I. Just wondering if that is something to be expected or if I should contact them and exchange it for a different one.
@@cjrg2779 I would definitely contact them and ask them for a replacement. They will send you a return label and then ship the replacement to you as soon as they receive the product. I’m so sorry that was your experience with PLG. They really do have amazing customer service.
Hello, chrome tanned is just the method they use for finishing a full grain piece of leather. If the leather is veg tanned, they will list that on their site. All bags are chrome tanned, unless specifically listed. The information is found inside of the Portland leather insiders group on fb. Thanks for asking. I hope this was helpful. 😊… I’ll give an update on my bag soon. I’ve been caught out in the rain and it’s gotten pretty wet, and still looks new. Has no drops when it dried.
Thank you so much for sharing your bag!! We LOVE the "out of the box" leather smell too!
Thank you for watching. I love my PLG bags!!
Thanks for sharing I really want one of these bags now I know I would need the medium size. I love the pebble nutmeg color too. Have a great weekend!
You will love this bag. Thanks for watching and commenting. 😊 Enjoy the leather.
Love your video very helpful. I want ihe medium tote deluxe or your bag the medium crossbody. It is such a hard choice. The quality is so nice. Thanks a lot for your great video.
Thank you for watching and for your kind words. Whichever you decide, I hope that it is 💕
Your bag is so cute! I have a couple of Portland Leather bags and love them. Great review.
Thank you
Thanks for sharing such a great review. I’ve been wanting to purchase one of these bags and your review really helped show how much this can hold. I have the tote back pack in cold brew and love it so much. Portland Leather bags are amazing! I’m also a planner stationery nut so loved seeing your vandersspeck. I’ve never had one! I usually use planner perfects inserts and other b6 tns. Please keep the videos coming! Enjoyed it so much.
Hello Leaon. Thank you for watching my video. I love TNs too and stationery. I’ve never had a planner perfect, but I have friends who do. I am going to do a video soon on setting up my pocket TN from Chic Sparrow for my purse in my nutmeg. I adore PLG. I agree, they are amazing. You cannot find this quality as PLG has for the price PLG has anywhere else! It’s completely ruined me from the other bags on the market making me a PLG only girl now. I’m really glad that my video was helpful for you in regards to the bag. It can hold so much. It’s my favorite. I have a cold brew mini zipper in my wishlist for Christmas.
Just watching some PLG content and just heard my name. Thanks so much for supporting me!
You’re so very welcome. You’re an amazing part of our community.
Great video! I got my medium crossbody in honey this week and am loving it! I bought the mini last summer and it’s great for day trips or something like that but for edc I need something a little larger. I’m planning on recording a comparison tomorrow after church, I too noticed there’s only one comparison video on TH-cam. I’ll be eager to see what your thoughts are on the difference. TFS!!!
Hi Ashley. Thank you for watching and commenting. I’m looking forward to your video comparison. Honey is such a pretty color, I hope to receive a wonderful neutral from the sale. I will find out tomorrow. We definitely need to create more comparisons vs the mini/medium crossbody. The medium crossbody is such a perfect edc for me. It’s one of the larger bags that I’ve owned, but not too large.
great informative video! tyfs 💚
I love this bag! I have it in Sedona, but I still want Nutmeg, but I know they’re similar in color. Great review, thank you so much!
Thank you for watching!
Great review! I own a few PLG totes and accessories, absolutely love PLG products and totally agree with you with the bags found at department stores. I have become a bag snob, lol, I don't like to look or touch the pleather or genuine leather bags. Can't believe prices for these bags and to have the fall apart of in a matter of months (my own personal experience). Thank you for sharing your beautiful bag and information.
Thank you for watching and commenting. I couldn’t agree more!!
New Subbie here, I have been carrying a Grizzly mini for a little over a month and I have an eclipse (honey) make up bag, small zip grizzly wallet, cold brew card wallet and my iPhone 12 Pro Max and keys in it , no zip though but o love it so much!!! I’ve been selling off my designer bags, also have a medium zip nutmeg too and love it as well! Thanks for sharing! Great video!
Hello! Thank you for subscribing. I can’t wait to feel the grizzly leather. I was thinking of ordering a few small leather goods in grizzly, sunflower, and that blue they have now just to have a variety to get me through until Christmas. I received my mini mystery in honey I still need to get a video up on that. Do you prefer the structure for the mini?
How. Much.
Great video. Thank you.
I’ve been on the fence between the Medium Crossbody Tote and the Madewell Medium Traveler Tote. I’m also torn between zipped and unzipped. I really want the slouchy look. I’m leaning towards this one though.
Thank you for watching. No matter which leather you chose. I hope that it has the look you’re going for. I still love and use this bag daily.
Best review ever 😊
Thank you so much for watching, and for your kind comment. 😊
I love PLG. Their coldbrew is amazing. So is cognac & smooth black. I recently sold my medium crossbody because it was just too big for me. The mini is amazing tho.
Thank you for your comment. I keep seeing so much 💕 for cold brew on their social media sites. You’re making me want to try that also. I did receive my mystery mini in honey. I’ll get another video on that soon. I love PLG too. It is a rabbit hole for sure.
Your bag looks amazing! I recently got the large bucket bag in nutmeg. I love it. As much as you carry, I wouldn't try the mini crossbody. Unless you wanted a smaller bag. I was already subscribed to you, so I much has watched a planning video from you before. lol
Hi Angie! Thank you for your comment and your subscription. I wanted the mini for days when we’re at the amusement park, the festivals this summer, and vacations. I was hoping that it would work for my wallet, sunblock, brush, and extra hair ties. Without needing to carry my medical pieces. With their flash c-grace sale this week my husband encouraged me to try to snag one. I can’t believe I got one and the prices were low. Being a mystery I won’t know if it’s going to have a zipper or snap closure, or the leather color. The bucket bags look so pretty and unique. I’m so glad that you too are a PLG fan and a nutmeg fan too. If it’s too small I’ll end up placing it on the bst. Have you tried the mini before?
@@MamaGraciePlans Wow! You got a sale item! I didn't even know about the sale. lol I hope you get something you will like. I have a few mini's because when I found PLG there was no medium crossbody. I am looking at selling my mini's though. They are usually a tad small for me. However, I am purchased a used mini Canyon with a zipper, which will be a new experience! Take Care
Love to see the medium without zipper
That was a great video and so helpful😁 I just bought my first bag from Portland leather and I was torn between the medium Crossbody tote and the mini, I got the medium and I love it but it seems big so I was thinking about returning it but now I’m wondering if I should keep it and just order the mini one also they just seem like such high-quality bags for a great price, but I usually don’t buy too many bags,I buy one and use it for years
Hi Cindi. Thank you so much for your kind words. I have the mini and medium. If you are like me and only use 1 purse you may find it hard to move out of your purse. The only time that I use my mini is for day trips to the park to make traveling a tad lighter. Whichever one you decide to use. I hope that it’s the perfect solution. I still want more leathers just to be able to gift them to close friends and to test the leathers myself first to see if I want to replace my mini with a cold brew zipper 😂. My advice is to only order during a 30% off sale.
Would this fit MacBook? I love the shape and look but it wouldn't work for me if I couldn't fit my work laptop
I have a MacBook 13” it won’t fit. You’ll need a tote to fit a MacBook into. The only reason why it won’t fit is because of the hooks. For the crossbody strap to attach onto.
This bag is gorgeous and very affordable
Thank you for watching. I agree. This bag is beautiful. They chose such high quality leathers. If you use Sam’s code, she gives you 30% off. It’s so affordable when comparing every single high quality leather bag company out there. You won’t be disappointed.
I have a question. If you put a water bottle, that has condensation on the outside of it, in this bag will in ruin the interior? I would plan to do this everyday.
👋🏼 hello. Thank you for watching my video. This leather bag is still being used as my purse. I’ve had it wet in the rain and nothing has ever ruined. The rain drops dry and don’t change the leather. I’ve also had water bottles from the cold fridge straight into my bag and the inside is just as soft as it was the day it arrived. I’m extremely happy with this bag. It’s shined up since it first arrived and the aging looks great and symmetrical all over. I should probably do an update video on how it looks now. I hope this helps answer your questions. I’m not sure if I shared in the description but this is the leather called nutmeg.
I want to get one of these bags, but in the early 1990’s Coach bags were not lined, I didn’t like them cause the color of the leather rubbed on everything in the purse and stained it. Will the Portland Leather Bags do this?
Hi Kay. I’d recommend getting a lighter color. As color transfer has happened with my canvas bag. I use leather products inside of my bag and oddly there’s been zero color transfer. I also have clear pvc zipper bags and of course no transfer to that. I’m not sure why only the edges of the canvas bag were affected. I still love and use my bag and have had no further transfer. I hope that’s helpful in your decision.
Did you have an accident that led to you being in a wheelchair? I have a prosthetic left eye but nothing happened, I was born without it. Well I just realized this is an old video so how are things going with the orthotics now?
Hello Kessia. Thank you for watching. Yes, I had a spinal cord injury due to an auto immune spinal cord disease. I’m able to get around today with limited mobility. The orthotics were amazing to help learn how to walk. I’m now using AFO’s that auto kick my legs to help with the foot drop that seems to be permanent. Without them I fall quite often. Due to the nature of my disease I started following others who also have disabilities and share them on their channels. I’ve seen the prosthetic eyes and they look amazing. You can do so many unique looks. They come in so many different colors. I recently learned that 40% of our population has a disability so we’re definitely not as few as it can feel at times.
@MamaGraciePlans Wow it's great that you're getting around better! By the grace of God huh! I think it would be too expensive for me to change colors for fun...mine is a full socket...or whatever. Some people have shells and I bet they are more reasonable. I'm legally blind in my right eye but I do everything I want except drive. I felt like I should share some of my experiences on my channel, and how people can be rude just without thinking or not knowing. I mostly do wimb videos and I only shared thise experiences once. The comments I got were all positive. Maybe I need to mention my disability a little more often since I'd like people to know that they don't have to be all weird about disabilities. You know?
What is the difference between the Almost perfect and the premium? Is it the color? The size of the straps?
Hi CJR. Welcome to my channel. Thank you for asking. From my personal experience on full grain leathers. They’ll use the pieces on the premium size that match in pebble or in texture together. The almost perfect will be from part of the leather that has a bit more character to it. Like if it’s typically smooth leather and it has a fat roll, a scar, or a wrinkle in the leather. They’ll mark that as almost perfect. I’m eyeing an almost perfect mini zipper tote for Christmas as the price is more within my budget. All of the straps are the same size no matter which grade of leather you purchase from. I hope that helps. If you’re thinking of buying one. What bag would yours be?
@@MamaGraciePlans ohhh ok, thank you for giving me such a detail answer 🙂. I purchased the "Almost perfect tote backpack" but it looks a bit funny when I have it on me... the left strap seems to be sewed a bit lower than the one on the right. It isn't first leather backpack ever so I. Just wondering if that is something to be expected or if I should contact them and exchange it for a different one.
@@cjrg2779 I would definitely contact them and ask them for a replacement. They will send you a return label and then ship the replacement to you as soon as they receive the product. I’m so sorry that was your experience with PLG. They really do have amazing customer service.
Portland leather goods are vegetable tanned leathers… Where is it stated that this is a chrome tanned bag?
Hello, chrome tanned is just the method they use for finishing a full grain piece of leather. If the leather is veg tanned, they will list that on their site. All bags are chrome tanned, unless specifically listed. The information is found inside of the Portland leather insiders group on fb. Thanks for asking. I hope this was helpful. 😊… I’ll give an update on my bag soon. I’ve been caught out in the rain and it’s gotten pretty wet, and still looks new. Has no drops when it dried.
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