So for years I'm basically not going out of the house without my backpack. It's mostly empty though, as I mainly need it to carry stuff like my glasses/shades, smokes (now heets), hand lotion, tissues, something to write etc. In winter time these things would mostly fit into my coat's pockets. Only for shopping all that space available is really justified.
Meanwhile I think I'm getting too old for walking around with a backpack. I have to wear a suit every now and then, and I think I'm looking like a shmuck with a suit and a backpack. Also sometimes I have to take my work's laptop home with me in it's own backpack, so I have to carry my backpack along with it, looking like an even bigger shmuck.
So I decided to switch things up and start using a man's bag, a.k.a. man bag, man-purse or murse. For those who don't know about man's bags, a pretty common design looks like this:
The bag above is on the bigger side though, most of these are smaller. Certain kinds are made to be worn around the wrist, but that's just stupid imo:
So, any recommendations OOT? Do you use a man's bag yourself or did you ever consider it? Thoughts on best materials?