Roka lucky dip.

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Anyone else playing this year; rokalondon.com/pages/lucky-dip

I'm thinking of going for a midi! Looking for a free shipping cod ethough

Thank you Twirly, that's helpful. The Finchley is too big for everyday use, which is fine because I wanted it more for day trips. I was considering a Bantry for day to day use but if that's a bit big too then I won't waste my money. I travel light.

I posted this several pages upthread. It's not that small, unless you need to carry a fullsize laptop in it.

The small Finchley A isn’t massively bigger than a small Bantry B - the roll top makes the Finchley more flexible, useful if you’re picking up shopping.

Here they are side by side.

I prefer a top zip rather than a roll top so that’s a useful side by side comparison. Thanks @SabrinaThwaite

@IlovePond I find the roll top easy as it’s just held down by magnets, and it just flops back into place.

They’re both good general day bags for town, but I wouldn’t use them on a proper walk as I don’t find the straps very ergonomic and I like a hiking daypack with a vented back.

I see - magnets! Thanks @SabrinaThwaite

@IlovePond I find the roll-top fiddly - the zip sort of goes round the corner so a slight faddle unzipping it once you've done the rolltop thing. Clearly I'm in the minority minding this but much prefer the top zip, if this helps you decide.

Thanks @toenails - yes - I am a top zip person, definitely!

I have a small Canfield that I can fit my (small) work laptop, chargers, headphones etc in. It's in an attempt to not carry a huge amount of crap around with me.

I am so happy I took a chance on this, received my small bantry b today and absolutely love it.

My order just arrived and I'm really happy! I got one of each, and received a medium Canfield B corn/mulberry, a Paddington B in plum and a Paddington D in corn.
The only one I'm not keen on is the Paddington D, as it's too small for a phone so not sure what I'd use it for. Not sure about the corn colour either, though it works well on the Canfield where it's combined with mulberry.

They are great for carrying treats and poop bags on a dog walk, especially in the summer when you don’t have coat pockets to hand to lug everything around in. Maybe gift it to a dog owner if you don’t have dogs yourself.

@Conqueeftador That's a great idea, thanks! I don't have a dog but several family and friends do so I'll gift it

Do dog owners not have phones then?

That's the same one I can't find a use for and I can't really see why a dog owner would have any more use for it.

Yes, but that would be in my jeans/trouser back pocket. I don’t want the pockets of my clothes filling up with bits of crumbled, broken dog treat, or smelling like dog treats. In my dog walking coat that’s fine, but not in the trousers I’m planning to wear out for the day after walking the dog.

I can fit my S24 in mine plus loads more.

My phone doesn't fit in it. Even if it "just" did, there wouldn't be room for anything more, let alone loads. Maybe a credit card, a lip balm and a hair tie.

Anyway, it's a cute thing, just no use to me.

Can I ask what kind of inserts you got?
I took a punt and got the shell, but now need some inserts (pretty clever of them to send these as now will buy more) - trying to decide whether just to order normally or do a lucky dip with a request for inserts

Are you sure that's the Paddington D, not B? The B is lovely and a great size, will likely become my everyday bag, but the D is a strange in-between size - too small for even a phone, but too big to use as a purse.

Is the THANKYOU5000 code still working for people? Just tried but wasn’t accepted, maybe just for overseas.

I used it on my order but it doesn't work now. They must have disabled it!

@Tigerlilyxx the inserts were the monthly and weekly planner ones, with some blank sheets at the back and a 2021-2023 calendar (hence becoming seconds I guess!)

Bugger. Well it saves me going for a third go …

IHhandt heard of the Paddington D and can't find it searching the Roka Site, but I'm stupid so...

Anyway. I did find it else where.

It looks tiny compared to the Paddington B.
And like the belt slips through a back sleeve. Don't think I like it.

Paddington B has a stickier outier front pocketier.

I also looked on the ROKA site for the Paddington D @NunyaBeeswax The other day it was being offered for sale at £10 with any £60 purchase but there were no size details available. (That deal seems to have ended now.)

As per a PP, I agree it would make a good dog treat training bag. We use a little drawstring bag, but it’s fiddly. That’s why I looked to see how much Paddington Ds were and was surprised to find they weren’t available to buy separately on the ROKA site, (I then found them at another retailer, but still no size details).