Backpack, tote or crossbody: which bag style do you prefer?

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Lighthearted fun thread.
Thanks to a completely unsaveable and broken bag (think leaked smoothie and a busted zip) I had to abandon my trusty backpack in paddington station yesterday and I had to decamp all my stuff into a tote bag. I then spent my day with one shoulder weighed down.
I love the look of tote bags and cross body bags but they make me feel lopsided and achey on one side. So lighthearted question: are you a backpack, tote or crossbody person? Or a combo of all three?

Cross body handbag, backpack for laptop

Backpack for the sake of my back.

Bags are a serious matter!

I no longer attempt backpacks, as I find, however heavy they may be, I only ever sling them over one shoulder, so they’re a bit pointless for me.

As I tend to spend a fair bit on individual garments, and iron them, I cannot see any benefit in a bag that’s going to ruin all my effort. So cross body bags have passed me by.

And now that I don’t have to drag a laptop around, I don’t need a tote bag.

So for me it’s either a straw basket for shopping, or a slinky evening bag. Or the inside pockets of my coat.

Cross body all the time, hands free and safer, cannot be pulled off the shoulder. I can shorten the strap if needed to put over shoulder for less "casual" occasions!

Backpack for shopping and travel.

Sparkly clutch or two for weddings/special occasions.

Cross body bag for every day, backpack for holidays. No evening bag as I don't go out very much

Tote/whatever you call a bag that you wear on one shoulder is my preference. I do have cross body bags like Pom Pom London, but prefer a big slouchy leather or suede tote to throw all my crap into.

Combination when going to work - backpack for the heavy stuff like laptop & lunch, with a small cross body bag for essentials like phone & purse so I’m not constantly taking the backpack off to get things out of it. Outside of commenting, either a tote or a cross body bag depending on where I’m going.

Well, tote bags slip off my slopey shoulders,
Backpacks leave me with a gross backpack shaped sweat patch on my back,
So it's cross body all the way!

When I go to the city, which is rare now, I use a back pack as I carry more stuff, and weight is evenly distributed.
Everywhere else I only use a cross-body bag: hands free, more comfortable,feels safer as some people, I've noticed, get careless with their totes, leaving them in the shopping cart while walking away to pick up an item. Besides, I don't like that lob- sided look from one arm always carrying a heavy tote bag.

Tote or small cross body. Faff to get into rucksacks/backpack. I don’t take a laptop around with me. I don’t like heavy bags and have a Gucci bamboo handle bag that’s very heavy even when empty!

Backpack for work (or when I need to carry anything heavier than phone/keys/purse).
technically a cross body otherwise, but in actual fact just phone/keys in pockets most of the time.

like a man I guess.

Cross body always. Then if I need to carry more stuff it’s a lightweight tote if I’m in a city or wearing a dress or a rucksack if I’m in very casual clothing. My purse and phone are always in my cross body bag though.

day To day I only use a crossbody bag I only change it if I’m going “out out” then I prefer a clutch bag but that’s a rare occurrence usually saved for events.