2 Years and going.
Had this bag strapped to my sissy bar as my main way of carrying anything around a couple years now. I ride and use it almost daily. I gotta say it’s held up through those southern summers where my bike would be parked outside in the sun all week long while I worked. Now I’m living in Germany for a few years where it’s gotten through a cold winter up here. After a couple years of it being used, the fart valve hasn’t broken nor the clasp up top. Those were the two things I thought would give out first. The only damages so far is some slight delamination where the outer part of the PVC material is bubbling off and there’s two small rips starting around the top of the tie down loops on each side. Nothing serious at all and I found out that by using a heat gun or iron with a wet cloth helps glue the delaminated parts back down somewhat.
Only improvements on the bag I could think of this far would be maybe having a small molle panel on the sides where the tie-downs are. I like to use a bungee strap that wraps around back of the sissy bar then connects to a Molle style buckle that is connected to the panel in front. Makes taking the bag on and off fast if i grabbed groceries or something.
Another one is maybe a buckle sewn on the sides so that if you Didn’t want to roll it up into a loop you Could roll it
And buckle it On the sides to keep maybe a smaller profile when not full of stuff.