PRODUCT REVIEW - The Sash Bag

I am sure you have seen the ads on Facebook and Instagram, I know I had seen enough of them before I took the plunge.

 

“Rule the World, Hands-Free” they say, it’s a cross body purse but better!  You see celebrities like Geena Davis, Alyssa Milano and even some of your favourite bachelorette’s are using it.  So what makes it different from the 600 other cross body bags you can find out there?   Well, let me tell you!

This bag lays completely flat against your body, wraps around your hip, and has strategically placed pockets to ensure that you can still carry all the important things!  The magic is that the center portion is empty so that it lays flat (slightly stiff when it first gets there but then the fabric/leather relaxes)

Here is a picture of Me in my sash bag

….and a much nicer picture of Jessica Hall in hers

 As you can see my bag is full and still laying almost completely flat against my body, and the adjustable strap allows it to sit comfortably for a skinny mini like her or a Big Beautiful Queen like myself!

Ah but Tara, I don’t believe you….I bet you don’t have a lot of stuff in there…..Oh yeah check this out….this is everything that was in my Sash in that picture and the pockets still weren’t full!

No joke....all of this was in there!

Let's take a walk around the bag, shall we?

There are these two side pockets that are on the inside seams -  they are RFID protected, have space for multiple cards, have a full middle chamber and two large side pockets.    These separate pockets allow me to keep track of what is in my purse instead of just chucking everything into the bottom of the purse and hoping for the best when you need to find something!

Now when you wear this, one pocket will be directly in front of you and one is behind you, I was really concerned about if I could be pickpocketed in a big crowd, but I have to tell you, the zipper pulls go right together and its almost impossible to tell them apart.

If you have the zipper in the bottom position with both pulls on top of each other; you can grab the bottom pull but you can not raise the top pull and unzip the bag.   To be safe though I carry my money etc in the front pocket and things like my lip gloss and keys in the back one!

On the outside or the inside depending on which way you wear the bag (wear it your own way...so the front facing outside for me) are these two open pockets….which are large enough to fit my Galaxy 9+ and my keys and in the other side my glasses and my sunglasses. 

 

If you want more security you can flip the bag around and put the open pockets on the inside and put the small zippered pockets on the outside, I however preferred the small zippered pocket on the inside and put things like my passport and important docs in the front pocket and in the back was my meds and girl stuff.

I have been wearing my Sash for 3 weeks now and wore it all over Las Vegas.  I can’t say enough great things about it.

Pros:

• No more sore shoulder and back pain from lugging around a huge bag
• Everything feels very secure
• Hands free all the time
• No hiking my bag up my shoulder 5 times a minute

Cons:

•       I can’t put a beef curry in it (if you don’t know why this is funny, ask my sister)
•          The zippered pockets are really small and I can’t get my whole hand in the mouth of the pocket
•          This can be a bit of an expensive purse (depending on who you usually carry)

So what is the verdict?

I LOVE the sash bag and am totally considering buying one of the new extended sizes that will hold a bottle of water or an iPad in the expandable front pocket.   

IN the USA you can shop Sash here - https://www.thesashbag.com/collections/frontpage

In Canada you can shop Sash here - https://sashbag.ca/

 They come in leather, faux leather (which is vegan), fabric and even clear plastic!

• You can get a fringe, partial fringe, studded, corset and double sided versions!
• They have tons of colours, and you can even buy kid sized bags.
• You can purchase 
• the classic (like mine), 
• the expandable which has a zipper down the side to open the front pocket wider, 
• the Extra which has extra room on both sides of the purse for more stuff or 
• the Extra squared, which unzips to a solid large square pocket to hold a book or ipad.

The website has videos on how to fill, store and clean your bag and you can even purchase on a payment plan!

If you want to receive 10% OFF your first SASH you can use my referral code here - https://prz.io/4ba4zxCP

I hope you enjoy your Sash as much as I do!