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Sheppz
I have it and use it every day for a 13" macbook and a few extra bits and pieces.
It's a rolltop laptop case with room for some extra things... little more functionality than that.
I have a posh keep cup in one of the side pockets and a kryptonite mini-evo in the other.
Other Brompton bags use the removable rack frame type affair so that the bags can be "normal" when the rack bit isn't needed.
The Restrap one doesn't do this.
Instead there's a stiff backboard and a permanently attached metal rack fixture on the back... this is the bit that touches your body if you wear it that way so that can be annoying.
Also, my coffee table has a scratch on it from popping the bag on it.
It's not a dealbreaker at all for me but it does make it a Brompton bag and not a "sometimes Brompton bag with the ability to use off the bike casually".
The magnetic closure is cool and useful but you've no doubt seen these on other things by now.
Orange liner helpful for finding stuff in low light.
Thin and discreet shoulder strap.
I like it for using on the train with the bike folded.
I also like it for just setting and forgetting by leaving some Brompton specific tools and tubes in it so I don't get caught out by carrying the wrong sized tube or spanner or whatever.
For the price, I think it's a good bag and does it's job well.
Holds up great in the wet.
7/10