Over the last couple of days the weather here in Perth has taken a turn for the hot, hot, hot. Of course, it's summer but until the first few days of extremely warm weather hits you forget how hot our summers actually get. If I at all forgot, definitely this last day or two reminded me. I'm hoping to get some beach time in over the next couple of weeks as I finish up work for the year and have some time off work for the Christmas and New Year period.
If you read the last Christmas gift list post you'll know I listed the Hustle Bag on the gift list. I'm back now to tell you more about it and why I love it so much. Seriously, this thing is the bomb dot com.
So what is the Hustle Bag? Very simply, it's an easy, functional and stylish way to keep your smartphone charged. I have an iPhone 5s and all iPhones are notorious for being very poor with their battery life. I don't know what other smartphone models are like, but iPhones suck for battery life. They really do. I keep a charger at work as I find I need to always charge it up toward the end of the day. It's even worse when I'm out because what with all the selfie photo taking, checking in on Facebook and uploading on Instagram you find it seriously eats up your battery life, and what's a day or night out if you don't broadcast it to your social media channels? Riiight? I mean, what are you going to do when you don't have enough battery life to add that Valencia filter to that photo of you chugging down on a glass of champers. You'd have to latergram it, and well, that sucks. While I am on the subject on Instagram though, does anyone else find the app really does drain your battery quite a lot in comparison to other apps?
As we've established already, the battery life on an iPhone sucks and sometimes when I would be out, , especially when I'd been out all day and night, I'd end up having to not use my phone at all because I needed to conserve that last 20% of battery life in case I had to make an emergency phone call.
No more!
The Hustle Bag keeps my pretty little phone juiced up and I don't have to concern myself about rationing my phone use. The design of the bag is a sleek clutch style bag. For women there is the leather bag which comes with a wristlet strap and a cross body strap and a faux leather clutch that has a zip pocket exterior and comes just with the wristlet strap. For men there is a wallet style in a black or brown leather.
I went with the leather bag option, which is $249. The faux leather clutch is $199 so for the additional $50 I think it's worth getting the leather bag and having the two straps makes it versatile for use. For a more casual look it works well worn cross body and if I'm out at night and dressed up with the wristlet strap (or even without) it's a classic looking clutch. The interior has a zip compartment and card slots. I can comfortably fit into it my phone (of course!), keys, a small coin purse for money, lip gloss and a small tube of hand cream. It won't hold a lot but I have taken it with me when I've been at work conferences and slipped it into my larger bag. It's pretty slim line so it doesn't take up a lot of space doing that. The leather bag currently comes in four different leathers and the faux leather has two colours, both in a snakeskin print.
Although I have an iPhone it is compatible with most popular smartphone models as the whole kit comes with different adaptors. Being that it comes with the Apple lightning connectors it'll also juice up your other devices such as iPod and iPad. Built into the bag is the battery pack, you can feel it through the back of the bag and to charge it all you have to do is place the entire bag over the charge page and it wirelessly charges the battery. Technology, huh?
According to their website a fully charged bag can recharge your phone up to 4 times, dependent on the model of the phone. Personally with my 5s I find I can get two charges out of it, and the FAQ section on their website actually states that for an iPhone 5 it will probably get you two and a half charges.
The first time I used it I took it with me to a conference, I think I had received it two days prior and was just dying to use it. It worked out well because I always drain my battery when I'm at conferences, after all they can get pretty boring and that often results in aimlessly browsing Etsy or eBay. I was also going out straight after that night so it definitely came in handy. I got a lot of positive comments about it with everyone saying what a good idea it was.
I like using mine, and because I chose the beige leather it goes with any outfit and as I said earlier, depending on how I wear it works dressed up or down. My only gripe is that the leather seems to attract a lot of dirt. Maybe I'm just a grubbier person that I think I am. I don't know. I just notice that it seems to get a bit grubby so I'm careful with where I place it. I am thinking it might be due to the softness and texture of the leather though. Sometimes with a softer leather when you get any dirt specks on it, it can mark easily whereas with harder or coated leathers it's a bit different. The other thing I notice is that when I do have my phone plugged in to charge it sometimes will stop and start charging, which I can tell by the noticeable little 'ding' that sounds when an iPhone is plugged in to charge. I actually have this issue with my charger that I keep at work. I think it has something to do with the output power supply, I read that on one of the Apple support forums when I googled it and I've always noticed it to happen when I'm charging with a non-Apple charging cable. It's happened with all my previous iPhones. Not a huge deal to me though.
The other great thing about the Hustle Bag is that it is a home grown creation and even better, based here in Perth! So now, what are you waiting for? Get a hustle on and order one for yourself. Your social media, mobile shopping loving self with thank you for it. Available via the Hustle Bag website.
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