Gift for my son for Christmas, as one reviewer said it does at first appear too small but the design is for compactness as opposed to my son carrying around the pice of luggage hard case. It did take a little work getting the Sax in the first time but the zipper did close all the way and it did not appear to be stressed, we have left in in the bag over the holidays to allow the bag to stretch and conform to the horn. The padding is good and it has an outer zippered pouch for accessories and misc items. I will try and update this review once school starts back up and he has given it a workout and a few runs back and forth to school on the bus....