DICOTA Slim Case SEVEN 12-14 Slim Laptop Bag 0.96kg Tablet Pocket RFID Tracker Slot Lockable Zips Black

Do not list or buy this as a sleeve. DICOTA’s construction type is Slim Case, and at 85 mm deep with a padded shoulder strap, a padded handle and a trolley belt, it is a proper carry bag — just a slim one. It sits between a sleeve and a toploader: compare it with DICOTA’s own Top Traveller SEVEN 12-14, which is 135 mm deep and 1.215 kg against this bag’s 85 mm and 0.96 kg.

Check the depth of your laptop. The published maximum device size is 350 x 245 x 25 mm. Twenty-five millimetres is a slim-laptop allowance; an older or thicker 14 inch machine may not fit even though the screen size matches. Measure before ordering.

DICOTA publishes no capacity in litres for this article, so we quote none. Any litre figure you see against it elsewhere has been invented.

On the recycled figure, note two things. DICOTA publishes an RPET ratio of 61.48% for this article, from 29 bottles, covering outer and inner materials. That is a textile-level figure — metal fittings, EVA and HDF foam, the TPU-laminated workstation lining and the zips are not included. It is also the lowest ratio in the SEVEN family (against 67.59 to 78.85% on the larger bags), simply because a small bag carries proportionally more hardware. It is not a 61.48% recycled product and certainly not a 100% one. No article-level bluesign, GRS, OEKO-TEX, PETA-Approved Vegan or Blue Angel certification is published.

What it does not have: no water bottle or side pocket, and no hip-belt loops — those are backpack features. DICOTA publishes a waterproof bottom and water-repellent main and secondary materials, but no whole-bag waterproof claim and no rating.

✓ Anyone carrying a 12 to 14 inch ultrabook who wants a real bag rather than a sleeve, without the bulk of a toploader

✓ Commuters who want the machine, a tablet and a few documents and nothing more

✓ Users who want their tablet properly protected — this is the only SEVEN bag with a dedicated padded tablet pocket

✓ Anyone who leaves a bag in a café or a shared office — the zips take a standard padlock

✓ Travellers — the rear compartment doubles as a trolley belt

The word “slim” on a laptop bag usually means sleeve, and buying one expecting a bag is a common disappointment. This is not that. DICOTA’s Slim Case SEVEN is 85 millimetres deep, weighs 960 grams, and comes with a padded shoulder strap, a padded carrying handle and a trolley belt. It is a structured bag that happens to be thin, and the EVA panels are what let it be thin without being floppy.

Compare it with its own sibling to see the positioning clearly. The Top Traveller SEVEN 12-14 is the same range and the same laptop size at 135 mm deep and 1.215 kg. This is 85 mm and 0.96 kg. You are trading roughly a third of the depth and a quarter of the weight for the ability to carry a change of clothes. If your daily load is a laptop, a tablet, a notebook and a charger, the slim case is the right shape and the toploader is dead volume.

One feature genuinely favours this bag over the rest of the range, and it is easy to miss. The Slim Case is the only SEVEN product with a dedicated, padded tablet pocket — sized, DICOTA specifies, for a 12.9 inch iPad Pro with a keyboard case attached. The SEVEN backpacks put the tablet loose in the main compartment with the documents; the toploaders publish no tablet pocket at all. If you carry an iPad alongside a laptop, that is a real reason to choose this one.

The security is the full SEVEN package, undiminished by the size: lockable zips with a ring lock that takes an ordinary padlock, a T-Lock slot, a metal D-ring, an RFID-safe pocket and a hidden tracker slot. Five features on a sub-kilogram bag. And the hidden rear pocket is doing double duty as the trolley belt, which is the sort of quiet economy that separates a designed bag from an assembled one.

Two honest notes. The 25 mm maximum device depth is a genuine constraint — this is sized for slim 12 to 14 inch machines, and a thicker one will not fit regardless of its screen size. And the recycled ratio, at 61.48%, is the lowest in the SEVEN family. That is not DICOTA cutting corners on the small bag; it is arithmetic. The zips, metal fittings, foam and workstation lining are a fixed cost and they weigh proportionally more in a small bag than a large one. DICOTA publishes the figure honestly rather than quoting the 100% that applies to each individual fabric, which is more than most brands do.

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