And I agree about the thin leather. It is way lighter to carry. And I'm thinking they also did that to get around the "it's too heavy" complaints of other quality bags. It is a little over a pound. Where the Roma is 3.8 pounds. Lol. Yikes! But I haven't read any complaints of weight. Weird. The Roma 2's are a pound lighter than that. But I doesn't feel like it.
It is way lighter! But the Roma 2 doesn't bother me. When you load it and pick it up, it feels heavy but it doesn't on my shoulder.
I hope you enjoy your bags!!!