I played with a couple of these today. It is super easy to open and close. All you do is pull the handles away from each other since it's magnetic closure. It opens really far too so not a tight opening at all. The only thing holding me back is I don't do medium size bags. These are really nice though.The Laurel (or Laural--it seems Coach can't even get their spelling consistent!) is intriguing, but I feel like getting stuff into it is going to be difficult. Supposedly the kisslock satchel and this sort of frame opening are a pain, from what I've heard, although this bag looks much wider in terms of space to wedge your stuff in. My store didn't get these, but I'd like to see how easy it is to get things in/out of the bag.