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Just a question regarding the Devote tote. Why do some of the belts have grommets on them while others do not?
Only the first set of US made Devotes had grommets. I don't think there is any rhyme or reason to it. I think it was more of a trial and error process. When the first batch of China & US devotes came out the US ones had grommets and the China ones didn't. Then the US factory started making them without (like the China factory). Personally, I think they look better without and maybe they thought so as well. Just a guess. Or at the very least they wanted to keep consistent with the other factory.
Anyway, off the top of my head, the devotes that had grommets were: Nautical Blue, Cranberry, early plain black, Cream BW, Chocolate BW .. I think that is all..?