The Elite Sleeve II supports laptops of up-to 15.4”. The internal dimensions of the notebook sleeve are 14.75" W x 9.75" H x 1" D. Ideally, the Elite Sleeve II should be used with a Macbook Pro 15.4”, as it was designed for this notebook in mind. However, as long as your notebook is smaller than the previously mentioned dimensions, the Elite Sleeve II should support your notebook.

In my situation, I used the Dell Inspiron 1525 with the case. The dimensions of the Dell notebook are 14.05” W x 10.08” H x 1.00” D (front) – 1.48” D (back). Seeing as the Dell notebook is a bit thicker and longer than what the Elite Sleeve II was designed, the fit was tight. The notebook still fitted inside the case, but this was only possible if the notebook was inserted with its back first. Inserting the laptop front-first did not allow closing the flap properly. The notebook protrudes a bit out of the notebook case. Closing the flap is possible, but it was less than ideal because the magnets were not perfectly aligned and, as such, it was less secure.







As it was mentioned earlier, the Dell notebook is bit bigger than what the Elite Sleeve was designed. This puts strain on the flap and we can see that the tip of the flap is pulled upwards because of it. This was also observed when using the HP EliteBook 6930p. Again the 14.1” HP notebook is thicker than was the Elite Sleeve was made for: the dimensions of the HP notebook are 13.03" W x 9.57" D x 1.22" H.

The flap is already, by design, not flushed with the rest of the case, and this strain only makes it worse. Depending on how you use the Elite Sleeve II, the flap can interfere when you place books within the same backpack.



Although the Elite Sleeve II has an external water-resistant fabric, the notebook case is vulnerable to water by the top fold of the flap. This is a minor issue because the Elite Sleeve II is meant to be placed inside another bag.