Item has been a trusty companion for about a year, so the leather is not as stiff as when purchased new, though in my opinion this just makes it all the more of a comfortable carry-on than anything else. All seams are still perfectly stitched, all zippers intact and completely functional, T-Pass empty and plastic shielding still attached, absolutely zero "defects" of any kind. Though the word "defect" is different in the eyes of the one saying it, so my definition of a "defect" would define a feature of the product that a person would not be able to experience with full functionality - and as such, I would say with complete confidence that there is absolutely zero "defects" if defined by the previous explanation.