The New Portable Office
Brief update tonight. I have often found that when it comes to ‘things’ that I spend a tremendous amount of time with, going cheap always costs me more. I think I bought my Targus bag pictured in the previous post for about $25. It didn’t last much more than nine months.
Kevin pointed out that REI was having a sale on the Timbuk2 Underground Pack for $55. Everything I have read about this bag says it is a quality bag. So, I am in Best Buy yesterday when I run upon several Swiss, as in the knife, laptop bags. I was looking for a smaller bag with more structure and even more padding for my Macbook. One bag lying on the shelf under another bag, looked about the right size. Opening it up, I quickly realized that I might have found my bag. I was surprised that the cost was only $19 and almost put it back thinking it was too cheap, but I bought it anyways.
Right now, I am impressed with the bag. If a $19 bag stands up to my abuse over the next year, it will turn into quite the find. Best Buy does not seem to have the bag on their website, so I will assume that I got it at closeout. Check my favorite online vendor, Newegg.com; it has the bag at $35.
August 10th, 2008 at 9:02 am
http://www.tombihn.com/page/001/PROD/100/TB0104
I love my Tom Bihn Brain Bag — I trek to shows with tons of gear (and a laptop) or to out-of-town meeting with clothes (and a laptop) and it performs flawlessly. Expensive, but like having several bags in one.