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Hey Dakka,

So, over the past 3 days, I've realized something: I'm addicted to messenger bags.

Anyway, I was wondering if one of you fine Dakkanuts would like to help this Freshman find a messenger bag. It has bo be big enough to fit a couple binders and a laptop, but other than that, go nuts.

Thanks in advance,
Chowdah

I have a really good messenger bag they're great for day to day stuff. altoght for a Laptop I would recomend a rucksack, check out TK MAX, do they have them in america?

I would recomend
http://www.targus.com/uk/cases_notebook_messenger.asp, I have one of there laptop bags and it's really comfotable (my laptop is quite heavy)
or
http://www.eastpak.com/uk/en/ my gran got me one of these and it's good for day-to-day stuff

PAGING MALFRED

Manchu wrote:PAGING MALFRED

...I thought it was a manpurse?

Difference being?

I've been using this one for a while:



It might be just a tid on the small side for you. If you want high end:

http://store.franklinplanner.com/store/category/cat242/US-Messenger-Bags

Crumpler is what you want, matey.

None finer.

Except maybe Billingham.

http://www.crumpler.com/AU/Casual-and-Messenger-Bags/Messenger-Bags.html?LanguageCode=EN

http://www.billingham.co.uk/acatalog/Hadleys.html

I've got both.

so that's where my circus tent went

Manchu wrote:Difference being?

I am so lost that this can only be Dakka!

Crumpler bags are awesome! and huge!

FM Ninja 048 wrote:so that's where my circus tent went

"Thousand Sons Plush Bolter Case"

Cannerus_The_Unbearable wrote:"Thousand Sons Plush Bolter Case"

That explains why I love it!

Cannerus_The_Unbearable wrote:"Thousand Sons Plush Bolter Case"

LMAO

chowderhead13 wrote:Hey Dakka,

So, over the past 3 days, I've realized something: I'm addicted to messenger bags.

Anyway, I was wondering if one of you fine Dakkanuts would like to help this Freshman find a messenger bag. It has bo be big enough to fit a couple binders and a laptop, but other than that, go nuts.

Thanks in advance,
Chowdah

The laptop, how big? Internal padding or BYO-padding?

The two that pops up in my mind right now, although they're not strictly messenger bags are the: http://se.thenorthface.com/tnf-se-en/equipment/daypacks/base-camp-fuse-box-1.html and http://www.timbuk2.com/tb2/products/bagbuilder/custom-lex-pack

There's a little more organisation in the NF-bag. But both are essentually just two "sacks with straps" / equipped with a main comparment it echoes in if wander down. The Timbuk2 has no laptop storage in built and is preeeeeetty huge. I lived out of mine when spending a week in Germany last year.
The NorthFace is smaller, and is a bit better suited for EDC compared to the Timbuk. It also has a bunch of compressionstraps.

CRUMPLER! Not sure which bag can hold a laptop.

There's a specialty european bag that cuts tarp off trucks to
make each bag unique, but I'm not sure how big those are.

The crumpler I'm using is a soupandsalad. They probably
have larger ones.

http://www.thinkgeek.com/computing/bags/aaa5/

There is no other.

I've had one for a year now, and I did a little test to see how much this thing can hold:

A 15" laptop
A University Physics textbook (http://www.amazon.com/University-Physics-Modern-12th/dp/0321501217/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1297299004&sr=8-1 specifically)
A Calculus textbook
The core set of DnD 3.5.
A few duotangs.
One binder.
A bunch of pencils.
A few novels.

And I still had more room.

You know there are forums and sites where all people do is show what fits in their bag?

How durable is that? I only want one if it comes with a monkey.

Impressive Alb, but I had you down as a Lidl man.

notprop wrote:Impressive Alb, but I had you down as a Lidl man.

Is that because of my ruthless teutonic effiiciency, or is it because I look like a man who knows his way around a tin of 7p beans?

Anyway, you snobby southerners.... we can't ALL shop at Waitrose, you know!

I used to buy MP3s from Tesco because they didn't have any control stuff attached. I thought they were more Australian though.

A manpurse? Don't do that to yourself.

You should have checked the forums a couple months ago, when we had a problem with Chinese spammers and all the bags they were trying to sell......

I don't remember that...

sounds funny

Haha, Freshman. Enjoy the whole getting-everything-blamed-on-your-grade thing!

Is the man purse to keep your diapers in? LULZ. Just get a good quality laptop bag, You can even carry your Minis in it, as it can fit a couple of foam inserts.

Whatever you do, make sure that the zippers are strong, and that there is no velcro on it. Not many people used them at my high school, but be willing to pay for a decent one.

Cannerus_The_Unbearable wrote:I used to buy MP3s from Tesco because they didn't have any control stuff attached. I thought they were more Australian though.

Nah, it's English. Started off as T.E.S. Cohen greengrocer's stall in London, iirc.


Don't ask me how I fething know THAT!

Albatross wrote:

notprop wrote:Impressive Alb, but I had you down as a Lidl man.

Is that because of my ruthless teutonic effiiciency, or is it because I look like a man who knows his way around a tin of 7p beans?

Anyway, you snobby southerners.... we can't ALL shop at Waitrose, you know!

To paraphrase Stephen Fry - "What's so good about Sainsburys? It keeps the riff-raff out of Waitrose"

Its funny because it's all true!