[TriLUG] Laptop Backpacks...

[John Broome]

On Thu, Jan 9, 2014 at 10:12 AM, bak <bak at picklefactory.org> wrote:

> Tom Bihn Brain Bag. Could probably fit two 15" laptops in there along with
> your clothes, though on my last trip to Europe I only had to fit 1 (and
> clothes, shoes, zip-case full of cables and tech junk, notebooks, iPad,
> kindle, PS Vita, external keyboard, water bottle, power adapters...). If
> you get a Brain Cell (laptop sleeve) it's even mounted on straps that let
> you slide it out of the bag and through the TSA's x-ray without de-sleeving
> it.
>
> http://www.tombihn.com/PROD/TB0104.html
>
> Bought it after many years of using an Empire Builder -- good for hauling
> stuff around at work, but a one-shoulder briefcase arrangement was causing
> shoulder problems on actual trips.
>
> Tom Bihn bags are pretty much indestructible. I had some velcro peel up
> from its stitching from the internal laptop case of my EB and they fixed it
> (and reinforced it) for free; I only had to pay to ship it to them. Also
> their pocket arrangements tend to be brilliant without being fiddly.


Agree 100%.

I had a timbuk2 messenger-style backpack but I was carrying too much in it
and it was killing my shoulder, plus after a travel trip schlepping around
airports it *really* hurt.  I found an used, older model BrainBag on ebay
for ~ $100 and I love it.  It's huge, but has compression straps so I can
cinch it down, extremely well-built, and they seem like a cool company.
 Would not hesitate to purchase a bag from them again.