Where Can One Find Nice Laptop Carrying Cases? 12
Tuesd@y asks: "I have a Sony VAIO PCG-N505VX and have been trying to find a good case for it. Because of the small size I have given up hope on finding one that fits well. I still need a case though and I have decided against the standard "buisnessman black bag". I would prefer something unique, in a courier-bag style, yet not huge. I found this one from
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but I was wondering if anyone has seen or knows of a better one. Any suggestions?"
www.thepouch.com (Score:1)
Bags (Score:1)
Its huge and yet small enought to be within the ever-shrinking carry-on limits. It also carry's all the other stuff I need for work and school besides my trusty new IBM workpad z50. Here's [tesser.com]the specs to the backpack. I got mine from a local sporting goods store, but I'll bet someone can find it online.
Re:Spire (Score:1)
Spire (Score:1)
Re:Brenthaven and EMS (eastern moutain sport) (Score:1)
As for me, I just picked up a laptop backback from Eastern Mountain Sports. I got tired of carry two bags for all my work (argh!). The nice feature of the EMS bag is that, in its padded sleeve, the laptop is strapped in the backback to help with shock adsorption. Plus, there's room for my binder, etc. EMS calls it the 'hard drive computer pack'.
Targus pales in comparision. they're okay for light duty.
For ultra coolness (Score:1)
Of course, this applies basically if you want a travel case. If you want something light enough to carry around, look elsewhere. Personally, I think the folks who specialize in camera bags do a great job. Domke and Billingham are excellent names and I wouldn't be surprised if they had something that appealed to you.
Bean's got 'em (Score:1)
I got my case a year and some ago from L.L. Bean's big store in Maine. I was worried about it not being armored like the rest of the 'me too' leather cases (like the Targus ones), but I haven't had any problems in over a year of heavy road warrior duty.
The thing that really attracted me to this case was it didn't scream 'laptop', so you're not as much of a target for airport thieves. It's got lots of storage room too; I carry my laptop, an extra battery, a power adapter, several CDs and three fat O'Reilly books and still have plenty of room.
Laptop bag (Score:1)
Re:Bean's got 'em (Score:1)
Hugh
Kensington Saddlebag (Score:2)
Nowadays I'm rarely without it, even when I leave my laptop at home. It has the great feature of not looking like there's a laptop in it either. I highly recommend it.
Pelican 1470 (Score:2)
My Dell I7.5k just barely fits in the thing with all but the thin top and bottom foam taken out. Add the ac adaptor, some cable, a couple of cd's and pcmcia paraphrenalia and the thing is full.
I like it 'cause it looks cool, but I'd actually recommend it to someone with a less tank-like laptop.
If your machine is a millimeter bigger than the I7500 forget about it though. The specs are available here [pelican.com]. I notice a bigger version is listed on the "coming soon" page [pelican.com]. I guess I bought too soon.