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What kind of bag should I get?
sobjw
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I need a new bag to carry all of my stuff around at PAX. Any suggestions on what would be a good one? I do not have a laptop but do have smaller portable electronics that I would be carrying.
I live on a farm.
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It's very good quality stuff, but yeah....it's pretty expensive.
Their normal messenger bags aren't bad though. $70 for a huge bag that is probably never going to rip open on you and looks pretty sweet.
Oh yeah they are really spendy too but for the safety of the equipment and the comfort it was well worth it.
I'll probably get a backpack for this year.
You're doing it wrong. :P
I had a messenger bag last year and it was perfect. It never got in the way and it was great for transporting swag. Granted, I wasn't carrying it around with me all the time. But the half-mile walk to the WSCTC in the mornings would have made my back hurt if it was going to happen.
There's also the infinitely-stylish fanny pack.
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Also picked this up with the electrical outlet shortage that will no doubt be in effect with 4+ people in a hotel room for PAX, all tryin to charge our various electronics each night. http://www.thinkgeek.com/gadgets/travelpower/77e6/
Ooo, fancy! I like it, but if only I could try it on and see how it looks on me. :-(
I tried to look up the messenger bag I bought a few years ago, because it's been durable as hell, was pretty cheap, and holds a lot of junk. I couldn't find it online, but while I was searching I ran into this:
http://www.ebags.com/products/index.cfm?modelid=87548&sourceID=BIZRATE
I don't know how good of a vendor e-bags is, but it seems like a good "large textbook" (even a bit larger) sized messenger bag, and at 20 bucks it's pretty cheap. No idea on the quality of it, but it just goes to show there's some really cheap messenger bags out there. God knows how long it'll last, but it at least claims to have a 10 year warranty...?
Anyways, just food for thought.
A number of their bags are kind of expensive, but there's also a lot of good cheap ones too-- and they're really well put together as well. I usually suggest MEC to people looking for something that they're sure to get their money out of.
direct link to MEC packs section
Just thought I'd add that I've bought bags from EBags in the past, and found them great. I have a few different ones from their site and they were all pretty good quality.
The bags he's talking about seem to be here: http://www.crumplerbags.com/Cart/index.php?catId=5 The "Considerable Embarrassment" bag's description is... well... R rated.
*gouges own eyes out*
Overkill? Nah. It'd be awesome, as long as you're okay with carrying it all day long.
www.chromebags.com i've got the Citizen
seriously...i love it....it feels like a backpack even though it is a hardcore messenger bag!.......i'll be bringing mine to stuff with fun.
Carrying it around is the easy part because no matter how heavy it is the frame takes most of the weight off. I'm just worried about using it in crowds because it's huuuuuge when it's filled to capacity.
This time . . . probably get a decent backpack early on. I could use a good day hiking pack.
To elaborate. Messenger bags have easy access but the weight distribution might put a strain on the shoulder it is strapped over. But that is just dependent on how much weight you plan on carrying around.
Backpacks have horrible access since well its in your back but if you have a really good backpack you will barely know its there. Again depending on how much you plan on carrying.
Right now my new crumpler backpack has; laptop, books, cords, dslr, 3 lenses, ds, and accessories and barely even feel the weight. But its such a pain to get things in and out of there.
I wonder if anyone has ever attempted to create a hybrid of the two... one that saddles on the side, but distributes the weight evenly. I guess it'd be like a messenger bag with two straps...? Not sure.
I thought that was the purpose of those strange pod shaped backpack things... they sat like a backpack but they slung like a messenger bag.