macbook pro bag. what would u recommend to me?

bimmerboii · 4 May 2008 at 20:38

Im looking at buying a bag for my macbook pro. Since I am a student (and I travel a lot), it is important that the bag wouldnt look like its made for laptops (I want it to look discreet). Im also after a backpack type since ill be putting school stuff/ travel stuff in it. Should privode good protection. Any recommendations?

edit: also would you recommend me to get a crystal case? or a sleeve?

NickK · 4 May 2008 at 20:46

Get a second skin and a normal rucksack that you'd use for taking your stuff to the gym. I even have a Cannon's gym thing for the lockers on mine.

wij · 4 May 2008 at 21:38

Crumpler make some nice bags, I have one of their shoulder bags and its very comfy to carry around even when full. Not as discrete say as just a plain old rucksack but it doesn't advertise the fact you are carrying a laptop too much.

Slogan · 4 May 2008 at 22:05

Avoid Tech Air bags at all costs.

bimmerboii · 4 May 2008 at 23:10

NickK said:
Get a second skin and a normal rucksack that you'd use for taking your stuff to the gym. I even have a Cannon's gym thing for the lockers on mine.

what do u mean by second skin?

wij said:
Crumpler make some nice bags, I have one of their shoulder bags and its very comfy to carry around even when full. Not as discrete say as just a plain old rucksack but it doesn't advertise the fact you are carrying a laptop too much.

thanks ill have a look

Slogan said:
Avoid Tech Air bags at all costs.

noted. thanks

Cew27 · 4 May 2008 at 23:11

second skin are cases that have a memory foam casing that protect the laptop but have no straps

bimmerboii · 4 May 2008 at 23:24

Cew27 said:
second skin are cases that have a memory foam casing that protect the laptop but have no straps

after a quick google, it's the Tucano am I right? looking at the pictures, it seems similar to a neoprene sleeve. do i need to remove the mbp from the skin when i need to use it? if not does it provide enough air circulation at the back part of the mbp?

wij · 5 May 2008 at 00:18

The second skin things are good if you want to just protect it from bumps and scratches inside a normal bag but a proper laptop bag with a decent amount of padding offers far more protection imo.

You can get some that are a bit tougher with harder/more foam around the laptop but at the end of the day it is still loose in a rucksack.

Rameses · 5 May 2008 at 00:46

get a foof for it first, then a decent bag for it plus your accessories (phone/wallet/stuff)

Be COOL.

:cool:

bimmerboii · 5 May 2008 at 01:26

PAC2008 said:
get a foof for it first, then a decent bag for it plus your accessories (phone/wallet/stuff)

Be COOL.

what do u mean by foof?

yeah i wna be cool lol

i've been looking at some bags, can you guys tell me which one's best?
based on the reviews they all have form and function

a) Dicota cross over
http://www.dicota.com/start.php?office=8&page=page_productDetails&ds=1290
b) Dicota college motion
http://www.dicota.com/start.php?office=8&page=page_productDetails&ds=364
c) Crumpler bags (they all look nice)
http://www.crumpler.co.uk/?categroy=Laptop_Bags&page=products&category=2
d) Be-ez Vertigo (my fav so far)
http://www.be-ez.com/prod_levertigo.html
e) STM medium loft (my next fav)
http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=130245&highlight=STM+Medium+Loft

Rameses · 5 May 2008 at 13:30

http://foofshop.com/

I am ordering one for my iPhone soon, these are extremely popular and look amazing.

I would without a dont get one for your MacBook Pro.

Matching colours for both your MacBook Pro & any iPod you may have.

Irish_Tom · 5 May 2008 at 23:07

I've got a Crumpler Prettyboy Laptop Backpack but I also use it for photography stuff. I can certainly recommend them though.

Panzer

Jimathy · 8 May 2008 at 18:37

Slogan said:
Avoid Tech Air bags at all costs.

Do tell. I've had mine not far off a year now and it seems quite solid.

MTWest · 8 May 2008 at 20:16

Panzerbjorn said:
I've got a Crumpler Prettyboy Laptop Backpack but I also use it for photography stuff. I can certainly recommend them though.

Panzer

IIRC you have a 17" MBP right? Wouldn't that bag be massive then? :confused:

Deleted member 651465 · 8 May 2008 at 20:24

MTWest said:
IIRC you have a 17" MBP right? Wouldn't that bag be massive then?

The 17" MBP is 2cm bigger than the 15" MBP (on each dimension; length and width), hardly a behemoth!

Slogan · 8 May 2008 at 21:04

Jimathy said:
Do tell. I've had mine not far off a year now and it seems quite solid.

Bought a £45 bag. Got delivered, all was well, put my laptop in it and it was pretty secure. The stitching on the right strap started to come loose. I wasn't rough with it (had a £1300 laptop in it so caution was the aim of the game).

Got it replaced for a brand new bag. Was even more cautious with this one and the same thing started to happen again.

It probably sounds like I've been too rough with swinging it over my shoulder but treating the second one with kid gloves resulted in the exact same thing.

Just poor build quality/stitching in a vital area.

MTWest · 8 May 2008 at 21:57

EVH said:
The 17" MBP is 2cm bigger than the 15" MBP (on each dimension; length and width), hardly a behemoth!

Hmm, in that case maybe the Pretty Boy is for me. I only see one for 17" laptops though, any 15" owners doing okay with that bag?

Sorry OP didn't mean to hijack your thread, I'm in the same position as you

Tom84 · 8 May 2008 at 22:04

Slogan said:
Avoid Tech Air bags at all costs.

I was thinking about getting a TechAir bag when I was looking for one, was put off by the price though... well that and the fact that I found that Golla made some really funky designed cases.

macbook pro bag. what would u recommend to me?

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