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Found MY perfect bag at the dump!

Anonymous — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 21:17:11 -0400

It is a carrying case for an older Motorola call phone. About 6x9x2 inches...with a carrying handle on the spine. It's a great size to hold any planner up to 5x8 in size, with pen, calculator, and additional tools in the inside pouch that once held the phone. Never thought I'd succumb to carrying a "man purse"!

The bag I carry

aux4301 — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 23:01:56 -0400

Is a Maxpedition Multi Purpose Bag. It's a big bag that can carry a laptop that I don't have yet, and has several side pockets for stashing all kinds of gear. I currently use it for my day job at an engineering firm and a part-time evening job at a local police department.

The bag is big enough to fit two letter size Circa zipped notebooks, a Levenger traveling file box, two knives, two flashlights, multiple pens, smaller notebooks, field guides,spec books, binocular, camera, phone, back-up batteries and other junk that accumulates during the day.

There are two velcro straps that can get in the way of one of the side pockets, but do provide a handy place to hold a roll of drawings during the day and either a flashlight or baton at night.

My only complaint is the lack of an exterior pocket that can hold a water bottle. Maxpedition does make another briefcase with pockets like that, but seeing that I got my bag on e-bay for a song I can live with carrying a bottle in my hand.

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link?

stephanie72978 — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 17:07:22 -0400

I will upload some pics onto flicker but I am wondering how do I post up a link here?

It's funny you say that

JWhitt — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 16:15:36 -0400

I just traded in my shoe fetish (work is very restrictive on types of shoes allowed) to a purse fetish. Of course, the purse/bag/tote, must be perfect enough to carry the perfect notebook...

By all means

Rocket Jones — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 16:01:21 -0400

I'd love to see your work.

My wife also makes purses and tote bags of various kinds, each one a little more 'perfect' for the task it's designed for.

It could be worse. It could be shoes. LOL

I make bags...

stephanie72978 — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 13:52:00 -0400

Hello
I also have been on the search for the perfect bag. So in my dissapointment of not finding one I decided to start making my own. Sorry guys they are not really man friendly, my designs are mostly tote and purse like. I dont go messanger bags or brief case looking bags because to be honest I am not really sure how to. But I make totes, I put in lots of pockets so that everything can be put in its place. My Fiance is working on a website for me right now so I can show my work. I am going to try to upload some pics on flicker and post a link in case anyone is interested. They are all made to order so colors, patterns, sizes and amount of pockets are decided by the customer.

Bad picks on a hotel bedspread

Tournevis — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 00:23:00 -0400

http://www.flickr.com/photos/tournevis/2605883416/

and

http://www.flickr.com/photos/tournevis/2605882684/

Will do. I promise.

Tournevis — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 00:16:58 -0400

Will do. I promise.

Have you checked Levenger?!

Coramdeo — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 23:21:19 -0400

Levenger has the Bloomsbury Grand Zip Tote Bag on sale right now for $49.95....and then of course you'd use the 20% coupon code to get it even cheaper. I ordered one over the weekend. It seems perfect! Six pockets. A zipper across the top. Roomy inside. Leather handles.

They also have the smaller Bloomsbury Book Bag. I believe the only difference is the smaller size and no zipper. And it's only $39.95.

post pics?

kmorris — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 22:43:07 -0400

wait, guess that was supposed to be for Tournevis' comment.

Yours, I meant, yeah me too!

So, would a bag of holding make suits pill up? That's what I hate about all they nylon bags.

-kmorris

post pics?

kmorris — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 22:41:09 -0400

pretty please?

-kmorris

New bag-Timbuk2....

Superpooky — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 22:11:23 -0400

I recently bought a Timbuk2 messenger bag. They come in sizes XS upwards. I got the small which is perfect for me as I need to carry A4 (letter) size sheets but it fits my eee pc and A5 (classic) size notebooks. XS might suit your needs.

Now they're not really cheap but I got mine in the REI sale at $35 it was a steal (I did have the advantage of visiting from the UK at $2 to £1). They will last forever by the looks of them and they have 3 coloured panels but these could all be black if you wanted.

Go on google it....

Perfect Bag got ruined

sporter — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 16:54:41 -0400

Our university does not provide food service for their workers in the summer (think Oregon's lack of support for education!) so I carry my own coffee in the summer. I had a leather briefcase I got in Buenos Aires. Loved it...very sleek, businessy, and spoke "world traveler"! Well, the thermos leaked--not leaked--flooded its contents to the bottom of the bag on my bike ride to work. I had three drops left in the thermos. I ruined my textbooks, files, etc. So, while it is drying out (I treated it with saddle soap and still has watermarks up to the coffee line) I got a Vera Bradley messenger bag and I love the softness of it. It is not a lot of weight, adds the structure I need, but does looks girly. I work in education so girly is not a power problem. I can only rise in my profession by working twice as hard as the men---tee, hee! My point is: it will go nicely with the eeePC that is coming tomorrow. DIY costs me money!!!!!!!! Ha! The review was irresistible. So I am lightening the load and think I ham heading for the perfect bag situation. It does not scream "laptop" at the airport, etc.

sporter
"To fly, we must have resistance."

I could not find my perfect

Tournevis — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 23:40:22 -0400

I could not find my perfect bag anywhere, so I asked my sister the leatherworker to make it. It's perfect.

Bag, Briefcase, Purse, Box...

Rocket Jones — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 15:43:08 -0400

I've been searching for the perfect bag, or at least one reasonably close. My current carry is a cheap canvas briefcase that has done the job, but is near the end. Over the years I've used hard-side briefcases, soft-side briefcases and in one interesting experiment, carried a "brief-box" for almost a year. The box worked surprisingly well, and invited some interesting questions.

I don't care for backpacks, and the messenger bag I found that I really like doesn't come in colors subdued enough for business use, so this is one of those "when I find it, I'll know it" situations.

In general, it doesn't have to be big enough for a laptop. If fact, my next laptop may very well be an eeePC. It does have to be big enough for a letter-size notebook or two. I like pen loops and a pocket for doo-dads like glasses cleaning wipes and chapstick. A small outside pouch pocket for my cell phone would be nice.

I'd like to hear from y'all. That's right, I wrote "y'all", I say it out loud sometime too. :) What do you look for/love about/wish you had in your perfect daily carry bag?

D*I*Y Planner - Bag, Briefcase, Purse, Box... - Comments

Found MY perfect bag at the dump!

The bag I carry

How to Link

link?

It's funny you say that

By all means

I make bags...

Bad picks on a hotel bedspread

Will do. I promise.

Have you checked Levenger?!

post pics?

post pics?

New bag-Timbuk2....

Perfect Bag got ruined

I could not find my perfect

Bag, Briefcase, Purse, Box...

DIY Planner - Bag, Briefcase, Purse, Box... - Comments