Briefcases, Bags, and the Murse

[The Monkey]

Got this from the misses for my birthday.

[grawk]

very "metro"-rific

[deepak]

Dinny pls post a bad ass photo of you posing with it in black and white (with cigar)

[cetoole]

Dinny that bag looks great. I need to get something for when I travel, but I don't think Tumi is in the cards.

[falkon]

Need a new bag for 13" laptop+books for school and DSLR+1 lens without laptop when traveling.

Down to these choices:

Tenba Messenger Mini Olive

Pros: small, cheap(er) ($93), rugged, utilitarian, well built, all the pockets I need

Cons: pretty generic look

ONA Union Street

Pros: extremely high quality, looks awesome, all the pockets I need

Cons: really pricey ($269), very big (over 16" wide)

Moop Messenger #2

Pros: Looks great, rugged

Cons: Pricey ($183), no inserts (another $30-50)

Mulholland Lombard Street

Pros: Looks good, rugged, well built

Cons: Pricey ($190), no inserts (another $30-50), too metro?

Right now I'm leaning toward the Mulholland but it might be too metro. What do you guys/girls think?

[grawk]

that doesn't seem metro to me.

[Voltron]

Don't like the strap that looks like a preppy cloth belt, but otherwise not metro or offensive. I like the Moop #2, personally. Distinctly not metro.

Dinny, the weekender bag looks awsum. Enjoy many a fine time traveling with it. Nice wifey.

[falkon]

I think I'd need to either get a new strap or at least a shoulder pad.

[luvdunhill]

I think I'd need to either get a new strap or at least a shoulder pad.

<ahem>

[falkon]

?

[shellylh]

Updated TB Ristretto. I like the front pocket.

Edited January 31, 2012 by shellylh

[grawk]

that does look nice

[tyrion]

I think it may be time for an upgrade. I like the zippered front pocket. Anyone interested in a black 13" Ristretto, old model with an Absolute strap in very good condition, let me know.

[luvdunhill]

Maybe, how much

[tyrion]

Maybe, how much

I will pm you later.

[grawk]

http://ibackflip.com/product/ibackflip-somersault/

TUAW reports it will also fit a macbook air 11"

[luvdunhill]

Thanks Mike and Dinny. I was lax about responding, I'm sorry. Regardless, they wouldn't fit.

I just bought a size 4 Tom Bihn Brain Cell. My plan is to use it inside my Tri Star and also carry it naked when I need to. We will see how that works.

[The Monkey]

Marc, Dunno if you saw it but I'm selling my unused Bihn Cadet for 11" MBA. I forget exactly what you're looking for but let me know if interested. For you I do good price my friend.

[luvdunhill]

Yeah, I saw that. It just won't fit my ugly un-hip corporate issued last years model that was wildly unpopular so let's sell them to our own employees HP Elite Book.

[swt61]

... and also carry it naked when I need to. We will see how that works.

Well you do live in Austin, so that won't even garner a second look.

[deepak]

Any suggestions for an over the shoulder that is fashionable and will protect a 15.2" fatty laptop well? I am thinking leather, but understated to go well with shirt/tie type attire.

I have been using a laptop backback that has 1/2" of padding on both sides of the laptop slot, but I need something not so student-ish

[grawk]

any leather briefcase with a sleeve for the laptop?

I donated what you're looking for to my church yard sale last year. It sold for $5.

[The Monkey]

I like the Tumi Alpha Bravo line a lot, Deepak. Not sure if the 15.2" will fit though, it says up to 15"...

[The Monkey]

Also, Tom Bihn has a new camera bag insert thingy. I'm not a big fan of the look.

http://www.tombihn.com/page/001/PROD/ACC/TB1510

[swt61]

I don't have a lot of experience in this area, but this Kenneth Cole bag is leather, and IMO nicely understated.

http://www.ebags.com...elaid=292835726

More expensive, but even better looking...

http://www.ebags.com...364661880007321

Sorry, I see that second one is too small.

Edited April 14, 2012 by swt61