What's your favourite Manbag?

[ralphawilson]

I still frequently use a great old (like 25 years old) black Tenba camera bag that was designed not to look like a camera bag. Quite slim. Closest I can see on their current product list is the Skooba: Sidekick.

[stevlight]

I have used the Domke digital satchel for 4 years and it still looks brand new. Perfect size and understated.

 

My wife wanted me to be a little more refined and spent alot of money on this Tumi bag [in black of course!!]. {it was to congratulate me on selling another children's book--god, I love her} It is a REALLY nice bag. I am not used to carring something so nice but do love the soft leather.--and I would never spend that kind of money on a bag. but if you have the $ it is worth it--very well made.

[davisgt]

Louis Vuitton briefcase. Yeah, I know, I'm an elitist snob. I embrace it. :roflmho:

 

Todd

[kps]

I use jackets with many pockets; at present, ones from Duluth Trading.

[voop]

It feels like I keep repeating myself: this is my purse, loved so much that I've acquired a couple of backups for when my current one is worn out.

[Silvermink]

I like shoulder bags, though I'm less fond of what they do to my shoulders. Currently I have a black Kensington laptop bag (issued by work) and a black... I think the brand is Freeways or something... shoulder bag that I got at an Office Depot in Puerto Vallarta. The Kensington, especially, has lots of extra pockets.

 

I also have a grey-and-black Dell laptop backpack which is the only way my 17" DTR laptop travels (man, that thing is heavy).

[Ted H]

I've been using this EOD utility bag from County Comm. Nice for traveling light, cheap, and functional.

[Scooterman]

My favorite is a Mountain Hardwear "Project" backpack. It's fairly small, carries a laptop or notebooks, and has lots of inside compartments. My other "toy" bag is a small one by Maxpedition. I don't recall the model name. It's about a foot long and six inches wide. It also has a hip strap so it can be worn like a small lumbar pack. Mine are all in "Manly Black", of course!

Scooterman

[13R14N]

I use a Wilson's Leather Oak Sling Backpack. It is a combination between a backpack and a messenger bag. not quite large enough for a 14"" Apple iBook (because of the triangle shape), but plenty big enough for my Nikon D50 and 105mm lens and pens and paper and iPod and ... well you get the point.

I bought this 4-5 years ago at a local Wilson's retail store, but when I went to look for a link to include here, I discovered that Wilson's does not sell this product any longer; however there is one currently for sale on eBay for more than I paid for mine (retail).

I like the fact that it does not "sit on my hip" (like a messenger bag does) and it has a shoulder strap that separates/connects with Velcro (unlike a messenger bag or backpack), so I don't have to take it over my head if I don't want to.

Apparently this bag was so ugly that the one and only time my car was broken into, they ignored this bag with my camera and mega-iPod in it, and went for the mini-iPod in the center console instead; so now it is a good luck charm

 

--Brian

[DAYoung]

Louis Vuitton briefcase. Yeah, I know, I'm an elitist snob. I embrace it. :roflmho:

 

Todd

 

Do you have a photo?

 

If you're going to embrace your 'elitist snobbery', you should share its aesthetic glory.

[DAYoung]

To the OP:

 

If I'm not carrying my laptop, I use a Kathmandu across-the-chest satchel. Plenty of pockets for notebook, papers, books, iPod, and slightly water-resistant.

 

If I've my laptop, I use a Caribee backpack with a laptop pocket.

 

I once used a vintage leather satchel (my mother's), but the strap was caught in the rain, and was attacked by mould.

[trent]

I'm surprised that nobody has mentioned Renaissance Art's gorgeous "Writer's Satchel."

[ttakacs]

Currently, my favorite: Barbour Tweed Covey Bag

[davisgt]

I don't have a photo, but here's a link to the website:

 

http://www.louisvuitton.com/info/products-...-briefcase.html

 

Aesthetic glory (!) I love it!

 

Todd

[tnmike1]

http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o254/photoboris/manbag_lead_narrowweb__300x4190.jpg

 

It takes a real MAN to wear pink. Or so sez my tailor!!!

[jmkeuning]

J peterman counterfeit mailbag. From pre-Seinfeld days. Just a huge leather bucket with a flap.

 

I also use a much smaller green canvas bag. A square pouch. Think Jack Bauer but mine was with me before 24 existed. It's the pefect size to carry a .45 or a few hand grenades. I do not have hand grenades, so the glock usually gets to ride. Or diapers and apple juice.

[davisgt]

Okay -- I'm gay, and I love pink shirts and pink ties, but I wouldn't be caught dead wearing that purse. It looks like his mom just gave him her purse to hold while she went to the bathroom.

 

Actually, if I wore that purse around Kentucky, I would be caught and dead.

 

Todd

[Writing Uphill]

Depending on the needs of the day, one of these four (in order of frequent use):

 

* Chrome Dually backpack: http://www.chromebagsstore.com/dually-brow...ack-stripe.html

* Chrome Hipbone (usually worn with a shoulder strap): http://www.chromebagsstore.com/hipbone.html

* Chrome Ranchero backpack: http://www.chromebagsstore.com/ranchero-bl...red-stripe.html

* Rickshaw Small Zero with add-on pen and pocket organizer: http://www.rickshawbags.com/#/products/sma...zero_messenger/

[tmenyc]

I'm surprised that nobody has mentioned Renaissance Art's gorgeous "Writer's Satchel."

Trent - I did in my links further up this thread. Do you have one of them?

Tim

[Johnny Appleseed]

http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o254/photoboris/manbag_lead_narrowweb__300x4190.jpg

 

It takes a real MAN to wear pink. Or so sez my tailor!!!

 

He is better dressed (and looking) than I, but otherwise this is much how I look when my daughter hands me her purse to hold while she hops on a bouncy-ride at the fair or goes into the bathroom with her mom. Her's is actually a little less pink, but the effect is pretty similar.

 

 

Personally, I am quite fond of a Rick Steves Civitas shoulder bag. It is too small for a laptop, but large enough for an 8.5 x 11 pad, a couple of books, checkbook, pens, flashlight, etc. It is made from micro-fiber polyester, which makes it remarkably lightweight and easily washable, but it has held up very well as a daily carry bag. At only around $20, it is a deal - one of the best bags I have ever had. It lacks organization tool though (inside flaps, pen slots, etc.) so. . .

 

I also have a very small butt-pack, which I do not use as a butt-pack, but as a "stuff organizer". All the little things I most commenly want to have with me (pen-case, flashlight, lip-balm, sunscreen, address book, membership and loyalty cards to everything, etc) live in there, which goes into a pocket of my shoulder bag. It makes it easy to switch to a larger backpack when I am going out for the day and need a little more room for water-bottles, jackets and all the kid-stuff one has to carry on a weekend.

 

I have been equally pleased with the Rick Steves backpack. While not what you would want to take trekking in the mountains, it is remarkably sturdy and equally lightweight. I can roll it up inside a suitcase or carry-on bag and it takes up remarkably little space, yet is a good handy backpack to have when needed. Again, for $20-$25 it is as inexpensive as they come. Throw it in the travel bag as a spare if you need one.

 

John