to buy cheap and replace time and again. Because of this, I've owned
exactly two bags in the last nine years: a Wenger Soho backpack and now a custom, $184 Timbuk2 Laptop Messenger. Last spring I decided it was time to retire the trusty Wenger that got me through college and my first three E3s for something a little more modern.
What pushed me toward Timbuk2 was the number of pockets and compartments
inside -- its bags aren't just buckets with a strap. Moreover, in
addition to getting a bag that looked exactly how I wanted, by going
custom I was also giving a job to one of Timbuk2's San Francisco bag-makers, and I'm all about supporting domestic manufacturing whenever possible.
I wasn't sure a medium would be big enough after scoping its
dimensions online, but when my bag arrived just over a week later, I was
happily proven wrong. My current haul is a five-subject notebook, a
2-inch three-ring binder, hardcover versions of Jurassic Park and Blood Meridian, a Moleskine, my 13-inch MacBook Air and PS Vita.
That's not the half of it, though, because I'm also schlepping all
kinds of wall adapters and charging cables, a smattering of writing
instruments, business cards, two voice recorders, a few paperback
novels, two notepads and a travel mug. Heavy? A bit. Disorganized? No
way.
I'm horribly scatterbrained, but I have absolutely zero problems
finding anything at a moment's notice in this bag. The pouch inside a
pocket that resides inside yet another compartment isn't just a feature
that'd make Xzibit smile; it's something I use constantly. The pack has a
safe and secure place for everything I'd want to carry with me and more
compartments than I'll probably ever take advantage of. For me, that's
priceless.
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