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Dig or Diss | Airport Laptop Issues

Dig or Diss | Airport Laptop Issues

So this is a Diss, we never like talking ill about anything carry. But it does suck when your laptop doesn’t fit into the trays provided at most of the airports…

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Fjällräven | Liking

Fjällräven | Liking

Who are they: The story behind Fjällräven began in 1950 when Åke Nordin, a 14-year-old boy from Sweden,was not satisfied with his current solution for carrying and took matters into his own hands. Not everyday a 14yr old starts their own bag company…

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Our Favourite Wheeled Bags

Our Favourite Wheeled Bags

Note: For a higher resolution image of the above, click [HERE].

Traveling has become a major part of our lives – whether for a holiday, a business trip, or discovering the world. Few of us take the same length trip each time, so choosing appropriate luggage is no easy task. There’s loads to consider, and with the way excess weight charges are skyrocketing, weight is more important than ever.

With that in mind we have pulled together a list of bags we think tend to cover most areas you need to think about when traveling, with factors like weight, material, mobility, and more…

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New Contributor | Taylor

Bag design new contributor

And the family grows…

Our hope for Carryology has always been to have a broad base of contributing Carryologists, from designers to retailers and core users. Today we welcome Taylor to the fold, an Industrial Designer that has been designing bags for several years, many of which you may even own or have used.

We’ve asked Taylor to introduce himself, and talk a little about his love of carry. And there’s a few surprises in there…

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The Travel Wallet

The Travel Wallet

In all our years of traveling one of my pet hates was the juggling of my travel documents – passport, boarding pass, anything that refers to where I’m going, etc. It took until a recent trip where one of my travel buddies pulled out what, at first glance, looked like the guiness world record for Costanza wallets, for me to realise there was answers out there.

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A return to craft

Return to craft leather carry goods

5 craft based carry makers

Does anyone actually know what crab sticks are made from? The highly refined white flesh has lost all semblance to whatever creatures it originated from. Crab sticks can fill a hole, but you certainly don’t feel wonderful after their consumption.

Notice any similarities with the product world?

As carry goods have been refined and outsourced and mass produced, we’ve started to create carry crab sticks. But it does not have to be this way, and the five carry makers we look at here are proving that product can still have soul…

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Dig or Diss | 2 Way Straps

Dig or Diss | 2 Way Straps

So this is a Dig. We are digging anyone who is making messenger with 2 way straps..

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Road Test | Chrome Metropolis

Chrome messenger review

This is one of those bags that you see pop up everywhere, reaching icon status with that broad silhouette and bling seat belt buckle. And as with any iconic bag, there are also reviews everywhere. The internet has filled it’s silicon warehouse with dissections and discussions about the Metropolis, looking for insights into a seriously long lasting (sales and production wise) bag.

After owning one for almost 2 years now, I thought it was my turn to try and go a little deeper than those other reviews, in the way that Carryology encourages…

New Contributor | Johnson

As the Carryology community grows, we thought it would be nice to start introducing our new contributors. And what better way than to find out what they carry…

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Road Tested | Chrome Ivan roll-top Part 1&2

Chrome Pawn Ivan Sultan roll top review

Note: For a higher resolution image of the above, click [HERE].

Road Tested | Chrome Ivan roll-top Part 1&2

We’ve had this backpack for some time, so thought we’d roll parts 1 & 2 of the road test together. We can’t promise that this will make the review twice as good, but we’ll try…

The Ivan is one of three sizes in Chrome roll-top backpacks – there’s also a smaller Pawn, and the larger Sultan. They are all built the same way, just with a different scale applied.

This is a great bag, and also one that helped kick-start a new style of backpack. So here goes with our thoughts on it…

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Hlaska | Liking

Hlaska | Liking

Who are they: Hlaska started out creating wallets and bags. Nowadays they have thrown menswear into the mix as well. An understated luxury brand for men. One half of Hlaska is a guy who co-founded a little video sharing site called youTube.

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Carryology says hi to Bellroy

Bellroy is a new wallet and carry brand

The growth and support that has been happening around Carryology is amazing. We feel really fortunate to be a part of the carry community finding a voice.

The initial idea and seeding for the blog came from a few of our contributors, who have also been working on another project. That project is called Bellroy, which has just launched a series of really interesting wallets…

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Market Totes

With the burgeoning electric car market, large investments in wind power, sustainable farming and the like, there is no shortage of opportunities to be better global citizens.  What surprises me, however, is that only until recently did we really start to take notice of a solution that is so simple, effective, and applicable to each and every one of us. Let’s talk about what you use to carry your groceries from the supermarket, your local co-op, or the Farmer’s market on Saturday mornings…

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Dig or Diss | Bags that fall over.

Dig or Diss | Bags that fall over.

This is a definite diss: It bites when you’re in line at the airport, train or even lining up for your tasty Chai Latte (w/honey) and you have some sort of roller bag kicking along with you on your travels and the thing falls over while you’re waiting.

And not just a simple fall over, nooooo. As Murphy’s Law would have it, your roller bag falls directly in to a young child who has just learnt how to balance on their own two feet, and is subsequently scared off walking for life. Or worse, it falls onto the feet of an elderly lady whose bones are so calcified that they shatter upon impact from the telescope handle…

We gotta avoid those bags that fall over.

Hilton Tent City x Baileyworks

Hilton Tent City x Baileyworks

So this is almost like a mix of a couple of posts, but also a post that is unique to itself. Confused yet? I am.

We have spoken about Tent City and we have shown you the review the Reverend gave us on the Baileyworks Super Pro. So while it’s pretty easy to become a jaded old cynic about branded co-ops getting released, this one between Hiltons and BW is pretty cool – it’s a BW SuperPro, in small, medium or large- each tricked out with some nifty one-off features.

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Nikon x Porter

Porter have a strong history of coming up with creative mobile storage options, whether it’s luggage, wallets, or even vacuum packs. So it’s a no brainer that Nikon would turn to Porter for range of camera carrying items.

The relationship between Nikon and Porter has been strong for a couple of years now, and with Porter’s tradition of aesthetic beauty and quality it’s no surprise that each range that drops tops the previous.

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Road Tested | Nike ACG Nylon Messenger

The Nike ACG Messenger has been on road test for the last couple of months by one of our carryologists. They actually purchased it long before we thought of running this Road Tested category so it works out quite well that he can give an in depth review…

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Industry Insights | A giant in the bags world

Industry Insights | A giant in the bags world

Have you ever heard of VF Corp? Probably not, but we’re guessing you’ve used their products.

VF Corp owns brands such as Vans, Lee, Reef and Nautica. But where they really shine is in the bags world… Eagle Creek, Jansport, Eastpac, and The North Face are all part of the VF stable.

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Back To School Bags

Back To School

As our Northern Hemisphere readers swelter under the summer sun, we thought it would be a good time to review school bags, ready for the return to study.

What’s good, what’s not, and what should help you avoid getting bullied…

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Thinking of buying a messenger/backpack/wallet?

Thinking of buying a messenger/backpack/wallet?
Here’s some previous Carryology posts that might help you decide…

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