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Get Smarts: a Beginners Guide to Smart Luggage
…in scales. Raden A22 is a nice example of this. You put everything in your bag and use the handle to weigh your bag. An app on your phone will give you a weight read out. Miscellaneous luxuries There are some fun other things jumping out in the smart luggage space that’ve worth a look. Barracuda packs in a table you can extend to get some work done when you can’t find a surface (and a cup holder to boot). Modobag is motorised so you can sit on and…
Buyer’s Guide :: Best All-Rounder Backpacks
…ou need a backpack. Other times you may want a shoulder or briefcase-style bag. You could get three different bags…or you could get QWSTION’s Office Bag, which lets you carry it using grab handles or easily converts to a shoulder bag or pack. If you love organizing your gear, you’ll dig the variety of pockets in the Office Bag, and the laptop section will fit a 17-inch laptop. The North Face Hot Shot Lots of colorways, no shortage of pockets, plus…
Packing List :: Chris Burkard, Travel Photographer
…Zero solar panel F-stop lightroom roller ICU (internal camera units) Diddy bag (Fenix headlamps, sensor cleaners, batteries) Walkie Talkies NEX water housing Blower kit EWA marine bag/ water housing Sony A77 70-400 Nikon AW1 waterproof camera Chargers 10mm fisheye Power inverter Lens 10-18 NEX Fenix headlamp Steripen Gerber knives and multi tool Western Digital hard drive with waterproof case Cliff bars, shot blocks Black Diamond headlamp SD cards…
Kickstarter Highlight: GoBag 2 Vacuum Compressible Carry-on Backpack
…e rest of your gear out of sight. Built to go the distance…and then some A travel bag is no use if it can’t stand up to use and abuse on your journeys. But the GoBag’s hard-wearing Hypalon base embraces rough terrain and smooth airport floors alike, with the rest of the exterior crafted with TPU-coated Ballistic Nylon for protection against the elements. Likewise, failing zips render a bag useless. So the GoBag opts for quality and reliability wit…
A New Player in Luxe EDC | Leander Everyday Professional Collection
…ther small items you want to keep easily accessible. When you need to keep travel items secure but close at hand throughout your journey, look to Leander’s Travel Folio. A choice of card slots, interior sleeves, a pen holder, and an exterior sleeve keep items neat and tidy on the move so travel documents, cards, and other essentials stay within easy reach. For carrying cards and cash, the collection offers three suave options. The Card Sleeve & Mo…
Best Check-In Finalists : Fourth Annual Carry Awards
…a worthy travel companion in its own right. Though they cater to different travel needs, they’re all first-class options designed to make travel more enjoyable so you can focus on the destination rather than worrying about the journey. Log your vote at the bottom of the page! _________________________________________________________ Néit Collapsible Luggage While we’ve loved the evolution of hardcase spinners over the last half decade, our wardrob…
Exclusive Release | Foursevens x Carryology Preon P1 Onibi
…t continents, temperatures ranging from -20°F to 120°F, inside my EDC work bag to the coffee shops on Austin’s East Side, plane rides up to visit my folks in Pennsylvania, deep within the jungles of the Philippines, among the sand dunes of Morocco’s Sahara Desert, atop the snowy Alps in Switzerland, inside of glaciers in Iceland, and more. Unlike a pocket knife, the P1 can travel with me everywhere. It’s both my trusty everyday carry tool for dail…
Kickstarter Highlight: Fraser Kit Co. Aviator Weekender
…vas and top grain leather, the weekender is built to handle the demands of travel – and look good doing so. This is the kind of bag that will age gracefully, while reliably accompanying you year after year. The hardware is well up for a life of travel too, with military grade parachute clips to secure the shoulder strap and Riri zippers with paracord zipper pulls for smooth and easy movement. A bright tartan wool lining helps increase the visibili…
Carry Giveaway :: Oppermann London Vallance Briefcase
…nothing like this. Fusing Swedish minimalism and London style, Oppermann’s bags, wallets and sleeves offer clean and understated designs paired with premium materials. The brand, founded by brothers Mattis and Niklas Oppermann, is transparent about where their materials and hardware come from. There is a refreshing openness to their business model as well. With materials and craftsmanship on par with uber-expensive luxury brands, Oppermann could p…
Eco-carry :: Fly Over
…em for their style and uniqueness… And we’ve featured Freitag’s Ben office bag in our Office Bag post earlier this year! Elvis and Kresse Elvis and Kresse is a London-based company making bags and belts mostly from used fire hoses. The materials make for sturdy, very water-resistant (duh…) bags that are well designed and built. Their philosophy for using recycled materials is in every part of the product: the bags are wrapped in waste tea sacks fo…
Bag Collectors :: Alan Wenker
…ber where and why you picked it up? I remember it well and still have the bag in my collection. A blue, leather-bottomed Gerry daypack. The pack is similar to the more popular Sierra Designs teardrop daypack, but the Gerry was a few dollars less at the time and money was very tight in those days. I bought the pack around 1980 when I was in high school. I used the pack during high school, through college, and took it to Europe a couple of time…
The North Face HQ Visit
…how they visited a college and just watched students load and unload their bags, analyzing their carry and tools and how they used the space in their packs – even holding strings of focus groups, just to nail the pocketing for school bags, their bread and butter. “…we’re designing product with Conrad Anker or Jimmy Chin or whomever it is. And that’s a great experience and these guys get out and do trips with the athletes as well so…we really kind…
8 Card-sized EDC Essentials That Fit Your Wallet
…BS plastic card to give you an edge in an emergency, all from your wallet. TravelCard Portable Smartphone Charger Just as smartphones get thinner and more advanced, so do the much-needed external batteries for them. The TravelCard is an ultra-compact portable charger for your phone that carries easily in a bifold wallet. With a 1500 mAh capacity, it can give an added 40-55% of battery life to your device to keep you connected on the go. It’s avail…
Outdoor Retailer Carry Awards :: Summer Market 2015
…reas line. Though they’ve introduced a number of new lines at OR including bags for the business traveler and light daypacks, each new bag is aesthetically unquestionably Boreas. Yet most importantly they remain approachable. You don’t need to have a history of mountains climbed and intense travel adventures across the world to appreciate a Boreas pack, just a desire to get out and see something new. And it’s this idea that really resonated in the…
Indonesian Craft :: Riding with Rafheoo Part 2
…the day’s leather workings, we board a train bound for Jakarta. With a carefully curated and even more precisely constructed array of Javanese handicraft in tow, we’re making a beeline for Rafheoo’s workshop to piece together a few bags. Bags with which Rafheoo aims to introduce the skill of an emerging generation of Indonesian artistry, a generation steeped in tradition but decidedly reimagining their storied Indonesian craft. *Follow Frank’s ad…
Urban Kraft :: Paper Just Rolled into Fashion
…, we don’t recommend soaking it with water when you have things inside the bag. To clean the bag, simple machine-wash it, and hang dry. . When the material is wet, it has a unique leather feel to it, and once it dries up it’s back to the natural smooth paper texture. . What’s the estimated life of your gear? The estimated life of Urban Kraft bags can be anywhere from 3-plus years, even with excessive use. We’ve been using them since the inception…
Week In Review ~ 5 April
…p your options open. Sometimes you need the freedom to glide between work, travel and leisure. Sometimes certain bags just get in the way. Not so with the Burton Durable Goods Beagle Brown Bag Collection. Packs, totes, wheeled luggage and more feature in the collection, all in an attractive, ready-for-anything Beagle Brown waxed canvas that looks good wherever you may find yourself. So whether you’re going for drinks after the office, kicking back…
Sportique Presents :: Best Backpacks Under $150
…ions to come will ever need. Maybe you’re into extreme outdoor activities, baggage handlers see more of your bag than you ever do, or you simply feel like indulging in a luxury piece that you’re going to love forever. Fair enough. But maybe instead you want a backpack that can reliably carry your work tools without taking a significant hit to your bank balance. Or how about an affordable and hard-wearing pack that can tackle the trails or keep you…
Haglöfs HQ Visit
…lues of Haglöfs is its history.” The Number 1 accompanied a suite of fresh designs launched to coincide with the Haglöfs centenary. Fall/winter 2014 also saw the release of 19FOURTEEN – a collection of packs, bags, clothing and shoes, driven by a demanding, and versatile, fresh urban look. “For Haglöfs, it has almost been a little bit ‘forbidden’ before, to make a casual collection: ‘we’re outdoor…we should be outdoor,’” says Viktor. The new inspi…
The ‘Get Outside’ Gift Guide
…th of gear and keeping the essentials dry… . Filson Dry Duffel ($180) Most bags can handle a light drizzle here and there. The Filson Dry Duffel isn’t most bags. This duffel is built for more demanding situations, from downpours to boat decks. Radio-frequency welded seams, a rolltop opening and vinyl-coated polyester construction all play their part in keeping the contents dry even if you get drenched. . Great for: weatherproof gear carry wherever…
Packing List of a Digital Nomad
…for the holidays. Entertainment: Optimally it’s not all work while you’re traveling so my bag has a few things to pass the time, hang out, and unplug. Deck of cards: The options are endless, solo games, two people, you name it. I play a lot of Cribbage, Wist, and Spades. I really never get tired of cards. Plastic ones are a must because they can’t be wrecked by an errant spilled beer. Dice: Six of them actually. You need five to play Yahtzee and…
The Third Annual Carry Awards :: Roundup
…rry On Highly Commended: Rimowa Bolero Highly Commended: Modern Industry Passenger – Best Check-In Winner: Samsonite Lite-Cube DLX Highly Commended: Arc’teryx Carrier Duffle Highly Commended: Ortlieb Duffle RS – Best Specialist Winner: Black Diamond JetForce Highly Commended: Douchebags Douchebag Highly Commended: MONO Guitar Sleeve – Best Accessory Winner: Incase ICON Sleeve with Tensaerlite Highly Commended: Bellroy Elements Phone Pocket Highly…
5 Key Elements :: Designing the Arc’teryx Voltair Avalanche Airbag
…look at. So we switched to that and then we did a lot of different handle designs as well to come up with the right shape and position for different hand sizes, and to make it ambidextrous so that you could grab it with the right or the left hand. There’s some range of motion in that, so once you pull it you have a couple of inches of travel before it triggers the whole system. So that, again, is to prevent accidental triggering. And then the oth…
Week In Review ~ 28 February
…streets low With their distinct designs and colorways you can spot a Topo Designs bag a mile off – or a mile up in the case of the Mountain Daypack. With its 26-liter volume there’s plenty of space to haul your gear up mountain trails, sling your essentials on your back for an overnight trip or carry your tools for the work commute. The side pockets are both large enough for a 32oz Nalgene bottle, while an interior sleeve fits 15″ laptops. The u-…
Exploring Indonesian Leather Craft With Voyej
…orks Voyej is exporting that has brought me to Jogja. It’s what’s in their designs and what this is symbolic of for the wider Indonesian carry scene. Over the last 10 years this fledgling scene had been producing some excellent goods but had been importing their fundamental style from Americana, primarily workwear. What’s made Voyej unique is that they are steering a course in the Indonesian carry scene to reinterpret the local, traditional craft…
Week In Review ~ 27 March
…on a classic design. Welcome to the Week In Review… – Staying true to form Travel can be demanding, leaving a lot of luggage looking more than a little tired. But just like some travelers always manage to keep looking fresh, so can stylish and hard-wearing luggage. The new Tru-Frame collection from Samsonite breezes into this category, combining eye-catching looks with durable construction. Each piece in the collection features a slim aluminium fr…
Packing for the Appalachian Trail
…gives you a dry and clean place to sit down. A small stuff sack as a rock bag and some paracord made for a lightweight bear hang kit. Mosquito Head Net – I used it just once or twice but nice to have. A StickPic helped me to get some different shots when filming video for YouTube. Knife – Spyderco Dragonfly 2 – Small and lightweight, all you really need on the AT. Minimal Toiletries – Toothbrush and paste, travel deodorant, earplugs and poop ki…
Week In Review ~ 22 May
…Cargo Carryall, you don’t have to. Camping gear, laundry, work equipment, travel supplies, the weekly food shop – this bag lives up to its name by accommodating a variety of diverse loads within its 72-liter volume. The Cargo Carryall is inspired by miliary duffels and seabags, but bears the distict Tanner touch. Rugged and dependable construction is a given, with Mil-spec 18oz olive cotton canvas and hardware built to last. Complementing the cot…
Struktur Event :: 2016 Recap
…customers and people. After realising that too many of their private label designs were just bringing more rather than better, they underwent a huge purge, cancelling any styles that weren’t bringing something compelling to REI customers. That sounds standard enough, until you hear that they cancelled styles that brought 38% of their private label revenue. This was a very compelling presentation about the benefits and nimbleness that a private bra…
Shop Visit :: RAWROW
…, they have a Microfibre line and the Rope Series. The former is the first bag from the company and continues to evolve with different colorways and designs each season. The Rope Series is targeted to consumers who want to carry lighter bags and is available in gray, beige, and navy. “What was made clear from the beginning is RAWROW continues to embody their theme which is apparent in their name. The raw in RAWROW is meant to invoke a sense of sim…