The "Help RoG find a laptop bag that isn't awful" thread

[Mockery]

So I have this spiffy new laptop but I can't take it out into the real world for adventures and tours of the finest museums and gutters that the city has to offer until I get a bag to carry it around in.

Now I've been to Best Buy, Newegg and places of that ilk, but I don't like how any of the bags look. They're all either too stiff/corporate looking or they look like they're trying to appeal to the XTREME SPORTS DUDE who didn't make the cut on a professional team and now has to go find a real job but still wants to clutch onto those fading dreams of athletic glory.

So this is where you guys come in. I just want a decent looking laptop bag that will protect my computer and have plenty of space to carry it around along with some accessories such as the cables, a mouse 'n what not.

My only other requirement is that the laptop is a 17" one, so the bag needs to be able to fit it. So yeah, if you guys have any suggestions, I'm all ears.

[bigtimecow]

these aren't specifically laptop bags (i don't think), and they are very expensive (seeing as they are made from old truck tarps), but they will last you for like a hundred years.

http://www.freitag.ch/shop/FREITAG/families/messenger/detail.jsf

[Durin]

Have you considered making your own? Just kill something (cow, human, shark, whatever), skin it, and than sew it up into a bag yourself. That way you'll know that only you have that kind of bag.

However, if you are a wuss and only want a store-bought one, just get the corporate looking ones, for thine soul is already gone.

[dirtyxblondexdame]

i got a new lappy for christmas (thanks dad!), and i also got a Targus laptop bag -- it's really roomy, nice plain black with about 10 different pockets to store shit in. i guess you could try Ebay, cause i'm not sure where in stores you can find Targus stuff.

good luck in your search :) i'm looking for a Tokidoki laptop bag (they are like $100 on ebay, i'm not paying that!!), so we're questing together.

[Nick]

Here ya go, pal.

http://www.eastlink.com.hk/Plastic%20bag.jpg

[Fathom Zero]

Tom Bihn Buzz Bag. Period.

[doopa]

HII you are SLEEEEEEEPING.

http://www.fabric8.com/bazaar/product.f8ml?PID=UP0172

woo :)

[Fathom Zero]

Actually, I didn't read the 17" part. The Buzzbag is more suited for smaller things. Try the Ego Bag from Tom Bihn.

[Spetsnaz]

I suggest eBay. Its where I got my laptop bag from.

[MetalMilitia]

I use a Targus bag and it looks way less shitty than the majority of other laptop-backpacks I've seen. For example:

http://www.targus.com/us/product_details.asp?sku=9906595R

I'm not sure why most companies try and make their bags in the "sport" style. They just look awful.

[RaNkeri]

I also have a Targus, and I can assure you that Targus' bags kick ass.

[Asila]

I actually have two laptop bags, one of which is sort of just taking up space in my closet; the point being that you're more than welcome to have one of them if you don't find one you like. They're leather and very heavy-duty, but they are kinda corporate-y.

[ZAKO the GREAT]

i'm using crumpler so here's my choice
BEER BAG! (http://www.crumplerbags.com/Cart/index.php?catId=5)