linucsWhat did you buy that improved your life?
QuarterSwedeAer Daypack 2 work backpack. I replaced my older should bag with that and it’s so much easier to carry around my work laptop, etc.
Things I love:
- Protective fleece sleeve that protects the laptop
- Pocket for a tablet and/or pad of paper in front of that
- Plenty of smaller pockets in a separate compartment for pens, mouse, keys, etc.
- Small fleece lined pocket up top to hold sunglasses, wallet, etc.
- Bottle holder on the side that fits a 24oz Thermoflask with rubber bottom.
- Zippers can hide in bottle pocket for security
- Made out of Cordura ballistic fabric (had it on my last bag that still looks brand new after 20 years)
- Shoulder strap holders
- Removable sternum strap.
- Top handle is made out of multi-layered silky seatbelt fabric. It’s the most comfortable handle I’ve used.
- Strap on the back that can be slipped over carry on luggage handles.
- Built to stand up on its own even when loaded
I freaking love the thing. Unfortunately they no longer sell it as there is a newer model, the [aersf.com/products/day-pack-3?_pos=2&_sid=6787afe…](Day Pack 3). It adds a few things like an AirTag pocket and side handle but removes the removable sternum strap (according to one reviewer, the picture looks like the buckle can slide up and off the new strap rails), and changes the inner pocket fabric.
DigitalprimateI will sound like a shrill, but I love everything they make. Even though the City Pack Pro X-Pac became, accidentally and relative to initial cost, the single most expensive bag I own due to my stupid brother.
I live in Europe, and you have to pay big taxes on any imports by mail. So I asked my brother if I could mail to him and he’d mail it to me, like in the old days (20 years ago or so). Sure, he says no problem, when do you need it? I say not in a hurry but leaving for a trip in like three weeks, so if it made it here by then that would be nice.
Two weeks later he texts me saying I owe him USD 120 for shipping. I said WTF? He sent it express, like an idiot. The bag costs about USD 239. So, ok fine it least I’ll have it for my trip.
Nope. Three weeks later I call the UPS center. They got my bag, all right, but I owe EUR 135 in taxes and duties. My brother - who used to know how to do these things, insured it for USD 400 and wrote on the item description “brand new back pack.” That fuckwad (whom I love, but damn bro, you grew up stupid sometimes).
Anyway even at that price it’s worth it, and it too has all the features you mention above + in X-Pac + with a contrasting interior color. I may have gone to their flag ship “store” (a tiny, tiny little store front) in SF and fanboy’ed for an hour or so before buying a small inside bag. And I may or may not have ordered two of their computer peripheral storage bags, one for me and one as a bribe/tribute to our head of IT…
Anyway, ahem. It’s the ultimate combo between a carry on bag and an (largish) urban commuter bag. /Shrill, and if anyone from Aer is reading this, a discount code maybe?