While there are some great laptop bags on the market, many of us - particularly women - end up transporting our laptops in our large bags. Sure, I protect my laptop with a sleeve, but I usually opt to fit it into whatever bag I am using for the day rather than carry a large official laptop carrier. Following that idea, Apartment Therapy's Home Tech site has a couple of bags that are summery, unique and made by designers in third world countries. The Postal Bag is a fully-lined messenger bag with raw edges, magnetic snap closures, and two inside pockets. It's bright red and being sold for $70 by a designer who grew up in South Africa. Also neat-looking is the Wonder lust bag, $30, which is handcrafted by artisans on the island of Madagascar and in Kenya, using renewable raffia fibers found there (and is pleasantly lined with cotton). Would you substitute a unique laptop sized bag for your traditional laptop bag?
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at the back of my mind i am always worried about someone taking my laptop when its in one of those specifically designed bags, so something less conspicuous like these ones would be great...plus i love that they're designed in 3rd world countries.
1They look great but they're kinda expensive for simple bags like that.
2i so agree with you mh84! they're real pretty, but really pricey too
3I used to have a "notebook bag", but my husband swiped it. Now I have a sleeve that fits in whatever tote I'm carrying. Word to the wise, pink is a great color on anything because a man won't touch it!
4Got a fantastic old Fossil shoulder/messenger type bag that my laptop goes in along with all my other geeky junk - it has pockets galore. As tdamji said carrying a 'laptop case' is just an advertisement for thieves!
5yea i carry my laptop in my prada messenger and fendi tote all the time. stylish way to lug my macbook around!
6US$30?!?! Jeeebuss!!! I should go to the US and make a fortune out of selling these! We have them rafia bags over here in Mauritius and if I am to convert the currency, then one like in the pic must cost US$5 !!! I never thought of them as laptop bags though, we use them to go to the market here
7Yes, I love using something for other than what it was intended for.
8Since I have a Macbook, I'm always afraid someone's going to steal it..so I really would like a laptop bag that doesn't look like a conventional laptop bag, like tdamji said. And I agree with mh84..they are a little pricey. I would just get a regular messenger bag like suvana has to put my laptop in along with all your other things..that way you wouldn't have to spend so much money for a bag JUST for you laptop.
9love the red bag
10Leave it.
11leave it only because of the price. i love the idea and the patterns.
12makes me wish I had a laptop.
13I think 'laptop' bags are ugly (and usually heavy!). I carry mine in my giant Prada shoulder bag and my colleagues use their oversized Gucci, Longchamp, etc. bags for theirs. Much prettier
I do wrap my laptop in a protective wrap first though, to prevent dings and purse
debris from getting in my keyboard.
14I have a big laptop, so I cant get these cutsie little style bags, and besides, I dont care if traditional laptop bags are ugly to other people. A black bag isnt ugly to me, and they have alot of padding for protection. So I take function over style when it comes to something that my lively hood and employment depends on.
15definitely leave it!
16love it. I carry similar totes. It just looks like a great handbag when its really my work bag.
17Love the red one
18yes but not for those prices. traditional laptop bags are sooo heavy.
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