{"id":8492,"date":"2010-04-05T21:33:18","date_gmt":"2010-04-05T13:33:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/?p=8492"},"modified":"2017-03-09T21:42:25","modified_gmt":"2017-03-09T13:42:25","slug":"bag-fetishes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/2010\/04\/05\/bag-fetishes\/","title":{"rendered":"Bag Fetishes"},"content":{"rendered":"

I\u2019ve posted here about my occasional obsession with camera\/notebook bags \u2013 which at some level speaks about gender equality; that Ling has her thing about handbags, I\u2019ve got an equivalent thing about camera and notebook bags too.:)<\/p>\n

\"kensington-cambag\" Anyway \u2013 the Kensington Contour Terrain Messenger Bag<\/a> (right) <\/em>I\u2019ve been using for two years now was getting worn out. The fabric strap pad doesn\u2019t do well in the humidity here \u2013 i.e. it started disintegrating \u2013 and the other week a leaky coffee mug experienced spillage. The bag pretty much smells of Nescafe coffee right now.<\/p>\n

Oh, I get plenty of complimentary and freebie bags from conferences, seminars and vendor gifts at work, but even when they\u2019re made of heavy duty material (usually they\u2019re not), they often get emblazoned with advertizing logos too. Not my thing, so for the last week I\u2019ve been keeping an eye for a replacement bag for the Kensington at the usual places: the Challenger Superstore at Funan Center, and other electronic stores elsewhere around our place.<\/p>\n

The intended bag was supposed to be a daily use one to transport the MacBook Pro and the E-PL1 (LOL). Strange as it might sound, amidst the five dedicated-camera bags I\u2019ve already got \u2013 and all for different occasions, mind you \u2013 I haven\u2019t got a backpack that\u2019s portable enough for daily use. The closest is my Lowepro Fastpack 250<\/a>, but that thing\u2019s a monster capable of carting around a couple of cameras, long lenses, a gorillapod and even a netbook. I used it extensively during the Kumamoto trip, but it\u2019s not something I\u2019d want to bring to work every day.<\/p>\n

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One of the nicest thing about the Challenger Funan Superstore is the relatively big floor space for notebook bags on display, which is a great compliment to the plenty of other places already carrying Kata, Crumpler, Lowepro and Tamrac camera bags. Funnily though, even after two separate trips to the store trying to find a suitable bag, I just couldn\u2019t find one with the interior customization options or size I required. But I finally found exactly what I wanted\u2026 at Denki @ Compass Point of all places:<\/p>\n

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It\u2019s a Bagman BP10 backpack<\/a>. It\u2019s smaller than the Fastpack, very light weight and rather minimalist in the number of compartments. There\u2019s a large pocket that\u2019ll house a notebook of up to 15.4\u201d monitor, a front compartment for keys and small items, side pockets with zips, and a humungous central component with a removable camera bag insert. The bag normally retails for about USD80, but Denki\u2019s price was marked up by quite a bit. I half-expected to find a can of abalone as a comp. gift with the bag, but no such luck. Sigh.<\/p>\n

Still, I\u2019m pretty pleased with the purchase \u2013 especially considering the number of man-hours that went into the search for it. It\u2019ll be accompanying me for the coming Boston trip mid-year. Hooray \u2013 one less item to pick up now.:)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I\u2019ve posted here about my occasional obsession with camera\/notebook bags \u2013 which at some level speaks about gender equality; that Ling has her thing about handbags, I\u2019ve got an equivalent thing about camera and notebook bags too.:) Anyway \u2013 the<\/p>\n

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