{"id":8969,"date":"2014-04-24T19:04:15","date_gmt":"2014-04-24T23:04:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dougbardwell.com\/db\/?p=8969"},"modified":"2017-11-19T10:43:37","modified_gmt":"2017-11-19T15:43:37","slug":"skooba-v-3-laptop-weekender-gets-together","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dougbardwell.com\/db\/skooba-v-3-laptop-weekender-gets-together\/","title":{"rendered":"Skooba V.3 Laptop Weekender gets it all together"},"content":{"rendered":"

When I travel, I carry more than my share of gadgets, chargers, cameras, wires and what-not. Finding a bag that could take all the gadgets and still have room for some clothes usually meant a wheeled roller bag. When you want to travel light and fast \u2013 that isn\u2019t the answer. Enter the V.3 Laptop Weekender from Skooba Design<\/span>. Now we\u2019re talking.<\/p>\n

\"Skooba<\/a>In a shoulder bag, this has got it all goin\u2019 on. Granted, a humungous duffle bag would carry the same amount of stuff, but the Weekender organizes and compartmentalizes it quite exquisitely.<\/p>\n

Now I\u2019ve got instant access to laptop, tablet, phone, battery packs, etc. All the things I repeatedly access while on a road trip or a getaway weekend are right at my fingertips. The padded rails in the back pocket gently protect up to a 15\u201d computer. Two big cargo pockets at each end handle your tablet and chargers, hard drives, cables, etc.<\/p>\n

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The front accessory pocket has a padded back wall with pockets for iPhones, MP3 player, recorder, pens, business cards, and battery packs.<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve even used this as a total camera bag, packing it with my photo dividers and carrying six different cameras at once in the inner compartment, along with LED lights, shotgun mikes and more batteries than any one man should have to carry.<\/p>\n

The exclusive \u201cSuperbungee\u201d shoulder strap cleverly disperses the weight when you\u2019ve overloaded the bag like I\u2019m prone to do.<\/p>\n

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The bag is 18\u201d x 12\u201d x 11\u201d so it should easily fit into any normal overhead compartment on a plane. Technically, it\u2019s too big for United\u2019s ridiculous new regulations, but you should be safe with all the other carriers. Luckily, it only weighs 42 oz. empty, so you aren\u2019t using up your weight allowance on your bag.<\/p>\n