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Bag strap broke, dented mbp, crap

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farmermac

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Today on my way home from work my laptop bag's should strap buckle broke. The bag tumbled and left a nice dent on my mbp's lower case and screen. Crappy! I'm looking for a new bag that will hopefully protect a little more. Valuable lessons learned here folks...don't cut corners to save money on your laptop bag.

Bonus: was contemplating selling my mbp to buy a retina mbp before this happened. It probably lost 200-300$ in value
 

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Ive got a sweet Oakley backpack for sale in the marketplace :D

sorry to here about the drop:(
 
I looked into a huge number of backpacks over a year ago when I was in the market for a new one. I looked at Oakley, but there were too many reports of failing seams to meet my fancy, so I passed on that brand. Some of the other brands I checked out include Swiss Gear, MEC, REI, Patagonia, and several others that I can't remember at the moment. I researched for two to three weeks before seriously looking at Maxpedition. Then, I went back and forth for another month or two over their prices, and in the end got one.

I've had it now for about a year and half and it still looks new with daily use. It fits the Lenovo ThinkPad W510 laptop that I have for work, and when needed, it easily fits my 2012 15" MBP. This is the one I went with: http://www.maxpedition.com/store/pc/Kodiak-S-Type-Gearslinger-12p1598.htm

Here are a few more that should be able to hold a 15" rMBP ...

Messenger style
http://www.maxpedition.com/store/pc/SPATHA-Laptop-Case-13p1894.htm
http://www.maxpedition.com/store/pc/LARKSPUR-MESSENGER-BAG-Small-13p1240.htm

Backpack
http://www.maxpedition.com/store/pc/viewPrd.asp?IDProduct=110&IDCategory=12
 
duervo said:
I looked into a huge number of backpacks over a year ago when I was in the market for a new one. I looked at Oakley, but there were too many reports of failing seams to meet my fancy, so I passed on that brand. Some of the other brands I checked out include Swiss Gear, MEC, REI, Patagonia, and several others that I can't remember at the moment. I researched for two to three weeks before seriously looking at Maxpedition. Then, I went back and forth for another month or two over their prices, and in the end got one.

I've had it now for about a year and half and it still looks new with daily use. It fits the Lenovo ThinkPad W510 laptop that I have for work, and when needed, it easily fits my 2012 15" MBP. This is the one I went with: http://www.maxpedition.com/store/pc/Kodiak-S-Type-Gearslinger-12p1598.htm

Here are a few more that should be able to hold a 15" rMBP ...

Messenger style
http://www.maxpedition.com/store/pc/SPATHA-Laptop-Case-13p1894.htm
http://www.maxpedition.com/store/pc/LARKSPUR-MESSENGER-BAG-Small-13p1240.htm

Backpack
http://www.maxpedition.com/store/pc/viewPrd.asp?IDProduct=110&IDCategory=12
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Yikes, those are some of the ugliest laptop bags I have ever seen.
 
inaka said:
Yikes, those are some of the ugliest laptop bags I have ever seen.
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Because when I see somebody drop their laptop and cause hundreds of dollars in damage as a result of a crappy bag, the one thing I want to do is recommend a sexy looking laptop bag, instead of one that won't break. :D
 
It's not either/or.

There are plenty of laptop bags in the market that offer excellent durable protection and don't look horrible. Just sayin.
 
There are just as many (or more) bags that look great and don't do crap.
 
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farmermac said:
Today on my way home from work my laptop bag's should strap buckle broke. The bag tumbled and left a nice dent on my mbp's lower case and screen. Crappy! I'm looking for a new bag that will hopefully protect a little more. Valuable lessons learned here folks...don't cut corners to save money on your laptop bag.

Bonus: was contemplating selling my mbp to buy a retina mbp before this happened. It probably lost 200-300$ in value
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Bummer. I once had a defective samsonite backpack, and the strap (stitched badly) broke. After raising hell I got a new one, a written apology and a 100€ voucher.

Then again, I also dropped my Alu MB >2 meters, and that dent was way bigger than yours. Guess what, it still works flawlessly, only getting the HDD out is tricky.

Depending on if you can find a local buyer, someone who a) is able to ascertain that no serious damage has occurred, and b) can return the product within two weeks if not satisfied (without S&H costs), you might not need to take a big hit (100€/$ or so).

RGDS,
 
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