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Is this more of a lady's bag?

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Bakari45

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I'm still looking for a perfect bag for my MBA 11". I want something a little stylish, with pockets and room for my iPad as well. I'm considering this Etsy bag, but am wondering if it's really designed more for females. Any guy on this forum using this bag? http://etsy.me/lJItUl

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If you have to ask.... Best to get something your certain a bloke would use ;)
 
MH01 said:
If you have to ask.... Best to get something your certain a bloke would use ;)
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It doesn't look bad.. It depends on the size.. if it's real small then it could be feminine
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I think both of you are right. Size matters. It's described as "unique and small," so guess that should tell me something. It would make the perfect bag if not for the small size.
 
Maybe I better go with the Tom Bihn bag, though I don't like it as much as I used.
 
I would use it, but I'm the type that doesn't care what others think. It doesn't look feminine to me.
 
Thanks everyone for the feedback. Been doing a little more searching and discovered this Stash bag. Not quite as stylish, but it looks a little more masculine. Whata think?

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aramosc said:
PassS.. if you are going that way you should get Tumi!
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I checked the Tumi site, but don't seem to have a bag for the 11" Air with multiple pockets. Do you have a specific link suggestion? Thanks
 
Bakari45 said:
Thanks everyone for the feedback. Been doing a little more searching and discovered this Stash bag. Not quite as stylish, but it looks a little more masculine. Whata think?

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Pass for me as well. If that's "masculine", none of my bags are (and they don't look "feminine" at all). Maybe the ugly duckling of a backpack/messenger hybrid I use for my ageing mbp does. It doesn't have to have a sticker saying "in my spare time I fight Grizzlys", you know. ;)

The one in the OP looks great. I'd get that. Maybe if you happen to be very tall it could look "petite", though my everyday non-laptop bag is around that size (A4 paper size). If it's for practicality reasons I still wouldn't get the STM bag, I'd keep looking instead.
 
I use this: Waterfield Hardcase. Perfect fit for the MBA. $229.
And not feminine.....:D

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blipmusic said:
If it's for practicality reasons I still wouldn't get the STM bag, I'd keep looking instead.
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Yeah, it's really hard when you can't get a hands-on view of the bags. Apple doesn't given a damn about carrying real bags in their stores.

I saw a video review of STM, though it looks practical, it's not as stylish as the original bag I posted. I'm going back and forth between the two. I'll be taking a trip next month and I would like to have one or other for carrying my devices.
 
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Yes. Definitely holds both a MBA and iPad.
 
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If you can rock the bag buy it!
 
Bakari45 said:
I'll be taking a trip next month
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If you find yourself in Japan take a look at Yoshida/Porter, they're pretty awesome. Tad pricey, though. Maybe they're available elsewhere?

I was just about to recommend Crumpler, just in case, but on the US site things don't bode well... This is what I can choose from, here in Sweden. Also, slightly on the pricey side for the more elaborate ones.

The Cobra-lineup from booq looks nice, though an MBA 11" search yields this.

Muzetto from WF bags looks ok (again, for a price...).

Here's a Porter/Monocle collaboration.

Since you mentioned STM (we don't have them over here so I can't really comment), this one has less "Grizzly bear" over it (or more, depending on your view).

This one from post #17 in this thread, perhaps?

Heh, as nice as the Etsy stores are, the search results can be a bit...overwhelming. 14 000+ messenger bags. Luckily, narrowing it down to men yields around 1500 (come on, we need bags too! :D).

EDIT: Speaking of Etsy: this one, perhaps?

EDIT 2: Kind of like the bag in the OP with a herringbone pattern (or grey herringbone). Available in brown as well. And grey!
 
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blipmusic said:
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EDIT: Speaking of Etsy: this one, perhaps?

EDIT 2: Kind of like the bag in the OP with a herringbone pattern (or grey herringbone). Available in brown as well. And grey!
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Mmm, thanks for all the wonderful recommendations and links. I especially like the other Etsy bag you posted. If I plan to throw down a hundred bucks on a bag that I might as well search far and wide and not just settle on the first few bags that pop up on Google. The bags you’ve recommend compete well with the Tom Binhn‘s, they happen to look more stylish. So yeah, I have more to consider.
 
Hey there:)

I heard my bags were discussed and wanted to post a reply. Out of curiosity I just went through my orders of MacBook Air messengers to see the ratio of men-women purchasing them. My guess would have been 50-50 but turn out that it's more like 75% men!

So all you manly men, you're safe with a Stash messenger!

Mari
 
StashBags said:
Hey there:)

I heard my bags were discussed and wanted to post a reply. Out of curiosity I just went through my orders of MacBook Air messengers to see the ratio of men-women purchasing them. My guess would have been 50-50 but turn out that it's more like 75% men!

So all you manly men, you're safe with a Stash messenger!

Mari
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Mari, thanks for responding. If I decide to go with your bag, I'll be sure to take pic of myself using it. You really should do a video or add some user pics of a male or two using your bag. I was immediately attracted to the style of your bag, and am interested in doing an objective review of it.
 
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