I got the Tucano second skin today from outpost.com, it is really nice, high quality, and water proof (althought I won't test this out for you!). I really like it, and it has good looks. No padding though, just something to help with the bumps of college backpack.
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What's your favorite PB sleeve?
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I got this for my 12" PB. it comes in 15" and 17" sizes too. I like it a lot, and there's a good amount of protection. Once I can afford it I'll probably go for a Tom Bihn Brain Cell that seems to have even better protection.
I got this for my 12" PB. it comes in 15" and 17" sizes too. I like it a lot, and there's a good amount of protection. Once I can afford it I'll probably go for a Tom Bihn Brain Cell that seems to have even better protection.
Tucano Second Skin is by far the best of anything I've seen. As previously mentioned, available only at Outpost.com in the US. I've owned two of them now, and they are the best combination of size/padding there is available. Go for it! It's only $25
Does anyone have the Booq 15 inch Powersleeve? Can you recommed it? From all the possible homes for my new Powerbook I've seen, this is my favorite, but I'm wondering how it shapes up to others.
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I found another place that sells the Tucan Second Skins in the states. It's called Royal Business.com. I'm going to buy mine from there tomorrow, the prices look good. ($14.95 for 12", $16.96 for 14", $17.95 for 15", and $19.95 for 17")
Mem said:
i can recommend it for sure - it does its job well and looks the part. but i'll be getting a crumpler school hymn next week sometime, so will do a comparison - i was looking for something a bit less 'bulky' that would still offer a fair amount of protection... we'll see 🙂
i would have liked to given tom bihn a try, but by the time shipping etc was included it was pretty expensive to australia 🙁
Mem said:
I have the 12'' PowerSleeve. I think its fantastic! Its well padded, has a small pocket in the back that I keep a network cable and the mini-dvi VGA connector in. The powersupply fits nicely in the pocket on the flap. Its very well made, and really high quality through and through. I bought mine on a whim and I wasn't disappointed.
The carrying handle is nice and it comes with a shoulder strap, although I never use it. If you want I can take some more pictures when I'm done with class so you can see how my 12'' Powerbook fits in it.
Celeron said:
That would be awesome, actually, but only if you have time. I'm not sure just how much bigger the 15 inch one would be but is it likely that I would be able to take off the should strap and throw the sleeve in a backpack?
Other combinations I'm looking at are the Crumpler School Hymm, so I can put it in a backback, or the Marware Sharkskin 15 in to do the same.
yinyang, I would love to hear your thoughts on how the Booq compares to the Crumpler once you get it.
Thanks
Edit: Would I be better off with the PowerSleeve 14
I'm sure it would fit into your bag no problem. The 12'' model is smaller than a standard 1'' three-ring binder. Here's the pictures, I didn't do anything to them other than resize, so if the quality is less than perfect I appologize.
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Thanks that helped me a lot! I'm glad to see that it fits into a normal sized backpack. I'm assuming that if the got the 14 inch (which says fits the 15 powerbook, even though that still sounds strange to me) it would fit into a casual Jansport backpack.
Did you order off the Booq website? I'm wondering how reliable they are.
Did you order off the Booq website? I'm wondering how reliable they are.
Sure did, I had no problems at all. It shipped the very next day. I did FedEx Home Delivery shipping which cost me around $9.
Mem said:
sorry Mem, but i've had to canel my order for the school hymn since it's taking way too long - ordered it a month ago, and the reseller has just been informed that it's still around two weeks away!! 😕
so i'm sticking with the booq since it does what it's supposed to anyway!
btw ordering from booq, even from australia was fine - they're very good and helpful.
good luck with whichever sleeve you go with! 🙂