Booq has just announced two new water-resistant natural fiber bags as part of their Mamba Fibre Collection. The bags are constructed from a lightweight, durable material and provide “rugged protection with unparalleled elegance”. Personally I think they look great. As the company explains, As members of booq’s sleek Fibre Collection, the Mamba daypack and courier [...]
Tenba Messenger: Small Photo/Laptop Bag Review
If I had to choose one style of bag as my personal favorite it would have to be the traditional messenger. I love the flexibility, the ability to “dress it up” or “dress it down” and I love the ability to carry “just enough” gear. Oh, and I just tend to like the way they [...]
Skooba Design Laptop Weekender V.3 Review (Spoiler- You Want This!)
Hi, my name is Dan and I am the poster child for Over-packers Anonymous. It’s true. I have a packing problem. When I go anywhere I fill whatever bags I am bringing to overflowing and then I add a bit more. And that holds true for my cloths, my electronics and my incidentals. The result? [...]
Waterfield Cozmo Lets Your Gear “Go First Class” Review
So you got one of the new MacBook Pro with retina displays and love it. But there is a problem. Thanks to its thinner design and lighter weight the 15″ notebook is far more portable than its predecessor but you aren’t quite sure what you should use to carry it. Waterfield SFBags has some great [...]
WaterField Designs Announces Waxed Canvas and Leather Outback line for 15″ MacBook Pro Retina
There’s no surprise here. Apple announces a new device one day and Waterfield Designs announces stylish ways to carry and protect it on the next. In this case, the new Apple products are the MacBook air Retina display Macbook Pro, while the new Waterfield bags include a Tote and a custom-sized Laptop Sleeve for the [...]
Something New from Skooba Design; Looks Great, Sneaky Too!
I like to check out the websites and social pages of some of the companies we follow regularly, to see if there is something new and not yet announced that might be worth reviewing. Once in a while I come across a quiet “soft launch,” which was the case this afternoon. I went over to [...]
Murse-Off
Had you told me not long ago that I would happily be carrying a murse I would have told you you were nuts. It’s not like I’m insecure in my masculinity but… there are limits. And the whole murse-thing crossed a line for me. That was then. This is now. The New iPad is so [...]
Waterfield CitySlicker MacBook Air Case, Review
Waterfield’s various iPad and MacBook cases and bags are seeing more than a bit of use in my home these days. Elana carries her iPad 2 and Apple Bluetooth keyboard in the iPad Travel Express we reviewed in March of 2011. (Read the review.) Having found time and again that the best option for a keyboard [...]
Case Logic and LoveCases Can Outfit You for your Next Adventure, Urban or Remote
I love it when a great plan comes together, even if totally by accident. Recently Gear Diary received a request from LoveCases online camera bag and gear case retailer to pick a bag or two we would like to review. As many of the bags they offer are for photographic gear I was asked if [...]
Normincie’s Revolutionary Laptop Bag Review
I’m not much of a shopper, usually. When it comes to clothes, the quicker I can get in and out of a store, the better, so far as I’m concerned. Same with shoes, or cars, or appliances, or pretty much anything, really. Although Judie has made some headway over the years in helping me to [...]
Think Making a Promo-Video is Easy? Think Again.
If you think making a promo-video is easy, then you need to think again. What you see on TV, in the movies or even on You Tube has been sliced and diced in more ways than you can ever imagine. It also likely took five or ten or fifty takes to get the right words [...]
Skooba Design’s New Security Brief Laptop Bags Works for All Travelers
If you travel a lot… or even a little, then you will want to check out Skooba Design’s new Checkthrough Security Brief bags. The bags are the next generation in Skooba’s line of Checkpoint-Friendly bags. Checkpoint-Friendly bags, something Skooba helped introduce to the marketplace, comply with TSA requirements and let you send the bag through airport [...]
Tom Bihn Ristretto (New Version) review
There are a few companies that consistently impress me with the design, functionality and quality of their laptop and iPad bags. Tom Bihn is one of them and, with the recent release of the updated Ristretto bag for iPad, 11″ MacBook air and 13″ MBA they have, yet again, proven why they are such [...]
Everki Titan Checkpoint Friendly Laptop Backpack Review
If you are anything like me, there is plenty of gear that you carry everyday. All of this stuff may not be used daily, but it has to be available since you never know. I am totally guilty of carrying too much stuff with me back and forth from work or on trips. With that [...]
Tom Bihn Updates Their Ristretto Bag
I love when a company has a really good product but looks for ways to make it even better, and that’s exactly what Tom Bihn did with their Ristretto bag. We’ve reviewed the bag in a number of different sizes. You can read our review of the Ristretto, the Ristretto for iPad, and the review of [...]
















