A bit late to help the OP, but this advice is for anyone considering Brother:

Brother USA has been cutting corners on their manufacturing due to shrinkflation (the devaluing of the US dollar means...

Thanks. He's a Silky Terrier. Cross between a Yorkshire Terrier and Australian Terrier. Super sweet and good-natured breed.

You'd be surprised how hard it was to take a photo where he wasn't sticking his nose right in the camera so you couldn't see the collar! It's like he was thinking, "What's this? Is it food? It...

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Monoprice is great. The genuine Apple cables always kept fraying at the end, so I got the Monoprice cable with braided nylon jacket, which I think is what you mean by "reinforced ones." They have...

Halcyon Scrap Dog Collar Build

Thanks to Kat and the production managers at Tom Bihn for sending this long scrap of Halcyon to me! They gave me a long strip about 2 inches wide, out of which I...

I bet this problem would stop if the gate portion of the clip had teeth like this product:

Interlocking Snaphook | NA ITW Nexus

(The product pictured does not swivel, so the twist-up-and-off...

I suspect that Go Navy is right--the strap is probably not swiveling properly, and then the clip essentially twists off the o-ring. I'm not talking about the clip deforming in any way--the o-ring is...

Thanks for all the replies.

To clarify, I have the 5/8in straps on both of my Side Effects. They have the all-plastic clips on the ends that are also on the keystraps.

I'm not sure how they...

Hi, TB--

I've got two Side Effects that I use quite often. Every so often the strap will twist in just the wrong way for one of the plastic clips to come right off the O-ring, and the bag will...

I agree, and I'm a one-bag proponent and practitioner! One-bag travel is full of trade-offs and regrets.



AVService is right. It might sound like the A45 is humongous, but it's really not.

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Oops! I hope I didn't confuse you further. I'll answer some of your specific points

1) shipping electronics: That advice was really meant for AVService, but it applies to...

Yeah, the TSA is another reason I stopped carrying so much electronics. Aside from getting grief at the security checkpoint, I have seen friends or coworkers have stuff stolen right out of their...

WOW!!! Or should I say, OWWW!!!

My back would never allow me to carry all that. For that, I'd either ship the computers ahead of me in advance (UPS in a Pelican case) or use one of those roller...

I love Tumi bags for business/laptop briefcases but gave up on them long ago due to weight. When empty, a Tumi bag is surprisingly heavy. Still, I highly recommend them. They are built to last, and...

You will think this answer is crazy. I don't travel with technology any more, at least not beyond a smartphone. And I work in tech!

I used to carry a 15in 5lb laptop decades ago, kept shaving...

I think you already know you're not really a minimalist. (That's not a bad thing--you just need to embrace what style of travel you really prefer.) Keeping that in mind, go for the Aeronaut 45. The...

Halcyon and ballistic nylon are slippery compared to Cordura. That can be a good thing--my Cordura bags pick up lint and loose pet hair like crazy.

I suppose you could use rubber straps and...

Thanks for the photo, maverick.

It'd be awesome to see a Synapse 25 or 19 in lightweight Multicam and/or the other Multicam patterns (arid, tropic, alpine, black).

Wow, note to self: don't fly American or United if they are doing this now. (Either that, or I need to figure out what class or what planes they do this on and avoid those.) If I'm the unlucky 4th...

For sewing needles and pins, consider using the perfume counter sample fragrance vials with the snap-on lids. They seem to be pretty tough; I have never seen one break.

The ones I am referring to...

Eagle Creek makes a few Pack-It Garment Folders in different sizes.

I use an 18in model in my Tri-Star (I think they now call this the Medium size), and it folds either a light summer suit or a...

A note about the Eagle Creek Pack-It pouches: the backing material on the interior is some sort of clear plastic that wears through too easily if you put any hard objects like pens or gadgets in...

Here's another option other than the Cache or other neoprene sleeves: a snap-on hard plastic cover that attaches to the top and bottom of the laptop. It is far thinner than the neoprene and protects...

I've supported several of these at work. They break fairly early (get clogged with dust, the light burns out, or the USB port goes bad). Calling Fujitsu for tech support or repairs when they went bad...