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Subject: [OM] Re: OT, Suitable backpack for airlines?
From: Chris Barker <ftog@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 21 Aug 2007 21:50:55 +0100
I've gone for a backpack, Patrick, the Tamrac Adventure 9.  I chose  
it on the basis of the size that I thought that I could take through  
security on Turkish Airlines (going to Istanbul), but now I find a  
smaller dimension on the Stansted site ...!

Oh, well, I'll take a chance on 2 cm.

Chris
On 16 Aug 2007, at 08:06, Patrick Moore wrote:

> * On Wed, Aug 15, 2007 at 08:12:10PM -0700, Ali Shah said:
>> As a side note - backpacks are not allowed in many
>> venues - so a shoulder/hip bag seems to be one of
>> those "must have" things.
>
> For such circumstances I heartily recommend the Crumpler Daily series.
> I've the Daily 600 (Large, I think) which manages to let me cart about
> pretty much everything necessary,  including laptop -- in claims to  
> hold up
> to a 17" wide screen beast, but my rather more petite macbook  
> slides in
> nicely..  You can remove the camera part too and use it as a more
> conventional shoulder bag.
>
> There are a few other ones in the range -- bigger and smaller,  but  
> this
> seems like a decent compromise in size and shape.  and the fact  
> that I can
> get easy access to all the crap I've stored in it without having to  
> take it
> off is a massive plus.   Oh, and it does fit through airport stuff  
> having
> flown with it a few times,  but most notably  Belfast City ->  
> Heathrow ->
> San Francisco.



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