Please recommend a backpack for business professional use

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Dari

Lifer
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You are the OP of 3 of the first 6 posts in OT.
That's like your boss asking if you're stalking him just by showing up to work on weekdays.
What a dumb fucking question.

You must be butthurt over something. Bite the pillow harder next time.
 

Zstream

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Do NOT use a backpack in a professional setting. It makes you look amateur at best. Just buy a messenger bag and you're set. I would recommend a cheaper case logic bag like this: bag
 

Anubis

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Do NOT use a backpack in a professional setting. It makes you look amateur at best. Just buy a messenger bag and you're set. I would recommend a cheaper case logic bag like this: bag

everyone says this but 90% of the senior engineers i work with all have backpacks i can only think of 2 that use a typical bag, and one of them has a backpack that he carries other stuff in, so he has both
 

KDOG

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If money is no object:

Tom Bihn probably makes the best high end non-tactical backpacks out there. I had their Synapse for a short time but decided it wasn't large enough.

Their Brain Bag:
http://www.tombihn.com/backpacks/TB0104.html
The make a "Brain Cell" laptop holder that clips into the pack it self so it doesn't fall out.

Their Smart Alec: (slighty smaller but still accomadates a Brain Cell)
http://www.tombihn.com/backpacks/TB0103.html

They are supposedly coming out with a larger version of the Synapse soon...I'm waiting for that one.
 

Zstream

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everyone says this but 90% of the senior engineers i work with all have backpacks i can only think of 2 that use a typical bag, and one of them has a backpack that he carries other stuff in, so he has both

I don't care what you use. I'm telling you what management thinks of other people who use backpacks. I can tell you from personal experience that managers, directors, VP's all look at your attire. You're attire includes the backpack or bag you use.
 

Anubis

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I don't care what you use. I'm telling you what management thinks of other people who use backpacks. I can tell you from personal experience that managers, directors, VP's all look at your attire. You're attire includes the backpack or bag you use.

some of those i mentioned are managers

our department director also uses one
 

Zstream

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some of those i mentioned are managers

our department director also uses one

Hmmm, well that's cool. I went from a Sr. Admin to management and they all did as I stated. However, it was a large Financial firm with 30,000+ employees. I have transitioned to an IT company but I mainly WFH now. I'm guessing IT companies would be ok with it.
 

KidNiki1

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i have a timbuk2 bag. i like it. durable and comfy even when packed full of stuff. plus, i got to pick the designs.
 

*kjm

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Soundmanred

Lifer
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You must be butthurt over something. Bite the pillow harder next time.

Another weird troll characteristic. First the "stalking" allegations, then assuming people really care enought to be "butthurt"..
Reminds me of that Tiger/Lion guy, can't remember his name. He stuck to one thread though thank Hume.
 

halik

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And that makes you look like a tranny.

Seriously, that couldn't look more like a purse if it tried (...harder).

Options:
1) briefcase
2) messenger bag
3) paper sack

Random google yields-
http://www.ebags.com/category/messen...bags/m/leather

To me, those at the top strike a decent mix of 'professional' and 'does not give handjobs in public bathrooms.'

Oh my point was moreso about not wearing backpacks when you want to look professional, rather than that specific coach briefcase. I do leather messenger bags myself.
 

Soundmanred

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Oh my point was moreso about not wearing backpacks when you want to look professional, rather than that specific coach briefcase. I do leather messenger bags myself.

Messenger bags really are the way to go. Backpacks look like...well...backpacks.
 

Dari

Lifer
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Another weird troll characteristic. First the "stalking" allegations, then assuming people really care enought to be "butthurt"..
Reminds me of that Tiger/Lion guy, can't remember his name. He stuck to one thread though thank Hume.

You care...
 

NutBucket

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everyone says this but 90% of the senior engineers i work with all have backpacks i can only think of 2 that use a typical bag, and one of them has a backpack that he carries other stuff in, so he has both

Clearly paragons of professional etiquette...

Have you ever seen a backpack in a board meeting?
Ha! I was thinking the exact same thing when I read that.

How about something like this:

http://www.tumi.com/product/index.jsp?productId=18016756&prodFindSrc=paramNav
 

M0oG0oGaiPan

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If you want a bag that's durable you might want to consider a goruck bag. There's even goruck challenge events that you can take part of and pick your bag up in person.

http://www.baltimoresun.com/sports/outdoors/bs-sp-goruck-challenge-0205-2-20120203,0,820782.story

The Goruck Challenge, which grew out of former Green Beret Jason McCarthy's desire to market a military-grade rucksack, will be coming to Baltimore next weekend for the second straight year. It is the second stop in 2012 on what has become a 70-event tour in the United States and Canada and a seven-event tour overseas.
With most of the participants wearing one of McCarthy's $300 rucksacks filled with bricks, the challenge lasts between eight and 10 hours, with participants covering 15 to 20 miles and performing tasks that involve carrying heavy objects — including one another — that have some connection to the city where the event is being held.
 

Dari

Lifer
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Instead of replying to me, why not reply to the answers people are giving you? Or is this just another BS thread?
Keep it on topic.

Why should I reply? I am copying and pasting these links for her to decide for herself. I obviously enjoy the debate going on here (not the one with you, asshole) and I really appreciate the information people are providing. My wife will make her own decision.
 

xanis

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Belkin Larchmont is what I currently use on a daily basis. I've had it for 3 years now, still going strong. You can get it for $32 on Amazon (free shipping too if you have Prime).
 

NutBucket

Lifer
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I am an engineer and I agree with halik 100%. There is no way that engineer "etiquette" & "style" should be used as a standard by which to judge other professionals. Technical skill cannot be disputed but style is mediocre at best.
 

RedCOMET

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I unfortunately need to carry two laptops for work, one gfe and one work related. I can carry both in my large Targus laptop bag. I'm not sure of the need for a backpack per say.

A lot of women in my company use rolling laptop bags to carry all their work related stuff.. That may be a more professional ish option.
 
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