“The Beer Back” Computer Pack for 15″ and 17″ Laptops
Company: Crumpler Bags
Price: $170.00 US
http://www.crumplerbags.com
Artie’s recent review of Crumpler’s smaller “The Salary Sacrifice” sibling to “The Beer Back” (abbreviated here as TBB) says it all, so please read his rave here — with action photos! — before you proceed.
You can buy and drink a lot of beer for $170 US, but it won’t last as long as this TBB case. You can fill Crumpler’s TBB with six bottles or cans of beer and have plenty of room remaining for your 15″ or 17″ MacBook Pro or PowerBook. You can pour some beer over this pack and your computer will laugh it off, being protected by multiple layers of impenetrable beerproof material from anything short of Hurricane Michelob.
The Beer Back can easily hold both a 15″ and a 17″ MacBook Pro, plus perhaps a couple of smaller MacBooks, with all their power cables, and a dozen or more iPods, if you’re careful. The pack will be heavy, but its padded shoulder straps can manage the weight, even if your geeky shoulders can’t.
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While many airlines are adding laptop power outlets to their fleets, outlets are still as scarce as hen’s teeth on most domestic airline routes.
If you don’t have a second battery (highly recommended) you need to hoard as many electrons as possible to make that battery last the whole flight.
PowerBook owners are at a disadvantage compared to iBook owners. The cold hard fact is that an aluminum P’Book will be struggling to last more than 3:30-3:45, whereas an iBook will easily go well over 4:30. If you want to compute for an entire trans-continental flight, you’ll need a spare battery.
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