Any other bag aficionados here?

[MrSquished]

There are plenty of us out there. Any on ATOT? I just have a thing for a well made bag and often have multiple bags of the same style to rotate with. From small 'urban' slings to tech bags to hiking backpacks. From waxed canvas to nylon to high tech sailing fabrics. We got Facebook groups made for us like Carryology or Reddits like \ManyBaggers or \OneBag - often these are bags that you can't find in any type of national retailer like makers such as Osprey/Gregory/North Face, etc.... These other brands make small runs of bags relatively speaking. Brands like Mission Workshop, Bellroy, Trakke, Mystery Ranch, Defy and many many more. Staying indoors these days is really putting a damper on using these fine instruments - does that make anyone else sad too?

 

[shortylickens]

Target bags are so much better than Walmart because they can withstand lots of abuse. Walmart has the wrong idea, by making the bags so thin you just force people to double and triple stack them which defeats the point of saving the environment.
One sturdy bag will survive for years. Target is smarter.

 

[MrSquished]

Target bags are so much better than Walmart because they can withstand lots of abuse. Walmart has the wrong idea, by making the bags so thin you just force people to double and triple stack them which defeats the point of saving the environment.
One sturdy bag will survive for years. Target is smarter.

Just get an IKEA bag and use it everywhere

 

[Muse]

There are plenty of us out there. Any on ATOT? I just have a thing for a well made bag and often have multiple bags of the same style to rotate with. From small 'urban' slings to tech bags to hiking backpacks. From waxed canvas to nylon to high tech sailing fabrics. We got Facebook groups made for us like Carryology or Reddits like \ManyBaggers or \OneBag - often these are bags that you can't find in any type of national retailer like makers such as Osprey/Gregory/North Face, etc.... These other brands make small runs of bags relatively speaking. Brands like Mission Workshop, Bellroy, Trakke, Mystery Ranch, Defy and many many more. Staying indoors these days is really putting a damper on using these fine instruments - does that make anyone else sad too?

Wow, I didn't know there was such a thing as a bag freak, but you have opened my eyes. BTW, I know you are real smart!

I have lots of bags, but I'm not knowledgeable. I found a review of a Timbuktu bag by a guy who obviously was deep in bags and travel and he liked it for traveling, like a single bag trip to Europe or whereever. He had IIRC a couple of videos that I studied carefully. I found a great deal on it and bought 4 of them! Yeah, so I have extras. I like it for a weekend jaunt via plane somewhere, i.e. family gathering. It's an adequate carry-on. Tough, not full of separate compartments. I have a couple of bags like that and since I am not a frequent traveler I found myself not remembering what went where sometimes and that's a problem. The Timbuktu is one giant compartment with slots and a zippered compartment or two and flap-over, some velcro. It's pretty water proof, not super light at all, but what's 8oz extra when you're traveling?

I have several other backpacks, all kinds. One I prefer for rollerskating, I bought special straps for it. I have one giant one I use for grocery shopping. I have backpacks from 30-40 years ago I just haven't seen fit to discard. I have repaired packs many times. I even have a fanny pack that I don't use, well, maybe rarely. I bought a water hydration pack a couple years ago I used on my skates at Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival, roller skating. That was nice. I used it for a 10 mile hike into the hills a 2-3 months ago, it's nice, can put a few things in it besides the water.

Being a bicyclist for many years, packs make sense. Also, I didn't have a car for 20 years straight. Packs were essential. It's a habit I haven't lost at all.

I still have the external frame pack I took to Hawaii in 1970!

 

[BoomerD]

Sorry. i don't have a mangina...

 

[Platypus]

I don't think I consider myself an aficionado on the topic, but I definitely have lots of bags that I use(d) daily. I used messenger bags for years, but they started to do a number of my shoulder/neck so I switched back to backpacks (cycling/hiking) for daily use. For shopping (in the before times) I am a huge fan of the reusable bags you can purchase for very cheap in most markets in Germany and Denmark for daily shopping. They are tall and somewhat narrow with handles that interlock, some have lining for warm/hot, but they are built like a fucking tank and are comfortable to carry (handles don't dig into your fucking flesh with added weight like a lot of them do). I have a ridiculous collection of reusable bags from all over the world from my travels that I try to use whenever possible.

My camera bag is a modular backpack with all sorts of handy attachments for related gear. My daily use backpack is a Deuter cycling/hiking bag with a built in waterproof tarp, plenty of storage, and well vented on the back for cycling (because it gets fucking sweaty back there sometimes). I have a nice canvas tote from Bangkok from a night club that just says "Sorry, I'm gay" on it

 

[MrSquished]

Wow, I didn't know there was such a thing as a bag freak, but you have opened my eyes. BTW, I know you are real smart!

I have lots of bags, but I'm not knowledgeable. I found a review of a Timbuktu bag by a guy who obviously was deep in bags and travel and he liked it for traveling, like a single bag trip to Europe or whereever. He had IIRC a couple of videos that I studied carefully. I found a great deal on it and bought 4 of them! Yeah, so I have extras. I like it for a weekend jaunt via plane somewhere, i.e. family gathering. It's an adequate carry-on. Tough, not full of separate compartments. I have a couple of bags like that and since I am not a frequent traveler I found myself not remembering what went where sometimes and that's a problem. The Timbuktu is one giant compartment with slots and a zippered compartment or two and flap-over, some velcro. It's pretty water proof, not super light at all, but what's 8oz extra when you're traveling?

I have several other backpacks, all kinds. One I prefer for rollerskating, I bought special straps for it. I have one giant one I use for grocery shopping. I have backpacks from 30-40 years ago I just haven't seen fit to discard. I have repaired packs many times. I even have a fanny pack that I don't use, well, maybe rarely. I bought a water hydration pack a couple years ago I used on my skates at Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival, roller skating. That was nice. I used it for a 10 mile hike into the hills a 2-3 months ago, it's nice, can put a few things in it besides the water.

Being a bicyclist for many years, packs make sense. Also, I didn't have a car for 20 years straight. Packs were essential. It's a habit I haven't lost at all.

I still have the external frame pack I took to Hawaii in 1970!

TimBuk2 was one of my first nicer bag purchases, a messenger. They make good stuff. I used that messenger for everything for a few years and it barely showed any wear and tear. Also a cyclist here, bags are pretty tied to that hobby. Where do you keep all your stuff if you still have an external frame pack from 50 years ago!

 

[lxskllr]

I have exactly one bag for every purpose, and they don't get switched out til they die.

 

[highland145]

Sorry. i don't have a mangina...

I use an old dewalt tool bag. That's manly enough.

 

[MrSquished]

Sorry. i don't have a mangina...

It depends what you keep in the bag. If it's a collection of sandalwood scented products, you might have a mangina

 

[RichieZ]

Just get an IKEA bag and use it everywhere

The $2,000 Balenciaga Ikea Bag Is Actually Awesome

Everyone needs to calm down.

www.gq.com

 

[BoomerD]

It depends what you keep in the bag. If it's a collection of sandalwood scented products, you might have a mangina

I aon't no fucking hippie either...despite my long hair.

 

[nakedfrog]

Not really a bag aficionado. I have a ThinkGeek "Bag of Holding" in the messenger style that I take on trips, and was taking with me to jam sessions every week in the pre-plague era, it's held up extremely well over the past ten years or whatever. Lots of pockets to hold stuff, I found myself putting more stuff in it just because there was still space. Then I have a couple backpacks I've gotten from work over time that are pretty nice, based on the amount of abuse they've taken.

 

[IronWing]

There are plenty of us out there. Any on ATOT? I just have a thing for a well made bag and often have multiple bags of the same style to rotate with. From small 'urban' slings to tech bags to hiking backpacks. From waxed canvas to nylon to high tech sailing fabrics. We got Facebook groups made for us like Carryology or Reddits like \ManyBaggers or \OneBag - often these are bags that you can't find in any type of national retailer like makers such as Osprey/Gregory/North Face, etc.... These other brands make small runs of bags relatively speaking. Brands like Mission Workshop, Bellroy, Trakke, Mystery Ranch, Defy and many many more. Staying indoors these days is really putting a damper on using these fine instruments - does that make anyone else sad too?

You should hook up with ponyo’s wife.

 

[sdifox]

If it ain't Hermés, I ain't buying.

/ponyo

 

[Muse]

TimBuk2 was one of my first nicer bag purchases, a messenger. They make good stuff. I used that messenger for everything for a few years and it barely showed any wear and tear. Also a cyclist here, bags are pretty tied to that hobby. Where do you keep all your stuff if you still have an external frame pack from 50 years ago!

I own a 1900 square foot house. That pack's hanging from a nail in a closet of the largest bedroom, which I'm converting into a combination workout room and guest room. I haven't used that pack since 1973.

 

[Muse]

TimBuk2 was one of my first nicer bag purchases, a messenger. They make good stuff. I used that messenger for everything for a few years and it barely showed any wear and tear. Also a cyclist here, bags are pretty tied to that hobby. Where do you keep all your stuff if you still have an external frame pack from 50 years ago!

For many years I've had at least one big basket on my lone bicycle, it's DIY bolted to an aluminum Pletcher rack on the back. I used to have a front basket but when I added a car to my repertoire, I ditched the front basket. It's nice to be able to toss my pack into the basket and ride off. The basket I'm using on the back was made as a front basket. I just removed its struts to use on the back. I would never use one of those plastic milk crates on a bike... too much windage, probably extra heavy too.

 

[BarkingGhostar]

I don't think bagman means the same as bag lady.

 

[Charmonium]

I don't like carrying shit around - partly because I only carry things I'm really going to need and they fit comfortably in my cargo pants. But the other thing is that I have no doubt that I lose something like - sooner or later. At least with cargo pants, it hard to lose things unless you really work at it.

Not really a bag aficionado. I have a ThinkGeek "Bag of Holding" in the messenger style that I take on trips, and was taking with me to jam sessions every week in the pre-plague era, it's held up extremely well over the past ten years or whatever. Lots of pockets to hold stuff, I found myself putting more stuff in it just because there was still space. Then I have a couple backpacks I've gotten from work over time that are pretty nice, based on the amount of abuse they've taken.

I got one those bags of holding. I still haven't figured out what that is a reference to. I don't really like it because you have to lift the storage flap in the front out of the way to get to main compartment. I don't understand why someone design it that way.

 

[nakedfrog]

I got one those bags of holding. I still haven't figured out what that is a reference to. I don't really like it because you have to lift the storage flap in the front out of the way to get to main compartment. I don't understand why someone design it that way.

Dungeons and Dragons.
Messenger bags just have flaps, maybe OP can tell us why.

 

[ponyo]

If it ain't Hermés, I ain't buying.

/ponyo

Amen. Here are two of the Hermes Evelyne 29 messenger bags I bought for my wife. I recently bought her Evelyne 18 as well and I had to jump through major hoops to buy her that bag. Evelyne 18 is almost impossible to buy. Any listed will sell out in like a minute. It's insane. I fought against bots and won.

Hermes leather is unmatched. I'm not a big leather person but Hermes leather is the best. And all Hermes bags are still handmade unlike the crap bags Chanel and Louis Vuitton put out. Chanel and LV bags are so poorly made. Those two brands are definitely not worth the money.

 

[Kaido]

 

[Kaido]

My love affair with bags started many years ago with the Crumpler bag. I think I got the 6 Million Dollar bag or maybe a knockoff:

Crumpler 6 Million Dollar Home Bag (Black/Black)

Buy Crumpler 6 Million Dollar Home Bag (Black/Black) featuring Holds Standard DSLR, Lenses, Accessories, Water-Resistant, 900-Denier Nylon, Brushed Padded Nylon Interior, Adjustable Internal Dividers, Silent Touch Fasteners, Internal Zippered Mesh Accessory Pocket, Shoulder Strap/Anti-Slip...

www.bhphotovideo.com

It was so nice having (1) a good-quality bag that (2) fit all my stuff. My current bag is a 6-meal Isolator Fitness bag:

6 Meal ISOBAG

NEW PRODUCT ALERT! OUR NEW Silver 6 Meal ISOBAG's are constructed stronger and more durable than ever before! The Silver ISOBAG's are constructed with 1680D PVC-coated ballistic nylon. That is 180% STRONGER than our previous fabric! ** The stronger fabric only comes in BLACKOUT, THIN BLUE LINE...

isolatorfitness.com

* $140, but there are tons of coupons available (I think I got mine for under $99, which is still ridiculously expensive, but the warranty, usability, and build quality makes it worth it, as I rely on it literally every single day)
* Lifetime warranty
* Holds 6 meal-prep trays
* Has 3 sleeves for thin ice packs (included)
* Has a left & right zipper pocket
* Has a left & right mesh pocket
* Has a flat top pocket
* Top handle & shoulder strap

I've had this thing for years now, it's a beast! Great customer service too. I'm a big fan of the concept of EDC (every day carry):

Reddit - Dive into anything

www.reddit.com

As well as the One Bag concept:

Reddit - Dive into anything

www.reddit.com

I keep my paper productivity notepad in it, a large 25,000 mAh battery bank & charging cables, my daily meals & ice packs, my daily drinks, and a bunch of odds & ends. It's pretty much my BFF lol.

 

[Red Squirrel]

No Frills bags are pretty solid too. They're probably the closest to reusable as a non reusable bag can get. I think they use a higher grade high density polyethylene with longer chains of monomers. The strength might also come from the yellow 33 dye material perhaps and they may also use resin identification code 2 rather than 4 like Walmart uses. Or maybe they just perfected the blown film extrusion process. Just guessing though. I just know they're solid!

 

[killster1]

im kinda a backpack hoarder i guess you could say. i like to keep them packed already with different things for different outings. The osprey are good for traveling and avoiding thief's since they are more secure with the zipper system.
my favorite ones are

Amazon.com: Osprey Farpoint 40 Men's Travel Backpack: Sports & Outdoors

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https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B06X3VSLKM/ref=ox_sc_act_title_1?tag=slicinc-20&ascsubtag=26e20988e81d11eaaedaf23d550c29410INT&smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER&psc=1

few jansport 40l equinox

i like the osprey's right now that porter is going for 55$ seems like a good deal.