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No it is not ultimate it is a sad state of things that one is so worried about laptop bags being stolen that you have to hide it and make it inconspicuous in a paper bag. It's really sad that SFO is now the car burglary capital of the world.
https://www.sfchronicle.com/crime/article/sf-bipping-car-bre...
No it is not ultimate it is a sad state of things that one is so worried about laptop bags being stolen that you have to hide it and make it inconspicuous in a paper bag. It's really sad that SFO is now the car burglary capital of the world.
- Gets the rainwater or any other hazardous material in.
- Extremely easy to check out what's inside for a thief.
- Can slide out easily and fall when toppled.
Terrible overall. Could make it to Top 10 Worst Laptop Bags though.
Just use a Tom Bihn that uses a separate, rigid, harder to access sleeve inside your backpack for laptops.
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When I lived in San Francisco, backpacks were marginalized as being associated with being too poor to own a car. High-school students might carry a backpack, college students might carry a backpack, people on the bus might carry a backpack, but mostly not professionals who drove to work. Maybe that's changed, though. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4zwWpqsI_3s purports to be from 02022, and in its first minute, I cou…
Maybe it's just startup life, but living in SF during the 2010s decade, I didn't know many people who drove to work. Who wants to sit in traffic and then pay like $300 a month in parking fees when you can sit in traffic on MUNI vehicles for much less, while doing something useful? Even people who lived in the farther-out suburbs usually drove to BART.
Betteridge's law of headlines strikes again.
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> Any simple and cheap backpack Where I'm from, a simple and cheap backpack is just as much a target as a laptop bag. The only solution is to just keep an eye on your stuff, and be aware of your surroundings, at all times.
Sounds like generally good advice, with or without a laptop on hand.
But that’s a luxury and I know it.
Huh. This is back on the front page after a hiatus of many hours. A bunch of people here question why I'd use a paper bag to carry a laptop from one place to another. As I said in the post it is "inconspicuous". That can be interpreted in a couple of ways. One is simply not carrying something obviously containing expensive electronics which might be a target for theft. But having thought about this for a while that's…
Reminds me of the uglified camera to deter theft. https://web.archive.org/web/20090521084503/https://blog.jimm...
A very unfashionable diaper bag makes a good case for camera gear.
The ruse would fail instantly you took the camera out of the bag. Or when you have no child, and look like you are wealthy enough to have a camera hobby.