Product Description:
The 17.3-Inch ECO Messenger is the latest addition to the ecollection line of cases. Made of all-natural cotton canvas, these cases pack a lot of style, function, and features into a minimal carbon footprint! The ECO Messengers have a modern, contemporary styling that incorporates all the features you need when you're on the move. A dedicated padded computer compartment keeps your laptop protected, while separate sections for files, folders, magazines and accessories will keep your gear organized and at your fingertips! Multiple anchor locations for the removable ID Holder provide quick access to your ID cards. Rugged molded clips hold the front flap in place, keeping your gear safe and secure. Protect your laptop and the environment with the Mobile Edge ecollection. As of December 2012, extra padded computer compartment and a different shoulder strap design- no more pinching your fingers and the shoulder strap now swivels.
Product Details:
- Fits 17.3-Inch laptops. Laptop compartment dimensions- 16.8 x 2 x 11
- All natural cotton canvas exterior
- Dedicated padded computer compartment
- SWIVELING SHOULDER STRAP
- Removable ID holder and multiple anchor locations
- Custom molden fasteners keep your gear secure
- Full-size back pocket
- Lifetime Warranty
- Padded back panel and padded shoulder strap for carrying comfort
Customer Reviews:
Looks great, but terribly flawed design. By Zeb Olaf
I really wanted to like this bag, but unfortunately I just can't live with it's many flaws. First, as mentioned by several other reviewers, the handle on the bag is not centered, causing the bag to hang at an unusual and uncomfortable angle when carrying it by the handle. I thought maybe the other reviewers didn't realize it's called a 'messenger' bag because it's supposed to be worn over the shoulder messenger style. What I didn't realize was that when a bag has a handle on it, sometimes you just use it because it's convenient. Like when I'm taking the bag off my shoulder to lay down, I use the handle. However, because the handle is offset, when I try to lay the bag down on it's back side, I have to swing the bag out and plop it down quickly or it tends to want to lay on it's front because of the angle it hangs at. This, by itself, is not completely unacceptable, but this coupled with the lack of padding on the back of the laptop compartment means my laptop is susceptible to damaged every time I set it down to remove the laptop.
This brings me to another major issue I have, which is that the laptop compartment is not padded on the back side. The front, sides, and bottom are padded, but the back is just a thin piece of canvas. There is a pouch for papers behind the laptop compartment, and there is a small padded area sewn onto the outside of the back of the bag, but there is no other back padding. This made the bag unusable for me. I bought a laptop bag to protect my laptop. The lack of padding on the back side of the laptop compartment was a deal-breaker - the ONE thing a laptop bag should do best is protect the laptop, and this bag utterly fails at that.
Further, I also ignored the warning that the strap connector didn't swivel, which causes the strap connector to disconnect unexpectedly. I thought surely the people this happened to were just not very bright. Well, if that's true, then count me among the less intelligent because it happened to me too... almost immediately. I grabbed the bag out of my back seat on my way in to work one morning and the strap was tangled. In my efforts to untangle the strap the connector disengaged and the bag tumbled to the ground. Fortunately I 'caught' the laptop bag with my foot before it hit the pavement, which prevented any damage to my MacBook Pro. All I did was untwist the strap half a turn, and it fell to the ground. If you've ever used a messenger bag you know that a twisted strap is a very common occurrence - with a reasonably designed bag, you just untwist it, but with this bag that action can destroy your laptop. That was the day I decided that I just couldn't live with such a poorly designed laptop bag and I ordered a new, hopefully better designed bag: Targus CityGear Miami Messenger Case for 17 Inch Notebooks TCG200 (Black with Grey).
I wanted to like the bag, and I wanted the other negative reviews to be rare anomalies. I'm sorry to say that they weren't and this is just a poorly designed bag which is not suitable for somebody who takes their laptop with them frequently. I can't recommend this bag for anybody... not if you value your laptop.Nice Laptop Bag By M. Madaffari
I've had it a little over a week, and so far I like the bag. I agree with "Fantasy Fiend" in that the style of the bag was a nice balance between the casual nature of a backpack and the stuffy business-like feel of most laptop bags.
I have a 16" widescreen laptop, and it's a perfect fit.
The handle is a little awkward if a laptop is not in the bag, but I intend to keep a laptop in it at most times, plus I don't usually use the handle, I use the shoulder strap. I do wish the shoulder straps had swivels attached to the ends. It seems like everytime I pick it up, I'm having to twist the strap around to make sure it's straight.
I also wish it had at least one small pocket on the outside of the pack..one that you could get to without undoing the two main clasps (for gum, pens, thumb drives, etc). It has a pocket on the back of the bag, but anything you put in that pocket is right between the laptop and the padding designed to protect the bottom of the laptop..I can't really think of anything I would put in that pocket aside from folders, papers or other soft flat items that wouldn't damage the laptop.
The pen holder is kind of strange. Look at the picture. The black patch between the two main clasps is the bottom of the pen holder, so your pens are visible outside the bag, even though you can't access them without opening the clasps. Not BAD exactly, just strange.
Overall, aside from the little issues mentioned above, I do like the bag. It does what it's supposed to, I like the way it looks.carrying handle? By Shepard
The offset placement of the carrying handle helps to balance the bag IF you are also lugging a laptop. Without the laptop in its slot and a few heavy textbooks in their logical place carrying by the handle is quite awkward because the bag is very out-of-balance.Unfortunately use of the shoulder strap does not alleviate the pressing against your lower body.
I am updating my review to report additional consequences of the offset handle. After 5 Months of use the bag is splitting, tearing at the stress point of the imbalance. This bag is misnamed. It is not a messenger bag it is a Laptop-only carrying bag.
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