Incase Messenger Bag- 10.07.08
Incase Nylon Messenger Bag may be THE perfect messenger bag, their designers have figured out every tiny detail! I’ve gone through so many messenger bags (from Chrome, Timbuk2, Ordning & Reda, Tumi, a leather old J.Crew, Jack Spade, and more…) ~ but i’m totally impressed with how sleek, lightweight, and detailed this new Incase Nylon Messenger Bag is. As a 5’4” girl, it actually holds my 15” mcp and a lot of other stuff without making me look like a turtle (which is the case with my huge chrome one!) ~ the shoulder strap is sooo nicely cushioned, and brilliant detail to have the padded handle on the bag double as a key ring (good spare key stash?) ~ lots of pockets of varying depths and openings all around ~ and the biggest mystery to me when i first read about this… “plush faux fur” ~ turns out its a velvety soft lush black material to keep your iphone and laptop from being scratched! Nice that the stabilizer strap is completely detachable as well, and its a nice touch to have the large velcro pocket on the front, and that the clips on the main flap are sewn flat (not sure why that matters, but just a detail i really liked - aesthetically sleeker?). Anyhow, enough rambling from me, i took a bunch of pictures of the details for you to get a feel for it yourself on the next page!
It’s lined with their signature topographic pattern of course!
Here are those flat clips i mentioned earlier ~ and nice subtle logos…
“plush faux fur” ~ not nearly as creepy or frightening as it first sounded!
SO padded! Your back will thank you!
Here’s that secret key stash ~ i guess the handle could double as a valet key…
Quick release ~ big and plastic, and the other end is still securely locked down so your bag doesn’t go flying if someone releases and grabs it
Inside that front velcroed pouch ~ there is a detatchable keyring as well as a main divider, and two pockets - one lined with “plush faux fur” perfectly suited to your iPhone
Inside the main compartment there are two zips, one velcro, one open, and pen pockets
p.s.
sorry the lighting got a bit weird while i was shooting these quickly ~ sunset happens so fast now! Just wanted to make sure i got this up to share before i headed up to SF tomorrow!
This looks like a great bag! Exactly what I’ve been looking for in terms of style and functionality. Great review as well! This review is what sold me on the bag :P I just ordered it online from the apple online store.
Funny thing though for you potential buyers… on the canadian apple website, this bag is going for 69.95, but on the US apple website, the exact same bag is going for 99.95 and even on the incase website it’s going for 99.95… so if you live in Canada, definitely go to apple’s website to order this bag.
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