Laptop Bag Explorer

Rainebrooke's new pink laptop tote bag is called the Allie pink laptop tote bag. The Allie laptop tote from Rainebrooke is a sleek and fashionable laptop tote with a stylish vertical orientation. Your laptop will be safe inside the padded laptop pocket which you'll have easy access to through the top zippered opening. The interior has plenty of room for all your power cords and other tech accessories. With several pockets on both the inside and outside of the bag you'll have space to keep your cell phone, PDA, iPod, keys and makeup within easy reach. There's even an organizer section for your business cards, credit cards and pens. The Allie comes with a removable and adjustable shoulder strap to comfortably carry the bag over your shoulder.

Rainebrooke's newest laptop bag is called the Emily pink laptop bag. The Emily is available in your choice of light pink, hot pink, black & light pink or black & hot pink. It has two padded and zippered compartments... one for your laptop and the other for everything else including your power cords and other accessories. There's an organizer section for all of your pens and business cards, while four other convenient pockets will hold your iPod, cell phone and smaller items. The exterior has three zippered pockets to keep all of your frequently used items within quick reach. Along with the comfortable carrying handles, there's an adjustable and removable shoulder strap. The Emily laptop tote fits all laptops with screen sizes up to 17". It's currently on sale for $59.00

Rainebrooke's new pink laptop case is called the Funchico vintage laptop case. The Funchico, short for "Funky, Chic and Cool", was designed by laptop bag aficionado Kate @funchico. It's inspired by the shape and style of a vintage train case, but updated for the modern laptop-carrying woman. The Funchico's exterior is a beautiful pink and ivory herringbone tweed with fawn-colored faux leather trim and handles. It has a removable, padded checkpoint-friendly laptop sleeve and plenty of pockets inside and out for all of your power cords, phone, PDA and other daily necessities. Remove the laptop sleeve and the Funchico can be used as an overnight bag. The Funchico's padded faux leather handles make for comfortable carrying over your shoulder; there's also a short, briefcase style handle on top of the bag for easy lifting. An adjustable and removable shoulder strap with a comfortable padded shoulder pad are also included.

Rainebrooke's Black Candy laptop bag is made from pink patent vinyl and a durable black nylon. It has two compartments... one just for your laptop and the other for everything else. The laptop compartment holds a removable and padded (airport security - checkpoint friendly) laptop sleeve that makes traveling a breeze. The other compartment has pockets in several sizes to fit USB drives, cell phone, makeup, notebooks, folders, power cords and more. The back side has an exterior zippered pocket for quick access to frequently used things like keys and cell phone. The bottom of the bag even has four little metal feet to keep the bag free from dirt and wetness.

The Tuscany leather laptop bag for women is one of my favorite leather bags that is currently available. It has a professional look which is perfect for business but it also has just the right touch of color added in which gives it a little pizazz. This bag is not only stylish ...it's functional as well. It has an organizer section for your phone, pens and iPod, along with pockets for documents, magazine and files. The Tuscany comes with a matching color laptop sleeve and cosmetic bag. The bag is made from leather and is available with pink, red, green or tan suede trim.

Melissa Beth Designs offers several styles of laptop bags & cases in some great colors. The "Get of My Case" (pictured) has a really nice soft velour exterior and comes in 6 colors (pink, camel, orchard green, navy blue, robin's egg, and heather gray). Other styles include the canvas "Pocket Full of Puter", nylon "Bling Bling" & "What-A-Croc", neoprene "Funktional Compartment", and several more. Each style comes in several color choices.

The Nucleus PC Portfolio from Pacific Designs is another case I like because of its simplicity and the colors that are available.  The case is available in orange (pictured), pink, silver, green, blue, gray and black. Pacific Designs markets the Nucleus as a "case within a case". Made from lightweight molded foam, it has a semi-hardshell exterior that provides good protection for your laptop.

The Teeli laptop bag is from London based knomo. The Teeli offers a nice slim look with quilted padding, padded handles, removable shoulder pad and a seperate small bag to hold your accessories. It also comes with an "if lost" tag so if someone finds it, knomo can track it back to the owner. The Teeli fits most 15" laptops and sells for £100.

If you really like funky then check out foofbags laptop sleeve. The foofbag is made by foof based in Australia and is a pure laptop sleeve designed to be used inside anther case or bag. They are available in some really cool colors including my personal favorite the inverted urchin (pictured), which is made with an acrylic tuft. The acrylic tuft bags also come in purple people eater, and flaming madness (red). Also available is 100% corduroy in what's eating Gilbert (grape), blue split, hot pink, red fire engine. A faux fur model is available called I ate the giraffe, and a soft fleece model called I've been fleeced.

The Cyclobags from Tintamar offer some pretty cool features. The regular round Cyclobag while not necessarily a laptop bag has a removable/changeable face. Change colors, add a face with pockets, or netting, all types of choices. The Cyclobag for laptops (pictured) is a rectangular bag, but does have a round front pocket. Both bags attach very easily to a bicycle with the special one-touch attachment unit. If you travel by bicycle a lot, this is a really nice feature. Tintamar products are currently available in France, Japan, Australia and a few other countries; check their site for a full list.

If you're looking for a true one-of-a-kind laptop bag then vinyl billboard bags are an option you should check out. These companies take the actual billboards that you see when driving down the road and make some really cool and definitely unique bags.

bagaboo - bagaboo is based in Hungary, Budapest. They make their bags from truck tarpaulins, used or new, you get to pick.

Donkey - donkey is a NY based company that makes their bags from vinyl billboards. The cool difference with donkey is each bag comes with a billboard number. Go to the donkey site, input this number and you can see everything about the billboard your bag came from.

Ecoist - Ecoist is a Miami based company that uses movie billboards to create their one-of-a-kind bags. They also make other products from recycled, organic and non-toxic materials including candy wrapper bags, belts and more.

Freitag - Freitag is a Zurich based company that makes their bags from used truck tarpaulins. They offer pre-made bags but you can also design your own and pick the section of tarpaulin that your bag is cut from.


Haul - Haul is a Autralian based company that makes laptop bags and sleeves from billboard vinyl. As with WAS, since Haul uses Australian billboards they'll probably use some vinyl that's unique to Australia.

Vy & Elle - Vy & Elle is a US company that also offers laptop bags made from billboard vinyl obtained throughout the US. Vy & Elle is a play on the word vinyl (say their name fast and it sounds like vinyl).

WAS Bags - WAS is a New Zealand based company that uses billboards in the New Zealand area. Since they use New Zealand billboards, they'll have access to vinyl that you won't find in the US. They do offer shipping to the US for an additional fee.