Laptop Bag Explorer

Rainebrooke's newest laptop bag is called the Emily laptop tote. The Emily is available in your choice of light pink or 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 newest Black Candy laptop bag is made from pink patent or red 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 Metro-Traveler laptop bag / case is Rainebrooke's newest laptop bag. Our customers were asking for more space and pockets while keeping the lightweight design of our Metro Lite, so that's what we made. The Metro-Traveler is loaded with a padded laptop pocket, compartments, pockets and other helpful features such as an organizer panel, key tether and luggage handle pass through. Carry the Metro-Traveler on your shoulder with the comfortable padded shoulder pad or remove the strap and use the bag as a case, carrying it with the comfort grip carrying handle. Best of all ... the new features were added while still keeping the bag lightweight. The Metro-Traveler comes in 4 beautiful colors ...light pink, hot pink, purple (pictured) and blue. It's currently on sale for $59.95. Feel free to comment on this bag here.

The Metro Lite Laptop Bag from Rainebrooke. We took our original Slim Line (see above) and made changes which were requested by our customers. The changes included turning it horizontally; adding two front pockets for stuff like keys, phone, PDA or and iPod; adding a wider shoulder strap along with a padded shoulder pad; and we removed our logo from the flap so the bag could be personalized or monogrammed. It also comes in customer suggested colors: light blue, lavender, light pink, hot pink (pictured) and bronze. Feel free to comment on this bag here.

The Slim Line from Rainebrooke is obviously one of my favorites since I had input on the design. This laptop bag is really convenient when all you need to carry is your laptop and a book or magazine. It can also be used as a sleeve by removing the shoulder strap and then sliding it into a larger laptop bag or backpack. It's designed to fit laptops up to 14.5″ x 11.125″ x 2.5″, and comes in light pink, hot pink, classic red, lime green, and olive green. Feel free to comment on this bag here. Rainebrooke chooses colors based on its customers suggestions, so suggest your favorite color and you may see it in our next product line.

The Tuscany leather laptop bag 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. You can comment on this bag here.

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. If you would like to comment on the "Get of my Case" style, feel free to head on over to the Laptop Bag Explorer blog and share your thoughts.

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. Feel free to comment on this case here.

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. You can comment on this bag here

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. You can comment on the foofbag here.

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.