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Is a movie prop the ultimate laptop bag?

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251 points jgrahamc | 2 comments | 22 Sep 25 11:59 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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sedatk ◴[22 Sep 25 22:11 UTC] No.45340226[source]▶
- It has a wide base, so the laptop just swings back and forth while carrying.

- 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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loloquwowndueo ◴[22 Sep 25 22:19 UTC] No.45340320[source]▶
I mean, yes, but: how much does a Tom Bihn bag go for these days? $300?

Maybe also add lower-budget recommendations.

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everdrive ◴[22 Sep 25 22:53 UTC] No.45340620[source]▶
More or less any backpack will do. You can even find them for used for for free.
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JadeNB ◴[22 Sep 25 22:57 UTC] No.45340650[source]▶
> You can even find them for used for for free.

I live in a university town with lots of rich kids, which seems like the kind of place to find good-quality used backpacks if there were one. If there's an easy way to get my hands on free used backpacks that I'd actually want to use, then I certainly don't know about it.

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tomcam ◴[23 Sep 25 04:37 UTC] No.45342888[source]▶
Trash bins at end of term
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1. komali2 ◴[23 Sep 25 12:40 UTC] No.45346206[source]▶
We used to raid the giant dumpsters they put in the parking lot and we'd always go to the dorm that had all the international students first because the loot was best. Scored an xbox 360 once, a monitor that still worked another time.
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2. tomcam ◴[28 Sep 25 01:06 UTC] No.45400868[source]▶
Damn!