Re: Backpack for Camera Gear & Notebook
I'm not quite as bad as Rhet. I do have a wide variety of backpacks and camera bags. Most stay preloaded, so I can just grab and go and be assured everything I might need in terms of cables, cards, etc are all in there.
For luggage, different tools for different trips, so I again have several. Small carry-on that will actually pass the "rack test" for TSA and all of the U.S. carriers. Mid sized, large, suit bag, hard side for brutal trips, soft sides for buying too many souvenirs and at least one that is so big it almost qualifies as a steamer trunk. I call it the John Candy Planes, Trains and Automobiles bag.
I learned early on dont cheap out on bags. My favorite is my Dakota carry on, I've had it at least a decade. It does a minimum of 4-5 trips a year and is still like new. I cried when Tumi bought them out. Not all that well known of a brand, but every flight attendant I knew or had talked to at the time recommended them. It hasn't disappointed.
Although I like Tumi, I'd never check one. Designer bags or just expensive bags in general scream out "open me and steal my stuff". Maybe if I ever get the hang of this here web thang I may someday be able to fly private jets, then I'll buy a really nice bag.
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