My good friends, Michael Hyatt and Chris Brogan have both done posts recently sharing which bags they use when travelling. I travel a lot so I thought there might be someone out there who would find it helpful if I shared which laptop bag I carry and how I pack it. I’ve tried several really nice bags over the years and I’ve settled on the Slim Saddleback Leather (client) briefcase. I absolutely love it for several reasons I discuss in the video.
Enjoy!
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Jon Dale 
Interesting that you never mentioned the smell of the leather. That in itself would sell me on the bag. Well done!
I was going to ask you about the price, but I just visited their website. $400+, but you just have to love 100yr guarantee. Funny…I still have the 6 piece set of Pierre Cardin fabric travel bags that I bought in 1983 for $99. American Express had a special!
@maury You are absolutely right.  Its Saddlebacks best feature!
Youre right. ¬†Theyre not cheap…but theyre worth every penny. ¬†Like Dave Munson says, Theyll fight over it when youre dead!
I know what you mean. There really is nothing like soft wonderful leather. I still have my first leather briefcase, given to me in 1979 when I was made an AVP for a very large bank.
Leather takes on a life of its own, supple, your blood, sweat and tears!
One question: before you switched to an iPad, did it easily hold your laptop?
@judy, yes, in fact in addition to my iPad Ill occasionally have my MacBook in the bag as well.  It fits fine.
I watched Hyatt’s video a couple of weeks ago, still trying to land on a bag!
Scott, I love the Saddleback bag.  James Bond would carry Mikes bag.  Indiana Jones would carry mine.  
Jon
I came back by this evening to see how this story is unfolding. When you mentioned Indiana Jones I thought of a post I wrote last summer about my son. You have to read all to way through to see the connection.
Waiting for Godot on Broadway
Hi again,
Put the url in with html…here is the link to the post.
http://blog.webconsuls.com/2009/07/waiting-for-godot-on-broadway_12.html
I’d love that bag too if I didn’t have to pay for it. 😉 Can you hook a brother up!?!
May I ask which size of briefcase you purchased — medium (15″ x 11 ¬Ω‚Äù x 4 ¬º‚Äù) or large (17″ x 12 ¬Ω‚Äù x 4 ¬º‚Äù)? Thank you,
Hey Rob,
Its the medium. Thanks for reading!
Jon
looks great saddleback bags
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