Crumple Base Toucher – Backpack

This is the dogs bollocks! I love my backpack! Again its by Crumpler, a really funky Aussie outfit who have pioneered the use of something called chicken-tex which is basically the use of the same kind of oils/chemicals that make bird feathers waterproof on their really strong materials.

The bag is spacious, it houses my 17″macbook pro (inside the gimp!), it has a few inside pockets – 4 to be exact and two on the outside. It has a really well padded back andbottom – the back is semi-rigid and the straps are perfectly moulded and very very comfortable. As you can see below the padding is fantastic. The bag came with its own laptop sleeve which is not too bad to be honest although it was in a garish orange and whilst my laptop fitted inside, it wasnt such a good fit. It was more suited to a 15″ i guess.

The Gimp – by Crumpler

I reckon that I have amassed some really amazing stuff! So, in the spirit of goodwill to all mankind I am going to share with you a few of the things that I own, along with (honest) reviews about them and why I actually bought the stuff!

Anyway, allow me to begin with The Gimp, an amazing laptop sleeve from my favourite bag company Crumpler Bags (www.crumpler.com). I picked the green and black one for my 17″ macbook pro (which I am going to review of course!) because it goes with my crumpler basetoucher backpack.

Its made of thick, rubbery neoprene stuff which protects the laptop from scratches and slight knocks. It also looks quite funky. I had an incase sleeve which was rather nice but I found that the neoprene kept getting dents and stuff in it when pressed briefly against other stuff. The Gimp is also a tight fit on the laptop which is great for me as I am sure that the laptop is totally covered by this sleeve.