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If you're like anyone working in the city these days, you're carrying your laptop everywhere with you. This is a bag that's made just for that.
As the brand name suggests, the Armor Gear Road Warrior is tough and durable for your laptop, but thankfully it also has some great touches made for the human being that has to carry it. This new incarnation of the bag (fixing previous complaints about the handles) features an ergonomically designed neoprene handle and a neoprene strap that allows the bag to sit comfortably in your hand or on your shoulder.
I also like the fact that the laptop compartment itself is well-padded but that it also is placed so that the laptop never touches the floor when the bag is on the ground--this has always been my problem with other laptop bags, and the Road Warrior solves it.
The bag also features a removable document case as well as plenty of compartments for accessories, papers, or even clothes if you're packing for an overnighter.
Overall an excellent bag for anyone who likes a non-wussy laptop bag for working in and out of the city.
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I purchased this bag at the USNA Golf Course Pro Shop in May, 2009, and it was already embroidered with the USNA Golf Club logo. I love this bag, and it is large enough to handle enough clothes for a 3-4 day trip. The fabric is obviously heavy-duty, although the bag itself is not too heavy. I would definitelt buy another one if needed.
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At first it looked like that this might be the cat's meow for an overhead-compartment carry-on garment bag, but there are too many design flaws to give it more than a deserved Poor product rating.
1) The hanger hook is poorly shaped and will dent/mark the tops of doors (especially wood ones).
2) The bag hangs poorly. Where the hanger hook attaches to bag needs to be moved as far back as possible.
3) The internal support that is suppose to help hold the bag open when its hanging is far too flimsy and readily fails - it will eventually snap at all 4 riveted connection points.
4) Bracket that holds your shirt/trouser hangers in place will not accept standard plastic hangers. The bracket is also made from a plastic that is not durable enough and will eventually fail you. Infuriating.
5) There are no sewn in fitted pockets in the two upper empty corners above the shirt shoulders. Ugh.
6) There are also no sewn in pockets on each empty side at the bottom where the bottoms of your trousers would be. Double ugh.
7) Comfort grip around carry handle was not sewn lengthwise, so it is constantly twisting on you. Also when bag is heavy handle is uncomfortable. (However, it appears from updated pictures on website this may have been corrected.)
8) Shoulder strap is uncomfortably stretchy, and also never wants to stay on your shoulder. Arrgghh. (However, this may have been corrected as pictures of some of their other products reflect a fix.)
If these items were fixed this could possibly be the cat's meow for an airline carry-on sized garment bag, and only then barely worth the $100 they are asking for it ($80-$90 at best).
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Product is only available in a one-size fits all, which means if you wear anything less than a men's Size 13 it kind of wastes space. If it was offered in small, medium, large, and maybe a couple well placed tapers for a snugger fit, it'd be a 5-star product. $22 is just a tad bit on high side - $20 seems more appropriated.
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If this was: 1)an inch or so taller and wider (including the folding board); and 2)the velcro straps were longer, this would be a perfect travel accessory. However, at $22 this is a bit on the high side - $18 or so would be more appropriate.
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Though overall size and design of this bag is on the right track, the few shortcomings are quite significant and therefore warrant a deserved Poor rating.
1) The poorest design is with the most important - the laptop compartment. Padding front and back are sub-par, and all sides are just unacceptable. Though they claim 1/2-inch padding on all six sides, front/back are 5/16-inch at best, and sides are merely 3/16-inch at best. Also, laptop compartment does not "float" entirely within front flap as they intended. Rather sides, and especially bottom (which of course is always sitting on something), are completely exposed. Infuriating.
2) There is no stiff divider between back of laptop compartment and large main storage compartment behind it. So if main storage compartment is not loaded evenly, say because you stuck a book or something in there, when bag is laying on it's back (ie. overhead compartment) the grunt of any unevenness is taken out on your laptop. Frustrating.
3) On inside flap of laptop compartment there are a couple storage sub-compartments. A mistake made by many laptop-case manufacturers. In general this is poor practice because the only thing you want in your laptop compartment is the laptop itself to maximize protection.
4) Laptop compartment is smaller than rest of bag in height and width making for unnecessary wasted space. A much better design would have been same size with a couple internal well padded and stiff dividers. That way any 17-inch plus laptop would fit easily, then for any smaller laptop you'd have some nice extra and practical storage for accessories.
5) Comfort grip around carry handle was not sewn lengthwise, so it is constantly twisting on you. Also when bag is heavy handle is uncomfortable. (However, it appears from updated pictures on website that this has been corrected.)
6) Shoulder strap is uncomfortably stretchy, and also never wants to stay on your shoulder. Arrgghh. (However, this also appears to have been corrected.)
7) There is no padding on bottom, sides, and back of main compartment. Another gross mistake made by most manufacturers. So if you want to carry a portable projector or printer or something extra... 1/2-inch padding would have been a nice touch.
8) There is no half-width zipper on bottom of exterior newspaper compartment on back, so you can't simply slide it over the handle of your roll-away. Ugh and ugh.
9) They post a depth dimension of 6-inches for this bag. However, when fully loaded is it actually 9-inches (perfect for even commuter flights), and 10-inches if packed to the gills. Good thing because this makes it a nice 3-5 day over-nighter.
If they correct Items 1-8, especially on laptop compartment, they'll really have something worth their $110 asking price.
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