Brief first impressions: I have the original Synapse and have used it for some 2-3 trips but never really warmed to its size/layout. For me once I filled the side pockets everything was so jammed in...

I bought a new Ristretto for 13" MacBook so can now answer my own question: I'm now using the Ristretto for every day carry and love it. It maintains its shape so doesn't collapse like a Cafe Bag....

Thanks much for the responses. I do have a large cafe bag and use it both for daily carry and for under seat bag for air travel. Since I don't stuff it to the brim very often I'm thinking that the...

Can anyone with both a Ristretto and a LCB comment on this: my in-air personal items these days is my Large Cafe Bag, usually with a 13" MacBook Air in a Cache.

I'm thinking of getting the new...

An ultralight, ultra thin protective over-sack, like the pull-out rain covers on some camera bags. Something that folds up small that one can use to protect the Aeronaut, TriStar, etc. if the...

Thanks, Katy. I've got both horizontal and vertical 6Z Brain Cells.

Will the vertical Brain Cell fit in either or both the Ego or Super Ego?

The protection of the Brain Cell is so superb that...

I'm reworking my carry on choices and wondering if a vertical 6Z Brain Cell will fit in:
An Ego?
A Super Ego?

Same questions for the 6Z Cache. Will it fit in:
An Ego?
A Super...

I only travel with carry on baggage but admit to living in fear of boarding a flight late with my TriStar or Aeronaut (too big to fit under aisle seats on most United coach seats) and in the absence...

As the owner of a Western Flyer and Aeronaut I wondered if the Tri-Star had anything to offer, and I finally took the plunge, bought one and used it on a trip this weekend. In hopes that my...

Me too! The good news is that, at least on United, I've always been able to fit my ID in next to the video box, especially if I take my MacBook out and lay it diagonally in the available space and...

Can't speak to the new 13" MacBook Air (at least until mine arrives next week) but my 2008 Air has an SSD and the combo of that and the rigid aluminum body led me to abandon my Brain Cell for a Cache...

Many thanks for your help!

I use an ID daily but it could stand one small improvement that the Ego may already have.

Because I carry my iPhone in a case, it doesn't fit easily into the ID's lined external zippered phone...

I've had at least two of those black plastic buckles break on me so far, one on an Empire Builder and one on an ID. I think one broke on my Cafe Bag as well, and I'm not hard on them at all. I now...

Thanks so much!

I'm 6'2" and notice that the Synapse is sized to fit those 5-6 ft tall.

Can anyone over 6' comment on your experience with the Synapse?

Many thanks!

Am I correct that the Ristretto comes in one size that's intended to fit iPads and 13" MacBooks?

If so, I wonder if anyone who's used one with an iPad can comment on excess room in when a...

The recent post on how well a Tri-Star fit into a plane's overhead compartment led me to think that some might find it useful to know about the Aeronaut.

I mostly fly United and have now...

Just returned from first air travel with MacBook Air in Cache. Since I have the solid state drive it occurred to me that the protection of the Brain Cell was overkill. I felt very comfortable with my...

I like it! It's lighter than the InCase neoprene sleeve I'd been using and seems more protective. The InCase always separated at opening, leaving a little bit of the Air exposed. The Cache is a...

Am traveling with my new MacBook Air in an InCase neoprene sleeve which, it turns out, fits perfectly in my size 6 Brain Cell.

An added benefit is that now when I go through security I can take...

Thanks, FM. The Size 6 is for the white plastic MacBook and the Air's a little thinner than that. I've ordered the Air so I'll have the answer soon enough. Was just hoping for help deciding whether...

Has anyone tried to fit a MacBook Air in the Incase neoprene sleeve into the size 6 Brain Cell they had left over from a previous 13" MacBook? I'd be most grateful for your guidance: will this combo...

Thanks much—I think I'll try it!

I'm about to get a MacBook Air and am thinking about a Ristretto to hold it while flying. In addition to the Mac the other must-have at the seat with me are some noise-canceling headphones in a case...