Working! Also today, on Thanksgiving - it's not a holiday here, but a bunch of the local Americans are having a holiday dinner tonight. One guy works with a restaurant to help them produce a proper...

FIxed - thanks :o

The other nice thing about the SA for a train ride is that, with only two external pockets whose zippers face toward your body, it is not a terribly easy bag to pickpocket.

Hmm. Would a kindle fit in one of the pockets? Much as I love my Smart Alec, sometimes the airlines put those %^($ video systems under the seat, which takes up half the space and means that no...

You never know, though - maybe for them Disney is just a stop on a much longer trip. (Though admittedly, not for all of them!) On my next trip, I will take one very large checked suitcase, one...

I'd be careful what I packed, though - avoid sharp implements. I have a bunch of Knitting Stuff Sacks in the lightweight Dyneema, and smaller knitting needles often poke through the weave of the bag....

I feel I must mention that if you go to the xkcd store, they have a tie with xkcd characters!!! (I don't wear them but may need to buy my husband one.)

I feel somehow perversely vindicated by your packing lists and travel choices. I feel like there's so much *pressure* from one-bag packers, and yet I note that very few of those people seem to be...

In 2009 I went to buy Blundstones in Tasmania, where they're from, and no one wanted to sell them to me. Reason: they transferred their manufacturing and Blunnies are now made in Korea. Instead, they...

D'oh! My next trip to the US is in the first half of October and I was considering a Synapse. Is there ay possibility that the colors will be announced slightly earlier (say late Sept) to ermit...

I need dividers because I sometimes carry the wallet alone, with a wrist strap, and don't like having my money showing!

On a recent vacation trip to the Baltic, I used the MCB as my excursion bag for all-day walking through several cities (Stockholm, Helsinki, Wismar, Tallin, St. Petersburg, Copenhagen). it worked...

Pretty color. I just wish they'd make one with a light-colored interior! (Wasabi would be ideal, but UV and Iberian and still much lighter than Steel.)

No laptop? (I ask because I find business travel generally takes more bulk for me that other travel due to laptop, power brick, two phones and chargers for each, etc. Not to mention business-y...

Depends how much you put in it - 500 ml water bottle from the store or standard size bike bottle, no problem. If you put in, say, a bike bottle plus compact umbrella you'd need to leave it open.

I really think that the SA is generally an underrated bag. My favorite thing about it is that, because of the way the top opens, it's perfectly positioned to make it easy to get things out during a...

I have an ibex skirt and it's the most wonderful thing. I bought it from Rowgue, a rowing clothing company; they intended it to be worn over a uni (the spandex one-piece that rowers wear) for walking...

Intermediate followup: I have the Aeronaut mostly packed and it's still got a fair bit of room - the main compartment is only packed halfway deep (with the backpack packing cube, not overfilled)....

I've currently got my Aeronaut packed with stuff very close to your packing list (2 tropical-weight wool slacks, 2 button downs, 2 skorts, one l/s, two s/s and one tank-top T, one pair of shoes,...

If I'm not mistaken, those are the bags they sell all over airports. I've never considered using one to carry a laptop! If I see one at either airport I'll check to see if it fits my computer.

I have an Aeronaut and a backpack laptop bag - problem is then I'd have two backpacks and I'd look like a walking bag rack. My trips always involve at least some walking and at least one train ride,...

But those things don't happen, because it's a small carry-on that fits easily in the overhead. I suppose at worst I could be forced to gate check it but that seems unlikely - and that could happen...

I'm still trying to figure out how (I mean, what) to pack for work trips, wondering if a rollaboard is best for me after all? Here's the deal: I'm talking about international trips for at least a...

Am I right in thinking a Synapse will NOT fit a 15" laptop, even in just a Cache? (I have a MacBook Pro at home, Lenovo Thinkpad for work.) I kind of want a Synapse, but this may be a deal breaker...

This forum has sparked me to put together a pouch of useful essentials - this is not everything I carry daily, but it can go into other bags. In addition I carry at least my wallet, keys, iPhone, and...