If you’re an iDevice power-user and need a classically robust bag to haul all your junk, take note: Timbuk2 has just released the Power Series, two alternate versions of their best-selling Commute Laptop Messenger and Q Laptop Backpack, equipped with Joey batteries and special a pass-through for the charging cable.
The Power Q Laptop Backpack has a tricot-lined laptop sleeve, a lower stash pocket good for stowing the power brick and umpteen organizer compartments — and, of course, a Joey T1 battery, good for “two full recharges on most standard cellphones.” Same deal with the Power Commute Laptop Messenger, only in TSA-compliant courier form. Not sure if the Joey T1 has the 2-amp output necessary to charge an iPad.
Of course, with each bag priced at $199, you could always buy your own batteries and stick them in the original versions of the bags, which are about half the price of the Power versions.
When he was eight, Eli Milchman came home from frolicking in the Veld one day and was given an Atari 400. Since then, his fascination with technology has made him an intrepid early adopter of whatever charming new contraption crosses his path. He calls San Francisco home, where he works as a journalist and photographer. Eli has contributed to the pages of Wired.com and BIKE Magazine, among others. Hang with him on Twitter.
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