Everyday/Travel Bag

[civilspouse]

DH has a bag he got at a conference that he uses everyday to take his computer back and forth to the lab, papers, other misc items etc. It is falling apart and I'd like to get him something new as a gift for finishing Graduate School in March. This is the bag he has now, just a basic black canvas shoulder bag:

http://www.leedsworld.com/products/item/?item=8800-05

When he goes back to med school and in residency I doubt he will be carting items back and forth on a daily basis, but he has said that he would use it to take on flights during interview season as his personal item with his computer, etc. He is still a student so I'd probably like to stay in the $50-75 range. Any help would be appreciated, I'm not even sure where to look for a good bag.

[diggitydot]

I guarantee he'll be carting all sorts of shit back and forth. Have you looked into the Timbuktu bags? Those puppies last FOREVER. DH still uses his all the time and we bought it just before the beginning of med school almost a decade ago. He predominantly uses it now when he travels.

[Thirteen]

I'm not so sure your DH won't need a bag in med school/residency. DH had multiple bags, his favorite one is a hiking backpack that is extra durable and can hold the Harrison's/all those damn papers! He still uses that bag, as an attending, to cart things back and forth from his clinic to home office.
If he's going to an exec meeting, or traveling for a conference, he carries his "murse" - a leather messenger-style bag. It has a compartment for his laptop as well.

The serious backpack is made by the North Face (in black), and I believe it was purchased at REI.
The leather messenger bag (also black) was purchased at Coach.

[civilspouse]

I got a Timbuk2 bag to use as our diaper bag a couple years ago and I wasn't that impressed, but maybe I should look at them again.

[SuzySunshine]

My DH also has a Timbuk2 bag - a larger one (I think its their medium size) that he can carry his Macbook Pro in and smaller one that he carries just his ipad in - he's always carrying around journals, papers in progress, etc. He has carried it ever since the beginning of residency. I asked him if he wanted a nicer, leather one, now that he is a staff and he's keeping his eye open but it has to be perfect and he hasn't found one that will take as much abuse/use as his Timbuk2.

[oceanchild]

My husband is a backpack guy. He currently has a spendy North Face backpack that should last a really long time.

[Deebs]

My DH has a leather Samsonite messenger bag. He's always needed a fairly big bag to tote back and forth.

[v-girl]

I need to get DH something too. Maybe for valentines day? He still uses the canvas briefcase looking bag he got from his residency program (he stayed at the same hospital). He would like leather.

[Bittersweet]

DH has a North Face backpack, too. Actually, it's technically my backpack but I'm kind enough not to demand its return He does have a very nice Tumi laptop bag that mostly lives in our closet. He got it as a gift, so I'm not sure but I think they're $$$. May be worth checking, though. It looks really nice and is apparently very easy/comfortable to carry.

[civilspouse]

Well I'm glad to know that it should see some use during residency, that makes me feel better about spending a little more on something nice.

[Curegirl]

Northface backpack for SO too...I'd like to get him a nice leather one but he seems attached to what he has.

[oceanchild]

Well I'm glad to know that it should see some use during residency, that makes me feel better about spending a little more on something nice.

Things my husband carries back and forth: 2-4 travel mugs of coffee, netbook computer, Kindle, unidentified stacks of paper, change of clothes and toiletry bag on call nights.

[GreyhoundsRUs]

DH uses his NF backpack that he got in med school. It still looks new. He always carries his iPad, laptop, and big surgical textbook.

[TulipsAndSunscreen]

DH used a NF backpack in med school and now uses a leather satchel messenger bag thing in residency. As an intern, they don't have a designated place so I think it gets thrown around a lot in various call rooms. Once he's on Uro all the time, I imagine it'll go in the specific call room but he likes that it's identifiable as his because there are a lot of random backpacks in all the call rooms.

[poky]

DH hass been using a conference freebee that's falling apart since he started residency to cart his books and food and white coat and clipboard (he has one of those foldable clipboards that fit in the white coat pocket). I just got him a tom bihn "ego" bag for christmas...and we ended up returning it and ordering a "super ego", because it would fit his laptop in it inside a "brain cell" (their laptop sleeves), which will make it more useful for him for travel: http://www.tombihn.com/laptop_bags/TB0825.html. It's backordered, but the "ego" one we had for all of a week looked pretty good!