Messenger / Courier Bags List

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Once complete you can try "features" instead of "review". 'ardcore

Well i could do all of that for any subject ever mentioned on here...but i hoped that seeing as there was a thread on messenger bags people would maybe have some opinions on which are best and why...nevermind...google it'll have to be.

Did you use the Search up there? Most of the people with opinions will have posted them already.
Scott not scot has commented on other bag manufacturers quite often.

Plus, it's subjective. beyond the personal preference of what features, style and size any person wants, there is always how the bag fits them. There are so many variables that there cannot be a conclusive view on even which manufacturers are best.

So hippy has a point, Google it. Only you can decide which seems best to your needs. GA2G has supplied the list, you know what's available... choosing which to buy comes down to searching for views on here based your personal criteria for choosing one manufacturer above another.

And when all is said and done, even if you reach a concensus and choose manufacturer X, you've got to be aware that just because 10 other people loved their bags, it doesn't mean you will love yours. Every bag is different, nearly all are custom.

The baseline advice: You decide the criteria that you want, so you do the searching, and when you think you have decided but are unsure, then you need to HTFU and put caution to the wind and just take a risk on a bag regardless of what others say.

http://www.under-the-weather.ca/ killer bag with teh most positives in the fixed gear gallery revieew
http://www.banjobrothers.com/ a good budget bag acording to the review

also dont forget Resistance bags of Japan, there are others that are not on your list too that art on japan list http://www.messengerbag.jp/index.html

How on earth has someone not mentioned Zo Bags? This is the bag design that tumbuktu and crumpler copied, pretty much the original messenger bag. And they rock.

I've been lucky enough to win a couple of bags, a Baily Works, a Bag Jack and my work bag, a PAC.

I love the pac. It balances everything out perfectly, I don't have shoulder trouble and it's still a convient swing bag. Would I buy one if I didn't have to haul things for a living? Probably not.

The Bag Jack that I have is a back pack, it's huge, water proof and pretty slick with lots of nice features like a removeable lining and a pocket that you can move around as well.

I really really dislike the baily works. Part of the problem is that it's an extra large and I don't have enough upper body to support it, so it kinda wraps over my shoulder. it has no padding, and the ones that I've seen that people have worked with tend to have a cracked inner lining.
The one I have is a special prize bag though, and through pride I still use it to haul my portfolio around.

Oh yeah, speaking of well made and moderatly priced...

http://www.myspace.com/trashmessengerbags

Plus they're called trash bags. How cool is that?

I didn't think Zo bags were being made?

Hmm.. looking at site, still not sure either way!
http://www.zobags.com/

Excellent thread - very useful, thanks.

I was considering one of those because of their massive capacity, I tend to accumulate stuff and keep it on me "just in case".

Style over substance, and far too expensive.

but theres some bags cost like 200ish might aswell add a bit more for Visvim . . .
plus its well worth it . . .
sooo tuff . . .
love my sand and black 1 . . .

either way I'd love to have a visvim.

well they are well worth it . . .

need a backpack soon . . . kinda miss riding with a backpack . . .

if you have a backpack in London, you might as well move to the North!

Zo Bags were given a mention in Moving Target.

But production does appear to be spasmodic.

Erik Zo Djed at a Rollapaluza last year

I read that wrong. I was ready to hold the presses.

'Messenger legend dies at world's toughest roller race'...

if you have a backpack in London, you might as well move to the North!

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more pics of bags on the list and not on the list, zo bag from flikr, under the weather from road bike review, pac from, alsoo from flikr.

Do you ever wonder if the google someday wakes up as an artificial conciousness it will kill us all with its infinite knooledg?

not me

http://head-porter.org/blackbeauty/messengerm.html

head porter messenger ^^ my dream bag

THAT'S your dream bag?
Cheap polyprop webbing....no real strap padding...anti sway strap too high...and not even made out of cordura...could be a short lived dream.
IMO :)

when it starts leaking you'll be having yourself a wet dream

http://head-porter.org/blackbeauty/messengerm.html

head porter messenger ^^ my dream bag

that bag is///...cheap. Bagjack has nice backpacks...adn if you did want thier cheap version messenger bag dont pay $500 for a $100 dollar bag lol lol that site is for japanese buyers that have the $$ to buy without worring about price, a fake status site exactly for paying too much for goods that arent actually that exclusive except that no one else around will have one for better reasons than not having money.

lol a pac bag on that site would probably go for over a thousand easy

http://head-porter.org/blackbeauty/messengerm.html

head porter messenger ^^ my dream bag

porter is sooo poorly made . . . well if your goin to use it for cycling . . .

VAGX bags anyone?