Sunday, August 29, 2010

Swissgear octane backpack

Being on the verge of a new school year, one of the biggest things on my mind was that I was in need of a new backpack. I hadn't purchased one in the past couple of years, aside from a padded bag for my laptop after first purchasing it almost two years ago, but it has quickly become quite irrelevant to my daily needs because it provides hardly any for anything other than my laptop and it's charger. So this past week i decided to begin the hunt, and I decided to pull the trigger on this Swissgear brand backpack. Initially it started at $90, but Kohl's had it on sale for $47.99, and I believe it is still on sale now, only at a higher price of $59.99. On top of the sale price I also went on dealigg.com, to find a nice printable coupon to save an additional 15%, so if you're looking for something at Kohl's I'd definitely keep in mind that they send out coupons for usually a 15-20% savings on a regular basis. Either way, this bag ended up costing me only around $43, and it fits my needs perfectly.
The main selling points for me were the sale price, and the padded laptop sleeve, along with additional space that my old bag does not provide, although the tags advertised quite a few other things that I didn't necessarily care too much about, like: and audio interface (which I guess is basically a small pocket with a hole in it for my ipod), various pockets to hold my water bottle, cell phone and sunglasses, and a "shoulder strap system" along with an "airflow back system."
 
also, as you can see from the above picture, the bag also comes with some kind of limited warranty that I'm too lazy to read about. But overall this bag feels like it is well-built out of quality materials that should hopefully last me for years to come.

11 comments:

  1. is that all it's called? Swissgear octane? A link to the product woulda been great! Looks like a legit bookbag....what size laptop does it fit and would it snuggly hold a netbook? Tired of luggin around an asus 1005pe in a messenger bag/laptop case for 1999 thinkpads.

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  2. Nice!
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  3. definitely, no problem! here's a link straight to it, and I believe the website claims it will fit a 17" laptop, which I believe is true, my 15.4" laptop fits with length room to spare

    http://www.kohls.com/kohlsStore/luggagebackpacks/backpacksmessengerbags/solid/PRD~642035/Swiss+Gear+Octane+17in+Laptop+Backpack.jsp

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  4. cool backpack. i need to get a new one. it's nothing special though just an crummy black one i found at old navy. anyway love the blog check out mine!,
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  5. Damn that's my dream backpack. WOuld come in handy to fit all these apples in.

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  6. nice bag, i want one

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  7. that one is cool

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  10. Looks usefull, since I lost my old backpack ._.!
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