[Jason Dunn]

http://www.skoobadesign.com/product...ba-sidekick-41/

"The sidekick is a bike messenger-style bag - characterized by soft, body-hugging shape and construction and oversized flap-over cover - with a protective laptop section, a generous main compartment for books and files, and well-organized pockets and compartments everywhere. The Sidekick is also an incredible value-it's priced like a "plain vanilla" laptop bag but is anything but. Sidekick features Skooba's Air SquareTM laptop shock absorbers at the bottom, 5-10mm padded walls on the sides, a cam-lock adjustable shoulder strap with removable pad, over a dozen pockets and compartments in all, and more. And despite all the bells and whistles, this high-capacity bag is slim and discreet, and weighs in at a scant, shoulder-friendly 35 ounces."

I haven't tested this particular Skooba bag - they send me a Checkthrough Brief to check out, and so far I'm fairly impressed with it - but I've never seen a Skooba bag I haven't liked. To get one at such a cheap price is a real deal!

[Jason Dunn]

http://www.skoobadesign.com/product...ba-sidekick-41/

"The sidekick is a bike messenger-style bag - characterized by soft, body-hugging shape and construction and oversized flap-over cover - with a protective laptop section, a generous main compartment for books and files, and well-organized pockets and compartments everywhere. The Sidekick is also an incredible value-it's priced like a "plain vanilla" laptop bag but is anything but. Sidekick features Skooba's Air SquareTM laptop shock absorbers at the bottom, 5-10mm padded walls on the sides, a cam-lock adjustable shoulder strap with removable pad, over a dozen pockets and compartments in all, and more. And despite all the bells and whistles, this high-capacity bag is slim and discreet, and weighs in at a scant, shoulder-friendly 35 ounces."

I haven't tested this particular Skooba bag - they send me a Checkthrough Brief to check out, and so far I'm fairly impressed with it - but I've never seen a Skooba bag I haven't liked. To get one at such a cheap price is a real deal!

[Cold Flame]

Great deal Jason, thanks... however, I'm unable to "Check Out" as there doesn't seem to be an option to ship to Canada... *sighs* Typical. Their Camera strap that you reviewed is on sale too as well as one of their backpacks for $39.95 too.

[Jason Dunn]

Originally Posted by Cold Flame

Great deal Jason, thanks... however, I'm unable to "Check Out" as there doesn't seem to be an option to ship to Canada...

They don't? Ugg. That sucks.

[Cold Flame]

Originally Posted by Jason Dunn

They don't? Ugg. That sucks.

Yeah, it does suck. I have a message in with "Brian" at Skooba Designs to call me back to verify that they don't ship to Canada.

On another note, where do you buy your Skooba Bags from? Or have you always just gotten ones to review and been able to keep them?

[Cold Flame]

Originally Posted by Cold Flame

I have a message in with "Brian" at Skooba Designs to call me back to verify that they don't ship to Canada.

Brian returned my call. Their website is not currently set up to ship Internationally (duh!), but I am welcome to e-mail skoobaservice [at] skoobadesign {dot} com with my pertinent information (products I want, name, address, phone #, etc...), and they will get back me with a shipping quote. Unfortunately their international shipping person is out of town on holidays for the week. *laughs*

MODERATOR: Edited the email address - no one likes to get spam! - JD

[Jason Dunn]

Originally Posted by Cold Flame

On another note, where do you buy your Skooba Bags from? Or have you always just gotten ones to review and been able to keep them?

Yeah, they're generous in terms of sending me what I'd like to review, and so far they've always let me keep them. Shipping back something like a bag doesn't make much sense. I wish I could say the same for fancy laptops.

[Tony Rylow]

Great deal on the bag. I would love to get in on this, but I just picked up a Timbuk2 bag to use for classes and don't need a second bag.

[Kursplat]

I really like that Clickthrough Brief (at least from what I can see of it on their site)! I think I'll wait until it goes on sale, though. Say, if you decide to run a giveaway of your review item, I'll definitely be putting my entry in!

[Jason Dunn]

Originally Posted by Kursplat

I really like that Clickthrough Brief (at least from what I can see of it on their site)! I think I'll wait until it goes on sale, though. Say, if you decide to run a giveaway of your review item, I'll definitely be putting my entry in!

We'll actually be starting to do monthly giveaways of Skooba products starting in September - I'll see about making that our first giveaway.