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Apple wool felt laptop sleeve
Laptop sleeves are a necessity if you are regularly on the move. They protect your computer from daily wear and tear while providing a quick way to transport your precious cargo. The wool felt laptop sleeve designed by redmaloo is a nice option because it serves more than one purpose. The sleeve protects you computer, but it also unfolds to provide a work surface with a mousepad (see picture below). The sleeve is available via ex49. ex49 imports was created to provide emerging, talented artists from Germany with the opportunity to exhibit and sell their products overseas.
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18 comments posted
Posted by mjh - 04/16/2009
$140!?!?!? Uh, that’s a lot of financial clutter when a laptop bags cost <$30.
http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb.....utterer-20
Posted by mjh - 04/16/2009
Not to mention just other laptop sleeves!
http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb.....utterer-20
Posted by Kathryn - 04/16/2009
It seems like a bad idea to put notorious static electricity producer around a sensitive electronic device.
Posted by Molly - 04/16/2009
I do really like that the sleeve unfolds to become a work surface – has anybody found a cheaper version?
Posted by FupDuckTV - 04/16/2009
I agree with Kathryn. I think static would potentially be a problem.
Posted by Mo - 04/16/2009
I have several knitted felt bags and haven’t had static problems with them. The wide swathes of velcro on this are my sticking point. But the idea is a good starting point.
Posted by CB - 04/16/2009
I bought a laptop sleeve from Waterfield. Its made in San Francisco so the immediate cost of a fair wage is higher than something made in China — where indirect costs are environmental, such as the mercury from Chinese coal plants that is detected in streams in Oregon and the pollution that reaches Lake Tahoe.
WF products have very high quality design, materials, and craftsmanship. A price that is fair, and an item that won’t end up in the landfill. A company that i feel good about.
http://www.sfbags.com/products.....ecases.htm
Posted by MikeTV - 04/16/2009
$140 for what looks to me to be about $10 worth of materials? Rejected. I’d like to see some homemade versions out there. I hand sewed a laptop sleeve out of some scrap (fake)leather and an old shirt. Even has a zipper on it.
Posted by Elaine - 04/17/2009
You could probably make one for about $6. You wouldn’t even really *need* a sewing machine; in a pinch I think double sided tape could be pressed into service for the velcro.
Posted by George - 04/24/2009
I’m a product designer and I would like to clarify that:
1. premium pure wool felt is a very expensive material and;
2. a well designed product with a clever idea naturally has it’s price.
A laptop sleeve out of scrap pieces will never look as premium as a product designed and made by professionals who know what they are doing…
Posted by LaptopBags - 04/25/2009
Definitely a bit expensive. It is a nice design though. I actually made something smaller for my external hard drive using some car padding (no idea what the real name of it is) from the fabric store.
Posted by Brian Baker - 04/25/2009
Reminds me of my favorite pre-9/11 laptop bag (before I had to remove the computer at security), the Lapdog: http://www.sjdesign.com/lapdog.html.
Posted by SpanishJoe - 05/01/2009
Or you can sew two Sham-Wows together and save $135. The Apple Tax is bad enough, no need to add to the “mac users pay for design” stigma with this silly thing.
Posted by James - 06/03/2009
+1 for Waterfield Designs. You get what you pay for and theirs are worth every penny. I’ve used their sleeves for all my computers and they last and protect them. I also have their Cargo bag, which still looks brand new after 3 hard years of wear. I swear by it and highly recommend their gear.
http://www.sfbags.com/products/cargo/cargo.htm
Posted by portel - 04/17/2010
I agree, felt is not the cheapest material, but gives many opportunities to work with it. One of my designs: http://bit.ly/9KLcq6
Posted by Pat - 04/20/2010
I bought a sleeve from Cost Plus World Market for $9.00. It is very stylish, does the job nicely, and I saved a ton!
Posted by Matt - 04/20/2010
Wow, is that one of those really old 12″ Apple macs? They stopped making them in the early 2000s (as far as I recall).
Posted by George - 04/23/2010
If Apple thought you needed a protective sleeve and a “work surface”, I’m sure they would ship one with the Powerbook. That’s a Powerbook, by the way, in the photo. It’s an Apple that’s old enough that it won’t run the Mac OS/X that Apple now ships.
Why deprive yourself of the opportunity to use your Mac as the designers intended? Don’t bother getting an expensive sleeve — just chuck it in your briefcase or messenger bag or whatever, and be careful where you sling it. And use the work surfaces of the world, not some twee piece of fabric that costs a year’s worth of salary in some parts of the world.
That’s my uncluttered approach, anyway.
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