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Archive for the 'Law Enforcement Gear' Category
Friday, June 30th, 2006
Over at Digg, user detour99 points to a page of Oakley computer cases and labels it “If Jack Bauer made laptop bags . . .” He adds:
These rock-hard laptop bags from Oakley would appear more at home dropped into a war-zone rather than carried on the bus. They do however score a high amount of [...]
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Posted in Backpacks, Bag Contents, Commentary, Details, Gadget Bags, Laptop Bags, Law Enforcement Gear, Man Bags, Manufacturers, Military Bags, Public Image, Role Models, Shoulder Bags | 5 Comments »
Friday, June 2nd, 2006
Speaking of 24, over at Yahoo! Answers a reader named Miss D writes in with a query:
If Jack Bauer is so badass, why does he carry a murse?
Twenty would-be wise guys try to explain. Including Dave, who lays it out:
That’s where he carries all his whoopass. Sometimes he has so much of it, it spills [...]
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Posted in Bag Contents, Commentary, Electronics, Gadget Bags, Law Enforcement Gear, Man Bags, Messenger Bags, Military Bags, Public Image, Role Models, Shoulder Bags | 2 Comments »
Thursday, June 1st, 2006
Looking for the canvas messenger bag carried by Jack Bauer, Kiefer Sutherland’s character on TV’s longest-running week-long show, 24?
According to our visitor logs, so are a lot of other people. We don’t get it. What, exactly, is the virtue of carrying a man purse identical to that of a fictional, independent, go-it-alone secret agent? So [...]
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Posted in Gadget Bags, Law Enforcement Gear, Man Bags, Manufacturers, Marketing, Messenger Bags, Military Bags, Public Image, Role Models, Survival Gear | 25 Comments »
Thursday, May 11th, 2006
Help us out here. Yesterday we introduced County Comm’s Bail Out Bag (Generation 5!) without stopping to explain what a “bailout bag” might be.
Many of our readers may already know what a bailout bag is, but we have a strong suspicion that not all of you would be able to agree on a single definition.
For [...]
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Posted in Gadget Bags, Law Enforcement Gear, Man Bags, Manufacturers, Survival Gear | No Comments »
Wednesday, May 10th, 2006
Reader Jonathan Coupe writes in to tell us about the fifth-generation Bail Out Bag from tactical-gear and watch supplier County Comm:
They’re shaped like a small courier bag, with the addition of really well-thought-out outside pockets. The bag’s charms are those pockets, it’s toughness and comfort — they’re designed for cops.
The bailout bag measures approximately 14 [...]
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Posted in Bag Contents, Courier Bags, Details, Gadget Bags, Law Enforcement Gear, Man Bags, Manufacturers | 2 Comments »
Thursday, April 20th, 2006
Writing in the current issue of Make magazine, technology columnist Andy Ihnatko enumerates the hassles of storing gear in your pants:
Every night, you have to empty all of your pockets. Every morning, you have to fill ’em up again. And portable pockets (in the form of belt pouches) are a mere Band-Aid solution. Unless your [...]
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Posted in Belts, Electronics, Handheld Bags, Holsters, Law Enforcement Gear, Leg Rigs, Manufacturers, Military Bags | 2 Comments »
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