Originally Posted by fixedpip
I have to confess I went to try Boblbees out once as I was paranoid about crashing my fixie (was riding brakeless at the time) while carrying a laptop.
The main problem with the Boblbee is that they really can't carry too much gear. They only expand a little so you can carry a laptop and your lunch, or a change of clothes but they don't have the carrying capacity that most of us need. The big ones always feel huge and the little ones feel stupid.
You also feel like a dork riding with them, you have to really really really need to like the design.
They look very flash and 'cutting edge' to folks, so its like riding with a giant 'please mug me as I have a very expensive bag with probably very expensive stuff in it'.
In other words, I don't think they're all that.
I spent 3 years where everything I owned except the bike fit into a Boblbee, never got mugged with it on. Did fall on my back once and the laptop was all good. I know a dude who weighs about 250 and he used to stand and jump on his to show how freaking tough the shell is. As for the look, yeah I don't love it, but in the matte black it's relatively discrete and it's the only bag around that completely eliminates that nagging "watch out for the laptop" stress...
That said I've been tossing the laptop into the Bailey Works lately.