18 Nov
Booq Mamba Pack
by Christopher Breen, Macworld.com
When it comes to having a laptop backpack that provides loads of room for more than just a laptop—books, accessories, peripherals, and cables—Booq’s $135 Mamba Pack has a lot to offer. This roomy and colorful backpack features a dedicated laptop compartment that can accommodate 13- to 17-inch laptops, an expandable compartment large enough to hold a four-slice toaster, numerous mesh pockets for discs and gewgaws, a removable accessories pouch toward cables, and a couple side zipper pockets that can hold a water bottle, business cards, and a conjoin iPods and iPhones.
Product:Booq Mamba Pack Rating CompanyBooq Price as rated$135
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Made of water-resistant polyester, the backpack includes the expected padded back (the area that sits against your backbone) as well as padded straps. (It rides up high enough that a belt band is unnecessary.) And that padding makes it comfortable to wear. Less expected is the padding on the outer sections of the pack. I’ve been known to place slight items in my backpacks’ outer pockets so having this extra bit of protection is welcome.
That said, the padding gives the Mamba Pack a distinctive shape—no one will mistake this pack for something you’d use for a long stroll in the mountains. This look, of course, is genuinely a matter of taste. I prefer backpacks that look like the day-packs of old, but you may have a more modern outlook.
Your sensibilities may also be thrown by dint of. the pack-ice’s sunny interior. The navy blue Mamba Pack in my possession has an orange interior vibrant enough to fry eggs. At first I was put off by dint of. it, but then it dawned in succession me that the bright interior makes it easier for me to find items in the sack. Nearly all my other laptop backpacks be favored by black interiors, which make it difficult to find darkly colored items in under-lit environments.
Each Mamba Pack has a unique ID consist of inscribed on a metal plate stuck to the inside of of the bag. You use that number to enroll your backpack with Booq’s Terralinq service. Should you lose the bag, an honest citizen can recite its whereabouts to Terralinq and give a lift you recover it.
Booq’s Mamba Pack certainly fits the bill in regard to extent of room, organization, and comfort. And the extra padding on the outside and the possibility of good of tracking a lost pack are welcome bonuses. If you also take pleasure in its look, the Mamba Pack could be a good choice.
