Expert’s Rating
Our Verdict
pull up stakes it to a company that makes handbags and diaper bags to make a laptop computer bag that ’s practical , comfortable , and attractive . I carry Christ’s-thorn ’s $ 200Giga Be Earthmessenger - style laptop bag around for a week , carting it to work and home again on my motorcycle and on public transportation . Not only did it tally all of my daily essentials , it was leisurely to carry and comparatively compendious — even when lug with a laptop computer , a wind breaker , and enough toilet articles and make-up to stock up the shelves of a tiny Walgreens .
The Giga Be Earth gibe 17 - inch and smaller laptops and is made of a mild , faux leather . ( I screen the black version ; it ’s also useable in brown . ) The laptop computer rests in a heavy , spacious , main compartment that also hosts three small sleeve , each big enough for a mouse , an outside heavy drive , or some cables . A broad front air pocket has a obscure zip for a wallet , as well as dapple for personal item such as a phone , iPod , and pen . On the back of a bag , a slip - in pocket can confine a few folders or magazines . The Giga Be Earth also come with a drawstring pouch big enough for a laptop charger , and an elastic shoulder strap with a clip for your Francis Scott Key .
The corner of the Giga Be Earth are reward with an additional layer of foam to plunge shock , and the interior of the bag is lined with what Ju - Ju - Be calls BeCool Venting Technology — the company ’s fancy name for perforated froth to keep your laptop cool .
The Giga Be Earth weigh two pounds when empty and can be carried with either its warm - grab hold or its adjustable shoulder shoulder strap . The shoulder shoulder strap sports a remembering - foam pad that take the udder comfortable to carry when loaded up . Even after a seven - Roman mile tenacious bike ride , the strap did n’t tailor uncomfortably into my berm .
Though the bag looks largely androgynous on the outside , you ’ll get feminine touch in its hot - pink facing and rhinestone - studded zipper pulls — courteous touch for a fair sex who desire a professional laptop bag but not a boring briefcase . ( The brown version of the bag swaps hot pink for teal . )
The only affair missing from the Giga Be Earth is a designate sleeve to secure your laptop inside the bag . The big , zippered main scoop is trudge , but your laptop model generally inside it . When you unzip the compartment whole , it ’s open on three sides ( left , right , and top ) , with nothing to hold your laptop in place . ( The exception is if you have a 15 - inch or 17 - inch laptop — larger laptop are sort of held in place by the top lip of the compartment . My 13 - column inch MacBook Air , on the other paw , could well fall away out . ) A consecrated internal arm , or even an elastic strap , would be a overnice addition to keep your laptop computer in place .
Perhaps the best part about the Giga Be Earth is its Earth Leather exterior . Unlike many faux leathers , the Earth Leather does n’t look or feel plasticky , and it ’s soft while still being durable . The cloth is blot resistive , but if you pass off to spill something on it , the intact dish is car washable .
Bottom line
The Giga Be Earth is a great choice for a cleaning woman who needs a well-situated , virtual bag and require uncomplicated style with some pernicious genius .
