EFB flight bag

ZapBrannigan said:
Horizon pilots can afford a $200 flight bag? I sure can't.
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Anyone actually buy that Garmin Executive bag? I've been eyeing it for a while now. Those contrails bags look nice too, but seem really pricy in comparison to all the rest and their biggest is only about the same size as the garmin. Price seems suspect, unless we're talking something like LW vs Travelpoo quality.
 
So far, I'm VERY pleased with my Flight Cube. I'll post pictures when I get back to the house, but it fits a surprising amount of stuff, happily going from 'laptop bag' to 'cube'.

Front pocket fits all my minutiae, even my flashlight, a billion pens, my laptop and phone chargers and cables, stylus for my EFB, spare batteries, sunglasses, and my big fat passport-holding SpecOps THE Wallet.

Second pocket back holds my headset, 16-oz thermos with coffee, and any various miscellaneous items.

Third back holds manuals, docs, binders, and any other miscellaneous paperwork and detritus.

Last pocket holds my 13" macbook air, and in the padded pouch, my awful Surface pro.

Overall, I love it. As I said, pictures forthcoming.

-Fox
 
Considering how much valuable stuff my flight bag holds (Bose headset, ipad, laptop, camera), I'd rather pony up for a quality $200 bag than have something that's going to suffer structural failure on me in the middle of a trip.
 
I stand by my Briggs and Riley suggestion. One year in and it looks brand new. I commute and it has dedicated passport,sunglasses, pen, iPad, keys, charging cable etc... Pockets. I carry my 13" MacBook, iPad, fire stick, external HDD, QRH, trail mix, folder with company paperwork, flashlight, headphones and a lot of little whatnots.

To be clear I do not carry a headset. Since I don't have to drag a high dollar Headset around with me I can afford a nice bag.


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Ended up buying the Aerocoast Pro Crew. I'll post a few pictures. It's almost TOO big, I/E it's too fat to sit in the well next to the seat in the he NG the seat moves back and then out, so it squishes the bag when it moves out. Makes it tough to get in and out. That said, it's cavernous inside and I've liked having the extra room. I also like the heavy duty magnetic handles.

The things I miss is a place to hang my car keys and a dedicated spot for a bottle of water (my previous bag had a pocket on the side with elastic netting in it to hold a bottle and little lanyard in the side pocket that was designed to loop over the neck of the water bottle)

This does the trick, but I don't love it.
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Here are a few more. The things I like quick access to in the front pocket are my flashlight, my keys, a small umbrella. Hat/gloves. Sunglasses. And then I like a single pocket for my headsets and iPad (clarity aloft in a Telex case together fits great in a laptop slot)

Unfortunately there just aren't enough slots in the front pocket of this bag.
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I figured it was time to step up from the back pack, so last week I ordered the Contrails FL420 bag. Initial impressions are good. I switched out bags today. I haven't used it in the airplane, yet, but I assume it'll work well. My only gripe is that I carry way too much crap. In the world of paperless cockpits, why in the hell am I carrying a QRH and paper checklist?! (Rhetorical question. The answer is "That's the wAAy we did it on the Electra.)
 
ERfly said:
I figured it was time to step up from the back pack, so last week I ordered the Contrails FL420 bag. Initial impressions are good. I switched out bags today. I haven't used it in the airplane, yet, but I assume it'll work well. My only gripe is that I carry way too much crap. In the world of paperless cockpits, why in the hell am I carrying a QRH and paper checklist?! (Rhetorical question. The answer is "That's the wAAy we did it on the Electra.)
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Hows the main pocket in that? Pics on the website only show the front pocket...
 
broncoav8r said:
Hows the main pocket in that? Pics on the website only show the front pocket...
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It has 2 main pockets. The back one unzips to make it TSA-friendly if you're carrying a laptop. They're both about the same size. They're pretty big. My back pocket has my work and personal iPad in it, QRH (which is way too thick), my pencils and highlighters for my North Atlantic Arts and Crafts, my plotter, sunglasses and my headset (Telex 5X5 earpiece). The front pouch, I put my little traveling pharmacy, spare eyeglasses, prescription sunglasses and various forms of paperwork from the company. There are tons of pockets on it.
 
Derg said:
I'm a big fan of "non-pilot" bags because they generally have an impressive amount of features (positive) jammed into a bag made to be as cheap as possible to satisfy our industries craving for 'cheap at all costs' (negative).

I've been carrying around this for the past year and it's been amazing: http://www.amazon.com/Booq-brief-Laptop-15-Inch-MacBook/dp/B00BTJWSXS
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$145!!!! Do you really think a piece of equipment that helps me do my job is worth THAT much money.
 
mikecweb said:
$145!!!! Do you really think a piece of equipment that helps me do my job is worth THAT much money.
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Sell a boat, maybe a gun or three and you can afford it, Cheapo. :)

I still remember "$49 for a room at the Palms to go hunt for a six-figure job? Who does he think he is?" Meanwhile, that person blew $2000 on hookers, penny slots and keno.
 
Much delayed, but now that I'm done with my ATP and type ride:

The LuggageWorks Stealth Flight Cube:

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Outer pocket, holds pens, keys, flashlights, more pens, checkbook, even more pens, stylus, 8-bit Rainbow Dash lucky charm thing, more pens, stylus nibs, more pens, sunglasses, a few more pens, gum, and other miscellany. More capacious than it looks:

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The first pocket. Big! Fits my headset bag, laptop charger, EFB charger, phone charger, a 12oz bag of high-grade specialty coffee, and Hario v.60 filters. Spare batteries, whatever else.

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Middle pocket. Holds paper, QRH, certificates and documents, spare paper, more spare paper, some folders with some spare paper in them, logbooks when I need to bring them with me, apparently some wadded up paper, and so on.

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EFB pocket. Has a padded pouch that my Surface fits into perfectly, and a different section that my 13" macbook air slides into. Would also fit a macbook pro, and probably a ThinkPad or equivalent, possibly up to 15", though I can't guarantee that.

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It attaches to my Stealth 22, and probably yours, too. Like this:


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And this:

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Or this, if you're worried about being mistaken for a flight attendant, or just want everyone to see your custom-embroidered name, or PILOT insignia:

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I like this bag. ^.^

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That's all.

-Fox
 
That bag is sexy. But will it fit my rainbow loom materials? :)
 
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