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Link: Homemade Backpacking Gear - Home

Since I began backpacking, I have found relying on gear that I've made myself to be not only more ultilitarian, but very rewarding.  This site is a humble effort to create a repository for homemade-gear ideas that I've found both progressive and practical.  You might wonder what that strange metal-looking thing is in the upper-lefthand corner of every page.  It's the Belt-Buckle windscreen which I consider to be my first and most original contribution to the UL backpacking community and, thus, a fitting icon for my site.

The mainstay of this site is the Gear Laboratory where I post articles by myself and others.  Feel free to submit your own ideas and I will be happy to publish them.  Please keep checking back for updates and I hope you find the information here helpful. 

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I enjoy learning about tools created by practitioners of a craft or activity. It's been way too long since I last went backpacking.

Travel Gear: Scooba Design Release 2 New Checkpoint Friendly Bags

I just received an email from Scooba Designs announcing two new TSA approved checkpoint friendly bags. In a nutshell the bag has a section that includes a clear window that shows that a laptop is in the compartment and it provides the same x-ray image as if the laptop had been removed from the bag.

Watch the video to see how they've designed the bag for faster movement through the checkpoint. They do mention that the TSA still has the right to pull you out and check you regardless which I guess is to be expected. The greatest feature of the bag is that you can quickly grab your bag and go without worrying about dropping the laptop.

 

 

Links: Checkthrough Roller (new), Checkthrough Backpack (new), All Checkthrough Bags.