Checkpoint-friendly laptop bag with a twist
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Aerovation)
Planning on flying with your laptop on a summer vacation? You should definitely consider a TSA checkpoint-friendly bag. There is no shortage of options, but this new model from Aerovation makes one important change to the typical design so getting away from the checkpoint is even faster.
Most TSA-compliant bags split into two pieces: one side for a laptop, the other for your travel gear. These sides butterfly open letting the notebook sit flat on the security scanner's belt in order to meet guidelines. Once through the checkpoint you have to stop and seal up the two sides.
Aerovation solved this small-but-inconvenient issue on this bag by lining the sides with Velcro. Just grab it by the handle on top and the two sides slap together and instantly connect so they're not flapping around as you run to catch your flight.
This model--the Aerovation CPF--is designed to fit laptops up to 15.4-inch wide-screen sizes and sells for less than $80.
I have not tested or even seen this bag in person, so I can't speak to its quality. Just letting you know it's out there if you're in the market for a fairly inexpensive laptop bag to speed you through airport security.
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This bag has been on the market since May of 2008 and was the first checkpoint friendly laptop bag available to consumers. It remains the easiest to use and fastest to screen checkpoint friendly laptop bag on the market.
The Trolley Bag is equally convenient and is not a retrofit of an existing product with a sleeve. It is a true checkpoint friendly bag.
After hundreds of thousands of TSA screenings not one customer has reported a rejection by TSA. Not one.