Briefcase help needed.....

Kohai999

Kohai999

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Found the perfect briefcase in a Maxpedition MPB last year.....BUT.....it got splashed with bleach, and now it is relegated to rangebag duty.....so I got a replacement from L.A. Police gear, and the materials and dimensions have changed, and when an e-mail was sent to Max...this was the response, in part:

"The MPB has changed in many ways over the course of the past 6 years. The materials such as fabric, colors, and other components, also vary from batch to batch. We do this as a continued effort to improve our products. It seems the bag you got, has some idiosyncracies. However, from what we gather, those are a matter of personal preference rather than functional defect. We hope you can grow to love it as your other bag despite its idiosyncracies."

Loving the idiosyncracies is not what I do...I buy a new bag, and give a different company my $$

Please recommend me a briefcase....The heaviest duty black ballistic nylon available....no ripstop, no canvas, no leather.

Best Regards,

STeven Garsson
 
I have been using this "Carry-on Travel Pack" from Mountain Equipment Co-op for 4 years now and love it. The photo is a bit misleading as it doesn't show it in "briefcase mode", the pack straps hide away in a zipper compartment in the back and it can be carried by the shoulder strap or handles. When the pack straps are tucked away it in no way resembles a pack. This is a great brief-case with tons of room, the zippers are heavy duty, and the material is 1680 ballistic nylon.
 
Why not canvas? Is it a looks thing? I have a Filson briefcase, and it is indestructable and looks great too.
 
Mongo said:
Why not canvas? Is it a looks thing? I have a Filson briefcase, and it is indestructable and looks great too.
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I don't like canvas because it is too reactive.....gets wet, stinky(Filson cotton base always smells like old people to me), shrinks, expands... and I just never really trusted it, since I discovered ballistic nylon...which I find much more abrasion resistant.

Best Regards,

STeven Garsson
 
Steve, Try Streichers.com

http://streichers.com/ProductList.aspx?catalog=Bags+and+Organizers&category=ATTACHE_CASES

Galls.com

http://galls.com/easearchresult.htm...tribSelect=Brand='Galls' ;; Venture_id=503185

This place has bags:
http://www.firstinproducts.com/ppg.html

This place, but bags are more "tactical" than business
http://www.uniteduniform.com/c-Bags.html

Here:
http://www.officerstore.com/store/category.cfm/cid_902_duty_bags/

and
http://www.copquest.com/bags_&_cases.htm

I am sure there's more but these are the only places I have conducted business with for this type of item.

Also check Zero Halliburton, I think they have/had a real heavy duty bag (but it's $450)
 
Redoxx and Tumi make very durable high quality briefcases. I managed an operation that made Cordura for Tumi, they were as demanding as NASA.
 
I have a Zero-Halliburton mini, it's slicker than an olympic bobsled. Had to stick a little pad or two on it for it to stay put on a fabric seat.

When had to apply the brakes hard and it would launch off the seat :)
 
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