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One Way Pocket Idea
Dear Timbuk2 designer folks,
I have an idea for you to make your bags EVEN MORE AWESOME! Namely, something I did to my old (non-TB2) bag, I added a One Way Pocket.
I've yet to hack my Timbuk2 bag this way, but would prefer to buy a bag from you with this built in. Also, I've never seen it on anyone else's bag; this idea also goes a long way to addressing people's need for a "small outside pocket". For instance a one-way-pocket would be great for the big zippered pocket on my bag... it sure beats having to unclip the flap and unzip and then rezip and reclip the flap just to get a pen, or a usb-stick.
How it works: You make a slit from the outside to where you want your one-way-pocket to go, then on the inside of the pocket destination, sew a 4-5" cloth tube made out of something nice and stretchy (something that will close itself when not being held open). To put something in, including your hand to feel around for stuff, you just slide it in the slit and push down, opening the tube. When there is nothing in the tube, it closes and folds back on itself so things can't pop out.
This is super helpful at airport security, where you want to empty your pockets of things that annoy the metal detector. Come on Timbuk2, make your bags PERFECT!
-Scott
I have an idea for you to make your bags EVEN MORE AWESOME! Namely, something I did to my old (non-TB2) bag, I added a One Way Pocket.
I've yet to hack my Timbuk2 bag this way, but would prefer to buy a bag from you with this built in. Also, I've never seen it on anyone else's bag; this idea also goes a long way to addressing people's need for a "small outside pocket". For instance a one-way-pocket would be great for the big zippered pocket on my bag... it sure beats having to unclip the flap and unzip and then rezip and reclip the flap just to get a pen, or a usb-stick.
How it works: You make a slit from the outside to where you want your one-way-pocket to go, then on the inside of the pocket destination, sew a 4-5" cloth tube made out of something nice and stretchy (something that will close itself when not being held open). To put something in, including your hand to feel around for stuff, you just slide it in the slit and push down, opening the tube. When there is nothing in the tube, it closes and folds back on itself so things can't pop out.
This is super helpful at airport security, where you want to empty your pockets of things that annoy the metal detector. Come on Timbuk2, make your bags PERFECT!
-Scott
I’m hopeful you'll try this!
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Inappropriate?Can you send us a photo so we can see your ingenious idea.
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Inappropriate?Yes, I am having a hard time envisioning it, but it sounds interesting.
I’m intrigued
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Inappropriate?Gee - I don't think I have my old bag any more... I'll look for it.
I'll try describing it a slight different way... and if I get a second I'll draw it, but in the mean time.
Just imagine that you made a pocket accessible from the outside of the bag, just a slit in the outside, lined with a cloth pocket, where the 'pocket' hung into a larger storage area of the bag. Now if you cut the threads holding the bottom the pocket together, when you dropped something into the pocket it would just fall in to the the larger storage area.
But because the pocket is just loose cloth, it would be hard for things in the storage area to find their way back out through the hole in the bottom pocket, since the cloth would just tend to fold, turning it into a one-way door. Making the pocket out of something that constricts makes it even more likely that things can find their way out.
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Inappropriate?seems like it would compromise the water-proof liner wouldnt it?
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Inappropriate?Well, any opening compromises the water-proof lining! :) If you're talking about rain, then a small flap or some such stops that. Remember the slit for the pocket is somewhere towards the top, or the top-front of the bag. As long as you can easily slide your hand in.
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