Wanna be a Timbuk2 Weartester?
Timbuk2 needs more people for our Travel Weartesting Program!
Many of you on GS have asked when and how you could get to test Timbuk2 products. Now here's your chance. A while back, we started a discussion about travel:
http://getsatisfaction.com/timbuk2/to...
From that discussion, we recruited a few folks to help test our new top secret travel bags, but now we need more... We need some die hard participants, so here's what you need to do:
1. You must be a very frequent traveler
2. Respond to this topic with a testimonial on why you should be in our Travel Weartest Program.
3. I'll need a way to contact you- email works best...
Good Luck!
Many of you on GS have asked when and how you could get to test Timbuk2 products. Now here's your chance. A while back, we started a discussion about travel:
http://getsatisfaction.com/timbuk2/to...
From that discussion, we recruited a few folks to help test our new top secret travel bags, but now we need more... We need some die hard participants, so here's what you need to do:
1. You must be a very frequent traveler
2. Respond to this topic with a testimonial on why you should be in our Travel Weartest Program.
3. I'll need a way to contact you- email works best...
Good Luck!
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Inappropriate?I'm a college student, so of course I get to use your stuff around campus, but I'm also an oarsman on our school's rowing team. We travel relatively frequently to regattas and I was actually introduced to your bags via JL Racing's timbuk2 offerings. I've been using a Commute so far, but I'd love to see what you guys could offer in terms of a travel-type bag.
The Commute is great because it can securely hold my laptop while also working well to carry a quick change of clothes, a unisuit or trou and maybe a notebook for studying during the drive or flight. Something expressly designed for travel would be awesome, especially with all the frequent trips we make to regattas.
After rowing ends this May, I'll be heading off to Europe to study abroad in Spain. While my Commute will definitely be coming along, I'd love to Weartest a new product through the train stations, airports, security lines, and buses of Europe. Plus, a new companion to bring to the boathouse around here or even at the Olympic Canal in Barcelona would be great!
I'm conveniently located in the Bay Area, so let me know what I can do.
Thanks!
Luis
fifteencharacters@gmail.com
I’m hopeful!
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Luis, sounds like you'll be overseas for the whole summer? -
sorry I missed this. yes, I'll be overseas from the 1st of July until the 1st of January -
Inappropriate?Hi,
If you need a tester who travels via air frequently, I'm your guy. I just purchased a Track Daypack (still waiting on its arrival) and plan on using it as laptop/general geek bag, but if your designers have any ideas that might work better, I'm game to give it a shot.
I spend between %40-%100 of each month traveling for work, occasionally overseas, and almost always by air. I rarely work in one place longer than a week, so I'm definitely racking up the airline miles.
My suitcase (more accurately duffel bag) with clothes usually gets checked so I can carry on all the tech gadgets I use for work in a backback. I'd love to test out any cool, new, intuitively useful designs for either checked luggage or carry on.
Let me know if I can help... well designed travel gear is hard to come by.
Josh
dorkrock@gmail.com
I’m intrigued
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This sounds good so far. Do you ever try to go with just one bag? -
occasionally... i usually separate my tech toys that i will take to the job site from the clothes i will leave in the hotel, but for short trips (two days or less), i might try to combine things and use one bag... i'm definitely not opposed to the idea... -
Inappropriate?I travel out of state at least 3 times for extended trips. I'm a dedicated photographer and pretty much live out of my bags and on my MUCH loved macbook pro. I depend heavily on my luggage to protect my equipment as well as carry my whole life in efficiently and safely. I'd love the opportunity to test out new products as I'm always on my own personal mission to find the best and most durable for my needs.
Being someone who is pretty much NEVER home, I think I'd be an excellent candidate to offer feedback on what makes or breaks great luggage :D
I’m very interested
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Rin,
Give me a quick inventory of what types of bags you typically travel with. You say you take 3 trips per month? -
Inappropriate?I typically carry one bag for my laptop, Wacom tablet, and purse-type stuff (wallet, passport, books) that bag is ALWAYS with me whether I'm traveling or not, one larger shoulder bag for my camera equipment, A shoulder sling duffel for my clothing which I store in those space bags because I can't find anything efficient enough to store clothes without carrying the world's hugest bag. I do make some of my trips by flight also and prefer not to check my luggage unless absolutely necessary. My current duffel is a bit impractical for flight since I have to rummage through it to get all of the things out that they have to sort through, such as toiletries.
I do take about 3 trips a month ranging from 3-5 days each. I spend the majority of my time on the road and also trekking through all sorts of terrains for my photography (urban, rural, wooded, or a closed shoot on a set, you name it I'm there). -
Rin,
How do I contact you? -
My email address is erin@rochester.rr.com -
Inappropriate?Greetings!
I've been a beta tester for consumer electronics and software many times but never have I been a weartester and I would be honored to be one. I am a roving IT support guy for a virtual organization of 150 employees that are spread all around the U.S. from a small island in Alaska to Maine to Florida to Hawaii. We are part of a government agency that manages 191 million acres of forested land so as you can imagine some of our work locations are a bit rustic. I travel way too much for work (I've only been home for about 4 days in the last six weeks). I learned long ago (the hard way) that with luggage and other bags when you buy cheap you buy twice (or perhaps three times) plus you stuff ends up all over the place when the zipper, fabric, or seams fail. Warranties are nice but I'd rather have stuff that doesn't fail. I've had good luck with products by other vendors (Andiamo, Tom Bihn, Red Oxx) and I wish I had purchased one of your duffle bags when they were still offered but I didn't. I would love to test the wearability of a bag with the same bombproof (Note to TSA: this is a metaphor....I don’t need to go into the special line to empty our every cavity of my carry-on AGAIN) materials and construction of my many Timbuk2 waxed canvas and ballistic nylon messenger bags.
The irony is that when I get home I really would prefer to just hang around the house but that is not what my kids want to do so almost every weekend at home seems to involve travel to a bike race or to go skiing or something. I can promise lots of use and lots of detailed and constructive feedback. I am also willing to sign a NDA and will honor it fully. Thank you for your consideration! -Alan
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I like it. Working where the Wild Things are. -
johnnyymac --- Not sure of your timetable but in addition to my frequent travels my 15 year old daughter is headed to New Zealand and Austrailia in June. They will be off to a new destination each day and I'm pretty sure that anything by T2 would be sufficiently "cool" for a 15 y.o. to use (especially compared to Dad's boring black Andiamo or Tumi bags) so if you want I can add that to the weartest. Cheers! -Alan -
Hmmm, don't see you email in your profile... -
Here you go: alanbarta AT gmail DOT com
I couldn't figure out how to find your email in your profile either even though I'm sure it is there as well. Email me and then I can give you my phone number and we can talk....I didn't want to post my phone number here. THANKS!! -
Been thinking about wear....fabric is probably well know for durabilty (abraision & strength tests etc.). Same with zippers. Probably the way we can benefit you the most is to discover if their are any quirks of the design that cause things to get caught in conveyers or that put undue stress on zippers, buckles, fabric, etc. Of course we can also provide help in the usuability. If permitted in those times when I am not on the road I can loan the tester to animals....ug....I mean co-workers that are even less gentle in their travels than I am. Cheers! -Alan -
Inappropriate?Still looking for some more participation here, let's see who else we can get in on the game by the end of this week!
I’m excited
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Inappropriate?I don't do a ton of traveling but I will be heading out to Costa Rica in a few weeks, do you want to see how the new bags handle Central America?
I’m excited
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Inappropriate?Here's a test: a trip that includes flights from Boston to Rome and Milan to Boston, 18 days of cycling in which my gear bag (cameras, pda, wallet, ipod, laptop, change of clothes) will get tossed into and out of the support van at least 6 times a day, get checked into 18 different hotels, and basically follow me around 24 hours a day. Then we'll do it all again for 16 days in France and Spain in August, then Tuscany in October, then Belgium in January. For starters.
PD
I’m thankful
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Inappropriate?I'm a DC Student and avid outdoorsist. I live just south of the Nations capital, Work just north of it, and play all around it, but especially on my bike and in my kayaks just west of it. I travel 3 hours to 30 hours for kayaking trips, bike races and other things that spark my fancy at least once a month and take bigger, further, longer trips no less than once every three months.
I live like a bedouin between my apartment and vehicle - always prepared, and usually needng to be - and my gear gets used, thrown dragged and generally brought within an inch of its life on a daily basis. I have once even SLEPT in a bag.
I buy only fresh local produce, and forgo the plastic produce bags. Once, I straped a roller duffel to the back of my bike trailer style and used it to transport a weeks worth of food to my beach lean-to on the Tayrona coast right along Colombia's most dangerous highway.
All of my gear is used for its stated purpose as well as anything else I can think of.
I will be travelling to 7 of the NE Rivers over the next two months, The Pacific Northwest in June and the Pacific Southwest in July, and Bogota somewhere inbetween.
I've been a Timbuk2 Fan for years and years (just ordered my fifth bag, but the others are still in operation, and have gifted another 4 to friends) I know what I want in a travel bag, but have as of yet not been able to find it.
KCH
karja (dot) hansen (at) gmail (dot ) com -
Inappropriate?Would love to test out some travel bags. I do air travel about once a month, but during the summer, I am in constant commute between my home in the suburbs, the city, the shore and the pool. Between being thrown on and off airplanes, in and out of cars and down and the concrete pool decking and the sand of the shore, I'm pretty sure I can give your bags a decent test.
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Rich, what kind of bags do you use in your daily commutes? -
I use a Commute. Just got a Commute Slim today. I've been slowly reducing my daily bag content/weight over the last few years. Which mean when I travel I put even more stuff in my travel bag. And my travel bag needs to hold several days worth of clothes and a pair of running shoes. I've blown thru bags at a rate of one over 6-9 months in the last two years. As a professional business coach, I sometimes have to carry training material, etc. and I binder corners tend to poke through my bags eventually.
I'm due for another replacement soon. Any idea when you're looking to have these bags tested? -
Inappropriate?Greetings johnnymac,
Travel weartester... hmmm sounds like I may be able to be of some assistance, so here's my 10 cents worth... I am an airline employee (long-haul cabin crew) living in London. I spend four days a week in South East Asia before heading back to London where I have three days to rest and fit in travel to see family & friends in Europe, before heading back to Asia ie. four days away then three at home(ish) - whew! Not sure what will wear out first - the bags or me :) My husband is a big Timbuk2 fan (owning several more bags than he needs methinks). I would be very interested in testing your travel bags, and can offer you a weekly agenda of many flights, bus travel, bags being checked-in (hopefully ending up where I am & on the same flight), cabin baggage, travel on the London Underground (being kicked across the carriage by my considerate fellow commuters) and ultimately slung into the bedroom corner on my arrival home. I've yet to find a bag that survives this treatment without imploding within a year or so! Hope this would be useful... look forward to hearing from you!
Cheers, KE -
KE-
I'll see what happens here. Living overseas makes things a little more difficult for our program, which relies on P2P shipping. -
Bugger... If we could work around any postal issues, I'd still love to custom design a punishing air-crew weartest program for you. I'd also love to try a cool Timbuk2 bag for work rather than the rubbish we get supplied. Maybe I could convince my husband that it would be a great idea to collect it from you guys personally - we'd love to make the trip someday, so who knows! Just let me know if I can be of assistance :) KE -
Inappropriate?I'm not quite a road warrior so I may not fit the bill as well as others but I travel (by air) at least once a month with a few sporadic road-trips in between and would welcome the opportunity to provide feedback that could make the best bags on the planet even better.
Durable fabric and well engineered construction are important but so is the condition of the clothes when they come out of the bag. It would be cool to see some travel bags with the T2 focus on organization and accessibility.
I’m excited
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I hope this isn't TMI, but here goes... The road-trips typically last 2 to 5 days in about a 600 mile radius from Detroit. I provide field training and support for a manufacturer so in addition to training materials, (spec sheets, brochures, DVDs, etc.) and product demos I pack work wear, dress shirts, suit separates, toiletries, and such. All of this goes into a standard roller suitcase and a 20" x 12" duffel.
The crucial gear travels in a medium T2 laptop messenger. This includes a laptop & associated cables, a hot-swap disc drive, several thumb drives, digital camera, MP3 player w/earbuds & cables, digital audio recorder, about dozen extra AA batteries, 6 or 8 file folders, a couple of Moleskine notebooks, an assortment of pens & markers, a BT earpiece, extra business cards, lens cleaners, hand sanitizer, and a ziplock full of single doses of OTC meds.
On job sites, I carry a stocked 16" Husky tool bag and transfer any necessary files, notebooks, and digital gear to my small T2 messenger. There have been occasions where the small messenger had to double as a tool bag and it's held up very well with no damage to the lining and minimal external scuff-age. -
Inappropriate?Hi,
I travel back and forth to France (where I am from) every time I have the chance.
Most of the time when we (me and my mother, sometimes my younger brother) get our bags back at baggage claim, we always have something wrong with them, whether a rip or a broken piece or roll and we always have to fight with the company afterwards.
I would be glad to try (with my mother) your new travel bag as we always bring a lot of stuffs and we need to get new sets of bags every 6 to 12 months...which ends up being a lot of money.
I am also a student and always need to carry tons of books, clothes, shoes,meals, sometimes a soccer ball, my laptop and other devices. And to be able to do that I carry everything in my travel bag.
In addition, I just got engaged with my girlfriend, we like to travel (and I'd love to visit every state in the U.S), we just gone back from a week-end in Florida, and we will need to fly to Tulsa,OK to visit her parents. We usually share a same baggage in order to get out of baggage claim faster so they are usually really well filled up!
We are also planning on moving to berkeley, CA in order for me to transfer to an other school, I will need to fly there several times to check with the school, housing, job etc.
Hoping that my profil will correspond to your criteria, I need to fix dinner ;-)
Thanks!
Ed
PS: you can contact me at: betterthan6 AT gmail DOT com
I’m excited
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Ed,
How often per month are you traveling? -
Johnnymac, I am definitely not a very frequent traveler but I try to go back to France every 3 to 6 months, my mom goes every 2 months. My fiancee and I may do weekend getaways (plane or car) once to twice a month. Other than that I have to haul a bunch of stuff to go to school, and that I do it 3-4 times a week (I study acupuncture which involve carrying needles, books etc...). I also go grocery shopping by walk which often ends up being a suffering.
Oh also, my fiancee is a massage therapist and she likes using me bag to carry her sheets, oils and other necessities .
Thanks. Ed. -
Still waiting for a reply, and I have a trip to Oklahoma coming up in 2 weeks. -
Still waiting for a reply, and I have a trip to Oklahoma coming up in 2 weeks. -
Inappropriate?Ok....lets see. I may not make the cut for being traveler in some eyes...but here it goes. I do weekend trips to overnight trips hauling along twin 2 yr olds. I sometimes have to travel for work too...which can include flying or driving somewhere. The problem is mostly the traveling with the kids. I hate taking a lot of things, but with them you never know and sometimes entertainment is needed so a laptop or (2) DVD players need to come along. I am also planning on going to the philipines for a month long trip to visit family. All that being said...this summer is going to be a busy one traveling...by car...with the kids. Need a good piece of luggage that can handle my abuse & the abuse of the kids. Something that can take a pretty good beating and also be easy enough for me to manuver while trying to keep them with me & moving.
I already own at least 8 bags from timbuk2....and a bunch of accessories too....and use at least 2 of the bags and 4 of the accessories on a daily basis. My daughter also loves to use mommies macy to pack her little stuffed animals in it....so I gues that bag is no longer mine...oh well.
I would love to be a Mommy travel bag tester....cause even though I may not be traveling by plane.....every day seems like an adventure and a haul with the kids......but I love it and would not change a thing.
Thanks for listening.
I’m giggling.
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Pineapple,
Are you a full time Mom? Do you have work stuff that you carry along on your trips? -
johnnymac.....
In my mind yes...&...no. My day starts by 4am and does not end until 10/11pm...if I am lucky. I do work 30 hours + a week for a company that I have been with for over 10 years now.
Yes I do take work stuff along with me on trips. I always seem to have a stack of papers and / or a laptop and maybe some books too...plus my other stuff & of course...kiddy things.
Hope this helps. -
Cool. How do I contact you? -
email or call....whichever is best for you? -
email please.
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