Retaining your masculinity while carrying the iPad
The New York Times had an odd post recently in which it responded to men who were having trouble carrying their iPad around town in a masculine fashion. According to the article in its Fashion & Style section, some men have even eschewed taking their iPad in public just because there's a lack of suitably macho bags. Scott Stein at CNET even rated iPad bags in terms of their "humiliation index."I've used a laptop for many, many years and I'll admit this isn't a problem that's ever occurred to me. Any doubts or questions about my bag are instantly dissipated when I bust out awesome technology like the iPad. I guess I could see a bit of embarrassment if you're wearing a funky fanny pack or something, but there are tons of great looking bags for the iPad. Just check out the Booq Boa push bag, for example
If you really have trouble with establishing your masculinity via your gadget bag, let me suggest using a Sharpie to draw some skulls on it or maybe add some spikes.
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I know it does seem a littly silly, but to be fair if people want to feel masculine whilst transporting the ipad around, then getting a bag they are comfortable with is not such a big deal - go for it if it makes you feel better. No harm done
January 09 2011 at 3:19 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyShould have gone with the galaxy tablet instead. At 7inches it fits into a mans back pocket perfectly!
December 22 2010 at 6:23 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyThe Muzetto is like a buttery-leather European man-bag. Very nice.
http://www.sfbags.com/products/muzetto/muzetto.htm
On the more expensive (but very masculine) side, there are several iPad case offerings from a little known company called Saddleback Leather. You can find their iPad cases/sleeves here, and you can navigate to bags without too much effort:
http://www.saddlebackleather.com/165-ipad-case-sleeve-gadget-pouches-catagory
Happy Owl Studios makes a fantastic iPad folio case with a pouch in it that can hold cables, iphone, charger, headphones, pens, etc, making it about as thick as a decent hardcover novel. It's just enough storage to be useful for everyday walkaround use as a "man purse" but it's integrated into the case, and made out of manly black leather. The extra girth helps the case double as a stand for various viewing/typing angles, and anyone worried about the extra weight on the iPad is clearly not manly enough to qualify as a user. For the more feminine users, they have a pleated looking one with a strap. www.happyowlstudio.com
December 17 2010 at 1:47 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Replysomeone mentioned dodocase, and i'd go further and mention the dodobag. i've had one for about a month, and its super useful and is small enough to take anywhere but looks like a bag, not a purse.
December 17 2010 at 12:04 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyKicking sand in your face; there's an app for that.
December 17 2010 at 9:00 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyMuzetto by WaterField Designs. http://www.sfbags.com
December 17 2010 at 8:23 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyWow...
I could wear a pink playboy bunny g-string and nipple pasties and carry an iPad in a fanny pack and still feel absolutely masculine.
These guys have to be REALLY insecure for a bag to be able to break down their fragile masculinity in this way..
Nice man-purse.... it's european!
December 17 2010 at 1:16 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyMy grandmother referenced that commercial when I showed up at her house my iPad in its satchel.
Seriously, you can hem and haw about how people need to be less sensitive, but the fact is that men have become accustomed to getting by with a wallet, whereas women have long had a convenient option between a full-on backpack and a wallet in the form of a purse. I spent a lot of time trying to figure out which bag looked the least purse-like and retained the necessary functionality, but the reality is that if you have a bag that's just big enough to hold the iPad and a couple of accessories, it's going to be firmly in the purse size range, and comparisons are going to be made. Whether or not those comparisons bother you depends on the person.
Me, when I remember it's there, sometimes I feel a little self-conscious about my bag, although I really like it (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003BNY8B0/), but I /love/ my iPad, and if a couple of man-purse jabs come along with it, that's a price I'm willing to pay.
Funny. I just looked at the CNET article and see that my bag has the lowest "Humiliation Index." I guess no one thought to tell my grandmother. ;-)
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