In Search of the Utlimate Techie Carry All?

Anonymous Coward asks: "Like many of Slashdot's readership, I work as an IT guy, and I have quite an interest in techie toys. The result of this is that I wind up lugging around a number of small devices around with me every day. In addition I also carry a number of backup tapes, as I am responsible for my company's offsite backup storage. Unfortunately, I have yet to find the perfect way to cart all of this stuff around. I quickly run out of pockets in the summer, when I don't have a jacket, and if I use my hands, I end up dropping stuff when I go to unlock a door or get out of the car. My poor Rio has its battery held in with a rubber band! I currently use the same case that I use for my laptop, but that's overkill, as I don't take it home every night. I've seen that one company makes a carrying case for a PDA and a cell phone, which also includes a paper planner and resembles a tall CD wallet. This is sort of along the lines of what I'm looking for, but it doesn't hold enough and I have no interest in paper." Yes, we've had questions like this one before, however as the tools one usually carries with them have changed over the course of even the last year, I figure this question deserves to get asked, every so often.

"The ultimate techie carry all would hold all of the following, in a structured way, without being too purse-like:

• PDA
• Cell Phone
• A small quantity of backup tapes, or any small media that you'd wish to transport.
• A portable MP3 player or CD/MP3 player
• Possibly a few CDs, but they already have good cases for that.

as anyone come across anything like this?"

Comments

Eagle Creek

[ptomblin]

I've got an Eagle Creek bum bag that I got at Eastern Mountain Sports, and it's pretty good. It's good room for my cell phone, my wallet, my PDA, my keys, my passports and green card, my checkbook, my blood sugar tester, my mini-maglight and my bucktool. It can be worn as a bumbag, or you can zipper away the waist band and carry it over your shoulder with an included strap (which I unfortunately lost).

I'm not 100% sure, but I think this one is the one I have.
This one is bigger, but it looks pretty good too.

If I was designing my own, I'd do something very much like what I have now, except I'd put the cell phone and the PDA in separate pockets with velcro'ed flaps so I could get them out without digging through the rest of the junk.

One disadvantage, though, is that one of my former cow orkers used to call it my "man purse".
If you can stand the shame and humiliation, go for it. It's certainly better than having all that stuff in your trouser pockets.
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