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How Much Stuff Can Timothy Jam Into His New Hoodie's Pockets? (Video)
Timothy Lord is exactly the kind of person for whom the SCOTTEVEST Ultimate Hoodie Microfleece was designed; He's on the go all the time, needs to travel light, and wants to carry lots of stuff on his person to avoid checking luggage when he's flying. Yes, we know; before long half the people waiting to board airliners will be bulked out to double their normal width. Meanwhile, Timothy managed to jam an amazing amount of stuff into his new hoodie. Or jacket, as he prefers to call it.
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"This is the Ultimate Hoodie Microfleece by SCOTTVEST. Let's see how much I can cram into it, nothing fancy, just what I'd carry around on an average Friday night at the Slashdot offices.
Three tubes of Astroglide, check! Four elbow-length latex gloves, check! Six ball gags, check check check check check and check! One Yoda doll, check.
Overall, this vest can take quite the fill. It gets 2 Fists Up from the editors of Slashdot."
Trolling is a art,
Doesn't he have a lightsaber? Galaxy is a dangerous place.
But will it blend?
A top to go with my vibrams and utilikilt. I was constantly afraid that I only looked like a complete fucking idiot from the waste down.
The above embedded video covers up my moderation box.
and who carries Salt on them during a trip? Plus I'm sure it's lots of fun having to unload all that crap when going through the scanners.
-- By all means let's be open-minded, but not so open-minded that our brains drop out.
Is this some sort of joke?
I normally try to avoid making such a post, but I could fit most of that into my Columbia OmniHeat jacket from a year ago. I've seen others with various styles of jackets that could fit just as much. I just feel underwhelmed by the product.
Maybe if he had a couple more layers of stuff and filled the entire screen with it when laying it on a table, it would have been more impressive.
Charisma is the measure of someone's ability to lie with a straight face.
A crummy commercial? Son of a bitch!
Well now I know what article of clothing I WILL NEVER be buying.
Congratulations on finding a great way to get your product on to the "Never purchase" list.
_ _ _ Go for the eyes Boo! GO FOR THE EYES!
With any design, there should be at least one large pocket.
Even add straps to the insides of the pocket so it can still be used for a bunch of other stuff.
I modded my own case for carrying all my electronics from a screw-driver set.
Took a bunch of the straps off and re-arranged them to fit my stuff, from USB hubs to battery2USB packs for charging, all the way to an optical drive.
Take it everywhere I go when out. About as thick as 2 standard laptops. Netbook is in its own case. Stopped taking laptop around with me as it is old and bulky.
Probably unlikely to buy a new one anytime soon unless it comes with Mr Fusion and Matrix Simulator v.5.
This jacket, or similar, could probably do pretty well. I've always been wanting a nice large jacket for carrying a bunch of stuff with me in addition to backpack and case.
I definitely have "Ads disabled" checked but they're still coming through thick and fast :-(
until you have to run and all the stuff is bouncing around and battering you or flying out. I just bought a hoodie much like this during lunch (before seeing this article) a Kohl's for $20. Just without all the zillions of pockets. I'd rather have a vest on under the hoodie, as I dress in layers for the radical temperature changes during the day in California.
A feeling of having made the same mistake before: Deja Foobar
Why don't you mark this as a paid advertisement? (or if it really isn't, then make it clear because everyone assumes it is.)
Listen, I have no problem with Slashdot making money. But....you HAVE to know that this kind of thing is going to be flamed. So why not make it clear that a post has been paid for? Sure you'll still get some negative feedback, but I bet it'd be a lot less.
If I were Scottevest, I'd be pretty pissed about the conversation.generated by my ad. Hell, if I were them I'd never have advertised in the first place precisely because of that.
You upset your readers because they feel like they're being sold out - and you make the advertiser look bad. Not a good strategy, IMO.
Ironically, I probably would never view the video because the story doesn't interest me. However knowing it is an advert now- I'm kind of curios what it is like.
Would never buy the product- have zero interest in hoodies, but I am now curious about the ad.
"That's the way to do it" - Punch
And it's been sitting in my closet because I've realized how much of a raging nerd I looked like carrying 20lbs of gear on me.
They are fantastic for frequent travelleing. Keep all your personal items in the vest then drop the vest into the xray while you walk through the metal detector. No more digging for keys, phones/music players, loose change etc..
The worst part is you end up hoarding stupid stuff. Then your clothing becomes similar in weight to a soldier's full combat load. I had to quit that habit.
Cool, an ad where we can leave feedback! Well, I had a scottevest and I found the material to be poor quality, some of the pokets were torn after less than a year, which never happened to me with any other jacket in that timeframe (it usually take 5 years of heavy usage). Also the vest is heavy even when empty. I'm better off with a normal jacket and a small backpack (which is more convenient to store/retrieve things from than trying to remember you put thing Y in pocket 2364263426).
I can fit all of that in a standard "hoodie" or other normal jacket that costs a lot less than the horribly overpriced $70.00 thing he is showing.
slap an ipad and a netbook in there and I'll be impressed.
Do not look at laser with remaining good eye.
Who the fuck cares? Who would EVER use this stupid thing? I have flown a hundred times. They let you carry on a full size carry on bag, which is pretty big, AND something else that will fit under the seat; I usually choose a backpack. You can fit enough stuff in those two things for a week long trip. And no sweatshirt is going to hold a fraction of what you can fit in a full size upright suitcase. Why the fuck would I want to wear an ugly sweatshirt crammed full of hard pokey junk, look leotarded, and be uncomfortable for my entire flight? Is this a joke?
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www.n1ywb.com
A new slashdot appears?
/. as my homepage. I don't know what the plan is but this website is becoming a politicized thinkgeek advertisement more and more that last 2-3 years.
After 13 years, I am getting to the point of just giving up on
I'm better off with a normal jacket and a small backpack
Not by the peculiar rules of the airline industry!
A backpack, however small or large, counts as an "item".
Pockets on things you are wearing, even filled to the brim, do not count as "an item".
You can thus carry on two real bags (luggage plus laptop bag) wearing this hoodie or something like it, plus whatever can go in your pockets. The more pocket space, the lighter your other bags can be (or the more stuff you can bring).
"There is more worth loving than we have strength to love." - Brian Jay Stanley
I have a Northface McMurdo jacket in size xxxl. This thing has an ungodly amount of HUGE pockets, so much so that I lose things in it. It also doubles as a blanket / mattress, and will keep you warm in subantarctic temps (look up Archibald McMurdo, of the HMS Terror, he explored antarctica. I would never need this.
music lover since 1969
Have gnu, will travel.
wow! a hoodie with pockets! holy shit. break out the champagne, eureaka they have done! i cant believe i watched that whole video. i was assuming he would be packing a beowulf cluster of trs80's and a high res 21" CRT in there. but no, just some gum, chargers, and candy bars. i nominate this video for the least impressive thing i have ever seen on /.
anybody seen some totally lamely awesome 2am cable style slashvertisements? we should at least try and make this post into something fun. and they obviously want us to make fun of them
I really enjoy slashdot because there are a lot of intelligent, well-spoken people here, but I'm so close to being done with it. Makes me a little sad.
I have ads disabled. Yet I still saw the blatant ad for a hoodie sold by a website owned by the same people who also own /. And since there really wasn't much interesting in the commercial (opps, I mean "video"), I can only assume it was published here as an advertisement.
I'm an American. I love this country and the freedoms that we used to have.
Is this journalism or a stealth advertisement?
I'm hoping it isn't the latter because Slashdot editors should know how furious people will be if they ran commercially paid for articles without labeling them as thus (especially ironic given how much coverage this sort of activity gets on Slashdot)
I don't mind seeing information about commercial products that may be interesting to geeks -- but this made me feel dirty.
Evolution: love it or leave it
I actually own a fleece hoodie from this company and love it... but that was a HORRIBLE commercial.
Why wouldn't he pack the toy gun? I think it would have been great for a laugh! And if you are afraid of the possible cavity search, just eat some beans a few hours before, and you get a possible second laugh!
Marketing, at any rate. Scott sure knows how to market. Got banned from Delta in-flight mag (IIRC) for an ad telling you that the Evest could help you avoid baggage fees (see Streisand Effect) and reviews/ads/articles/endorsements run the gamut from Leo Laporte to Steve Wozniak to Amy Tan and Slashdot to the Wall Street Journal. There is a Youtube subculture of videos showing what is in your Evest. Agent Casey wore one on "Chuck".
As to the vest...
I've worn the Evest nearly every day for the past few years. My netbook (well, until my daughter tripped on the cord and sent it to the floor) would fit into the inner pocket. I generally have my phone, a music-player, a camera and extra batteries, a handful of USB sticks, incidentals (floss, tweezers, earplugs, ...), business cards, and a pen or two, sometimes a can of mace. It's easy to toss in a small tripod, VHF rig or scanner when I want to have those with me.
I started pulling stuff out for one of the officers I chat with at the local coffee joint and all he could say was, "wow, imagine having to pat down someone wearing one of those."
My first Evest wore out after a year and a half - in part because I wore a hole where the seatbelt hits my shoulder. I'm currently wearing the lightweight vest which was on sale when I needed the replacement. It is OK but I don't like it as much as the standard travel vest. I haven't personally found much use for the back pocket on the vests and would rather do away with that zipper. You do have to be *very* careful to go through all the pockets before washing it.
It's handy when travelling through airport security. There is a pocket sized for tickets, cash and such. My phone, camera and miscellany are already in it so while in line I just stuff my wallet, Surefire, keys, belt and other metal-containing items into the pockets and throw the thing into a bin for the x-ray checks.
I tried the shorts but am lukewarm at best. The belt tends to curl a bit and several of the pockets are restricted in what can be put in them otherwise any time you kneel you jam the items in the lower back pocket between the back of your thigh and your calf. I've pretty much relegated them to use for workouts at the gym where the pockets are fine for holding my music player, phone and locker key. I probably won't replace them when they wear out.
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"You are not remembered for doing what is expected of you." - Atul Chitnis
I was curious as to who submitted this. The link leads to an "under construction" page, but another site (urloz) does have some advice for him: "The domain roblimo.com contains words that might trigger Google filters:'raping'". I'm not making this up: http://urloz.com/www.roblimo.com.html
Please consider this account deleted, I just can't be bothered with the spam anymore.
Whoever got handed the assignment to produce this garbage has got to hate their job right now. This is so clumsy. This is so ugly.
I know, there's constant pressure on the organization to somehow monetize the website. This shows an utter lack of creativity in answering that need. Best wishes in your future efforts.
Seth
$5 / month hosted VPS on linux = awesome!
Tim(e) Lord with an item that has a surprising amount of space inside? ...
Is this guy an Elton John impersonator?
We play the game with the bravery of being out of range
Tell them it is terrible and to never use a video camera again. What was with the music? Audio was fantastic too.
what happened and how is there a media element on the left hand side! this is extremely jarring to me and must be stopped!!!
I havent decided if i am being sarcasticly upset or not, even!
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Seems like a long way to go to avoid checking your luggage.
Why? It saves your roughly a half-hour at check-in, and means you can leave the airport immediately when you arrive.
For a tiny bit of discomfort, plus the knowledge your stuff WILL be there when you arrive, it's worth it.
How much stuff do you need to use during a time frame measured in hours?
Pretty much nothing. Again, it's the time and lowered risk of loss/damage I value.
"There is more worth loving than we have strength to love." - Brian Jay Stanley
...you can fit a hell of a lot more junk in a 50 litre, internally framed rucksack (sorry, had to be done. This thing is great, and at the expense of 15 litres capacity (the top and bottom will collapse somewhat and with the help of the many straps, maintain its shape) it qualifies as hand luggage!).
Operation Guillotine is in effect.
Is it me, or does the video keep going away and coming back?
Ant(Dude) @ Quality Foraged Links (AQFL.net) & The Ant Farm (antfarm.ma.cx / antfarm.home.dhs.org).
is it a waste because ?
you can fit another 2 sets of man boobs there ?
...I obey the laws of physics....
How much stuff do you need to bring? I usually travel with a little shoulder-bag (like a nylon man-purse) and one bag that's sized to fit in the overhead compartment.
That's great for you.
Often when I travel I have two roles:
Business, for which I must bring dress clothes.
Photography, which requires me to bring a lot of gear and walking around/hiking clothes.
For business, I have to carry on a laptop. You'd be a fool to check a laptop.
For photography, you similarly generally should if possible carry on photo gear, though I'm very close to getting a Pelican case and starting to check that stuff. But that doesn't help if the case is lost, which could be very expensive. Just smarter ro carry the stuff on.
Never underestimate the need for many different things when you travel...
"There is more worth loving than we have strength to love." - Brian Jay Stanley
Submitter blocked from ever appearing on my front page again.
One step closer to removing this site from daily bookmarks.
And I *paid* to get rid of advertisements once already. Sure, we could argue about definitions of that in court but it's easier to just never come back here.
You want money? Ask for it. Don't alienate your regulars. I consider this "article" an utter betrayal of your geek cred, to be honest. Do it again, and I won't come back.
The last year, I've found myself doing nothing but finding reasons NOT to return to this site, if I'm honest, and have had to use my filters whereas before I never used them once. If you were actually *doing* anything, like making in Unicode compatible, or providing new features, then some things could be excused. But you are just doing nothing more than Yes/No and a little editing on user submissions. How well is that going to go when all the users bugger off because of abuses like this?
Sort it out, Slashdot.
Some random dude putting stuff in his hoodie. And not even that much stuff.
I bought one about 3 years ago. The zipper broke and needed replacement. The plastic key hook in the right pocket broke. An inside pocket has a zipper that gets caught in the fabric every time I use it.
A look at my wardrobe seems to indicate that I'm not particularly abusive to my clothing.
The idea is good. The execution is not.
Knowledge is power; knowledge shared is power lost.
With all the security mesures in airport, I wouldn't dare putting all that stuff in a jacket. Who knows what that guard is thinking when he's gonna see that "big" jacket. lol. fuck no.
I especially like that minimalist house beat, with someone playing the spoons for extra pzazz. Slashdot is clearly on top of the latest IDM.
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