I seem to be constantly lugging things around. Laundry, clothes, books and props - it never ends. Trunkloads of stuff. And the best way to do all that lugging in my opinion is the simple tote. Or rather, several of them. My wife and I will often have four or five totes in the car for our weekly migration from city to country and back.
I like totes because they are easier to pack and unpack than conventional luggage. Even a duffel requires frequent zipping and unzipping to fill it up and empty it out. With a tote, packing is only a matter of throwing items into the bag and taking them out again later. And there is no need for anything fancier when the bags are merely going to sit in an automobile trunk.
One of my totes (in the rear in the photo) is the vintage waxed canvas model from the Mulholland Brothers, a local maker, purchased from Ami at San Francisco's On The Fly. I like the color, but I have been unable to get past the fact that there is nowhere to attach the shoulder strap that came with the bag. Whose idea was that?
A more recent tote is better designed and somewhat better made. It arrived courtesy of Robert Ettinger, of the eponymous English maker. Ettinger's Piccadilly canvas tote in olive and havana is made in England, which may have something to do with the fact that the shoulder straps actually have something to attach to and that same something snaps out of sight when the straps are not needed. Point to Ettinger.
If you are in the Bay area and happen upon a man strapped down by a camera bag, computer bag, iPad bag and a couple of totes you have probably stumbled upon my office parking lot. I will appreciate the assistance if you offer to carry something.
Sunday, August 15, 2010
Lifestyle: Lugging Stuff Around
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5 comments:
t the risk of sounding pedantic, I think you just attach the Mulholland strap to the rings that hold the handles to the tote in the way that is shown on their website on one or two of the other styles.
Perhaps you have a mis-matched strap if it is not double-ended in sliding hookers.
Good point about totes and trunks.
If the shoulder strap has a snap-hook on every end, just try to snap it into the metal ring that attaches the bag to the handle. You can see how it works in the Endurance Large Tote picture on the Mulholland page .Using the ones sitting diagonally across works best. So you don't need a special something. Hope this helpes.
Yes, the shoulder strap can be attached to the rings for the handles. But hopefully no rational person intended that as it leaves the bag unbalanced and hanging crookedly.
I like Mulholland but they could have spent $2 on a couple proper attachment points.
I saw this post and was wondering if you could perhaps recommend a day planner or agenda. I have been searching quite hard for the last little while, and have been unable to come up with anything. Not particular on topic, but I thought it was relevant enough.
Josh I have only used electronic calendars for many years.
A good alternative for the physical kind used to be (and probably still is) Filofax. Hope that helps.
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