People have said a lot of things about me. Lots. One thing they have never said is that I pack light. Nor have they said that I pack cheap. Moving around Southeast Asia with too much stuff can be an annoyance and can cost some money if you use cheap airlines like Air Asia that charge for checked bags. Traveling with expensive gear, though, can be very costly financially if you any of it stolen, and costly psychologically even if you don’t.
I travel with my (nice) laptop. And an Ipad. This is stuff that I don’t like to leave in my hotel room when I head out, nor do I want to lug it around (nor do I have total faith in those working the front desks where I stay). So for a while I would leave the Mac and the Ipad in my room, and hope nothing untoward happened.
Now I feel better. For USD110 (Bangkok mall price) I have life-changing psychological peace. Ya, that is a lot of money, but needless-to-say, both my gear and my sanity are worth more.
I can now leave my laptop and Ipad locked in my room and feel very certain that it will not be going anywhere. I love my Pacsafe
(Sorry about the lack of contrast with the carpet) The Pacsafe bag protector is basically a metal net. The 55L is the smallest size it comes in and is a perfect size for my valuables.
Here we see my Mac locked up using the Pacsafe bag protector. Generally you are going to want to lock the bag to an immobile pare of your room. Even locking it to a chair like this can be a deterrent to those looking to snag your stuff. Carrying a chair out of the hotel or the sound made from chopping it to pieces may be suspicious.
The opening of the cage gets closed by this clever setup where the lock both fixes the bag to the chair, radiator, pipe, whatever, and closes the opening of the cage. Of course this system is not full-proof, but it would be hard enough to cut through the cage or break the lock that thieves will probably go after an easier target instead.
The Pacsafe bag protector is easy to pack up. It weighs a couple pounds, but I'll take the extra weight for peace of mind.
I bought mine in Bangkok for over USD100. You can get it much cheaper elsewhere. Like from Amazon, wink, wink, nudge, nudge. Seriously, if you get it via the link below, you are not only helping your sanity and finances, you will also be throwing a beer my way. And I would so appreciate that.
But really though. This thing is awesome. More Pacsafe sanity saving travel items.
