A quintessential part of living in a busy urban environment is having the right backpack or messenger bag. When you don't have a car or an office to stash away important items, what you choose to carry and what you choose to leave behind are decisions that count. Today we look at our current choice of bags and how we organize our daily carry.

In This Episode…

The Bags We Carry

* Why you should carefully consider the bag you use

* What bag Bernard uses now for mobile office duty (2:59)

* DSPTCH Slingpack 2.0 (http://www.dsptch.com/collections/packs/products/slingpack)

* How to rock a sling the Bernard way (http://i.imgur.com/dHtpjRg.jpg)

* Sidney’s search for the perfect photo bag (8:08)

* Incase x Ari Marcopoulos camera bag (https://www.goincase.com/shop/camera-bags/incase-ari-marcopoulos-camera-bag/)

* The problem with camera bags (11:01)

* Sidney takes us through his current bag (11:35)

* Think Tank Photo Retrospective 7 camera bag (http://www.thinktankphoto.com/products/retrospective-7-black.aspx)

* Does the perfect bag exist? (12:49)

* Why “boring" bags are sometimes better (13:43)

What’s in the Bag?

* Bernard shares his bag essentials and what they say about him (14:37)

* What we wish we could carry and what we’ve left behind (17:55)

* Sidney’s photocentric essentials (19:16)

Packing It Up

* Sidney’s advice for choosing the right bag for you (22:08)

* Bernard’s 3 key criteria for bags (22:41)

* Mistakes to avoid when wearing a backpack

* Good bag brands to look at (25:41)

* Topo Designs (http://topodesigns.com/collections/bags)

* 5.11 Tactical (http://www.511tactical.com/bags-packs.html)

* DSPTCH SF (http://www.dsptch.com/collections/packs)

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