TechCrunch Review
The option I evaluated for the Courier is made of perhaps their most luxurious of their many materials: Telun canvas, a “vulcanized” or rubber-treated canvas that has a wonderful textured matte surface and is very resilient while retaining the scuffs and marks that I personally like to accumulate on my stuff. Makes me feel like Indiana Jones. I’d say Telun Courier is probably one of the most sophisticated and understated bags I’ve seen, at least from the outside (I don’t care for the interior, personally). It carries a hefty $50 premium however, so plan for that.
Inside the Courier is a slightly different story. I’m afraid it’s not exactly spacious; the luxurious but inflexible material and deluxe fittings (fat zippers, buttoning straps on the inner pockets) mean you’ll need to budget your carry-alongs wisely. I attempted to put my 15″ MacBook Pro into the zippered compartment at first, like a fool, but then found the real slot for it, and it fit in like a glove. That of course means that anything bigger would be completely impossible to force in, but it would accommodate a smaller machine snugly as well. There’s not a lot of room for accessories — the inner area is limited and the buttoning pockets are of all of the same medium size, too small for a big charger but too large for a pair of headphones. They don’t compress well, so they’re always taking up space. The outer surface has a couple nice, business-y places for cards, pens, and an iPhone-sized cell pocket. The flap closes conveniently with a couple small magnets within the material, which always found each other even if I wasn’t paying attention.