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Bag Organizers

Today I ordered a fleet of WaterField/SFBags gear pouches, an iPod supercase, and a CableGuy.

They seemed to the best way to compartmentalize my assorted junk in my bag. I usually have two bags in my rotation: the Boblbee for my daily grind and carrying around cameras, a laptop, overnight/weekend trips out of town, and another bag for just around town and general erranding.

The problem is that this means I have to sort and file and assemble various bits and pieces. It is my hope that this will aid in my swapping, since I can just grab the appropriate pouches based on what I want.

Anyone else tried these? Anyone else found another solution that is elegant/stylish and servicable?

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I use nylon mesh zip-top...

onepinktee wrote:
I use nylon mesh zip-top bags for small stuff -- I could swear I got the first ones from Levenger, but I don't see them on their website. I think I've also gotten them at Target. I like them because I can see what's in them, and I use them to store small office supplies and cables. If your gear pouches are the same size and color, I'd recommend some modification to each so that you can quickly identify which bag is which to make transfers easier and faster.

(If only Purseket made something for work bags like they make for handbags.)

I checked Purseket before I ordered from Waterfield :) You will never ever hear me utter the phrase "that is girly", but I guess I just did. If inanimate objects could have gender, lacey knickers and pursekets would be girls.

The pouches from Waterfield have various color options and I did in fact use them.

 
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