Waterproof Messenger bags.

Anyone know of a good waterproof messenger bags.

Although I love Timbuk2, none of the ones are even close to what I am looking for.
Sea line has some, but I want to get as many vendors who offer these type of bags before pulling the trigger.

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im a diver myself but why would you want a waterproof bag. water resistant is good enough for the occasional sea spray while on a boat.

 

for waterPROOF, you may want to consider a good "hard" case just so the seal area is genuinely ready to resist water, which zippers never do as well.

Secondary solution concept is that many bags are well designed to "resist" water, so if you are just looking to avoid them getting a soaking splash from time to time, you could work on a wax or silicone soaked into the outer layer of the fabric to increase it's water resistance.

Lastly, and possibly your best area of investigation, would be combination camera/laptop bags from Lowepro or Tamrac, some of which enhance their resistance even further by having a tucked away rainslick that you can pull out and use when it gets real wet and tuck in its hidey hole when you are out in the dry.

Hope it's at least some food for thought.

 

How waterproof do you need it to be? Does in need to keep things dry because it rains a lot where you live or is there some more specific reason? Also, what are you looking for in the bag, ie why doesn't the TimBuk2 bags work?

 

Thanks for the suggestions.

TRAVELBUG
I am a divers as well ans I have a pelican case that would work. But I am looking for a soft case.

FXI
It really doesn't need to bee 100% water proof; I willing to go for 95%

C4SC4
I have several models of the Timbuke2 and they do not hold up to the rain, river, sound.


It is for personal and work use.
I am in a wet environment in both situations.
From people spraying water to trekking through the wettest conditions in WA, AK and Or.

 

Well, I like my Rickshaw Bags Commuter bag. The main inside pocket, including the flap, are lined with a waterproof material. When I had to walk across my college campus in a very heavy rain, My clothes were soaked but everything in my bag was dry. One thing that may be annoying with this bag is that it has a fairly rigged body, which means it can stand up but also means how much it can expand is limited.

Here are some pics of my bag:
Front

Open

Inside

 

Not bad ,

Looks similar to Timbuk2

 

Yeah, that's because the founder of Rickshaw Bags was the CEO of TimBuk2 for a few years.

 

Cheap one for a pinch

 

http://forum.notebookreview.com/acc...ag-makers-dealers-reviews-15.html#post5983315


waterproof...but trash bag does a great job, we use them all the time to keep our bags dry when hiking through monsoon weather.

 

LOL! Cheap, Reliable, And no one would have an intention on stealing it from you.

 

bags, by nature of their construction, materials and design, are very difficult to make waterproof...

while there are expensive backpacking bags that offer the "better" protection, it's still not absolute... unless you go with a huge ziploc bag or garbage bag...

reason is...

1) materias: you're dealing with cordura/ballistic nylon/canvas that are usually 400denier of heavier... and although they have a thick polyurethane coat on the backside (as can be felt on your timbuk2) they are impossible to seamseal on the stitches.

2) construction: you need to reinforce the webbings, zippers, stress points and with these added stitches & rivets, you create additional holes

3) fibers: all made with thin filaments that acts as wick to transport moisture through a barrier unless you have a form of seam sealing...

i've seen bags with sock like and seam sealed inserts but they don't last because they are in constant abrasion against seams with heavy fabrics... a corner of a pocket can have from 8 to 16 layers of fabric folded and stitched... and it's hard as a solid piece of plastic...

better solution, if not the most economical solution, is for you to get a backpack rain cover that is seam sealed, made of lightweight fabric, and has elastic tension on the open edges so it wraps around and holds tight against the backpack...

ziploc and trash bags are not too bad of an option...

 

Yea, I have used the garbage bag method few times.

I think I am going with the Gig bag from Pacific Outdoor. It is a little bigger then what I wanted but I know it does the job well. A few of my colleagues use it and it performed flawless in the Alaska outdoors.