The Timbuk2 Key Fob we all know and love is a great feature if you’re looking for secure and semi-secret key stashing. However, it’s not-that-hot if you’re looking for quick, exterior access to your keys. Caught in this key fob dilemma, medium Messenger Bag owner, Phillip Z, took matters into his own hands. His hack details are below.
With a little help from Timbuk2 customer service, a few drops of Fiebing’s Leathercraft cement glue and a rivet, I started my Keychain holder hack . . . I simply applied the cement glue to the keychain holder red strap and winded it around the inside of the Timbuk2 Logo label (the one with the “HAND MADE IN SAN FRANCISCO” on one side and the “quality shit since 1989″ on the other side). Then a centered hole was punched and a rivet was attached…that it:)
See more photos of the key fob hack here.
Photo courtesy of Phillip Z.
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I want you to make a photo bag/waist-pak – stealthy w/ movable velcro padded dividres and pockets, not too big, styley as opposed too tech looking (steal me!), but w/ hidden tech features – help me buy local!!
KR
You should offer the Bottle opener as reflector tail clip on for those bags with the reflector tails.
NK
I think Timbuk2 should make a photo insert kit – one for messengers and one for a backpack.
The insert kit should have a bag bottom and walls with movable and interchangeable interior padded structures to accommodate
anything from photo, video to sound gear.
Also make the kits for the Small, Medium and Large sizes of Messenger bags.
The insert kit would allow you to switch the bag back to normal duty.
The Q bag needs better Quality padding for your laptop, because it doesn’t do what it is supposed to do, so I removed the little snipsels of foam thats much like what you get in a box of apples to pad them. “Expensive shit since 1989″. Now I don’t think all the bags are like this. After some thought, the Q bag could be better if it had zip expansions and laminated zippers to be more water resistant, and also a better color selection. They’re pretty bland. No, I don’t need a Hal, it’s too big for my 5’4” frame. Just think about what you’re designing. Why isn’t there a pull out hip belt on the bigger pack?
There needs to be a ‘go bag’ designed for either the roughing it-open air concert goers or the earthquake survivors…I would call it a Haiti bag. More details if you contact me.
Lise. LOVE that idea. We are actually finalizing an effort to help Haiti today. We’ll post it as soon as all the details are locked in. Thanks again for your idea – a good one for the future.
I think bags should be have an option to remove or open the waterproof liner. Many times I have considered customizing my bag with patches or pins, but always decided against it because I can’t put a needle through the fabric without also putting it through the liner.
I love the hemlock bag, but I don’t love the laptop side-access. When I travel in Europe and developing countries, squeezing through crowded marketplaces, riding subways and taxi-buses, or wherever the last thing I want to think about is someone sneaking into my backpack through a zipper. What I want more than anything is a burgle-proof bag.
I love the idea of the FLIP bag. I would love one with just the solar panel and a battery with a way to charge my cell phone laptop or iPod while I commute to school on my bike. A 30 pin connector and speakers so I can listen to music without using headphones (I like being able to hear traffic when I ride, I would like to know it if I’m gonna get tagged) would be cool. To control the iPod have a volume control, and have next/previous buttons. It would take a lot of wiring and a good sized battery, but I wouldn’t mind the weight.
Put the handle back on the top of the large messenger bag. For some reason you removed the handle from the new model.
Huh. I never knew that tab also said “Quality shit since 1989″
AWESOME.