Travel smart with Mobile Edge ScanFast Briefcase
Matthew Olivolo December 22nd, 2009
Traveling with your laptop is not always the easiest thing to do, especially when passing through airport security checkpoints. Not only do you have to take off your shoes, jacket, belt, empty your pockets, take out your cell phone and wallet. It can be overwhelming the more items you have.
Well Mobile Edge has helped solve at least one of your your worries with their ScanFast Collection of Laptop bags that are Checkpoint Friendly. Now when traveling you no longer have to remove your laptop from your case when using one of these TSA compliant laptop cases.
The simple butterfly design makes it super easy to use. When passing through security checkpoints, simply unzip the laptop case all the way down on both sides, lay the bag flat and place it one the X-Ray belt as seen in the photo above. When you get to the other side of the security screening area, pick up your bag and away you go.
Of course you still have to put your shoes, belt and other items back on. However saving the hassle of not removing your laptop from your bag, priceless…
Able to fit MacBooks up to 17 inches and PCs laptops up to 16 inches wide, this is a very large bag. Available directly from Mobile Edge in three color choices- red, pink, or silver, the pattern is eye-catching even if folks miss the sumo wrestlers at first (elephants seemed to be what many people saw).
A laptop bag lives or dies based on its shoulder strap. Even a great-looking bag, with plenty of useful pockets and extra padding, will sit disused in the corner if the strap isn’t comfortable, or is prone to sliding off your shoulder. The $49 
That interior laptop compartment is not padded (but the two outer walls of the bag are). Instead, the laptop compartment has a see-through plastic front face, with the words “Checkpoint Friendly” printed in big, white letters, and the entire bag zips open in the middle, to allow it to pass through airport metal detectors without removing the laptop. Keep in mind you must have the laptop alone, no wires or accessories, in its own compartment to comply with TSA rules.
We’re thrilled that we found a solution to common problem. Since we carry our laptops absolutely everywhere, we’ve been looking for the ideal way to carry it. We want something that’s both functional (meaning our laptop fits and it’s comfortable) and fashionable (mean we don’t want to look super-techy; we want a bit of style). And we finally found that with 
Also inside is a padded corduroy compartment for your laptop. The purse give you plenty of storage space for other items, including two zippered pockets in the front for your MP3 player and phone, a large zippered pocket inside, and four other different-sized compartments that can be used for cords and accessories.
The Camo design case comes in three colors (Black, Red, and Green) and four different sizes, with the larger two sizes designed specifically for the MacBooks.
The Sumo Laptop Purse is a good solution for attacking the bag challenge many of us face. It holds plenty in its several compartments and pockets. The purse comes in two laptop sizes including 13 inch and 15 inch. Sumo says the laptop compartments can fit a 13 inch MacBook, 12 inch Netbooks and 15.4 inch laptops. The 13 inch model I checked out fit my 13 inch MacBook nice and snug. I had to remove my laptop sleeve in order for it to fit the compartment. It also fit a 12 inch Dell Inspiron well.
