As I mentioned a few day ago, I was looking for a suitable cover and bag for my new 13" macbook, after reading posts here I decided to go for the STM sleeve and 'small alley' bag.
I actually ordered the 14" ibook sleeve as I was sure that the 12" ibook sleeve would be just too small, as it happens the 14" ibook sleeve is almost perfect! there is a little spare room which makes it a little bit 'baggy' but it's close enough for me!
The quality of the sleeve is very good, quite a thick black neoprene with a soft grey interior, but not fluffy. The zip also feels sturdy and is very smooth with a protection 'flap' to stop it from damaging the mac.
As for the STM small alley, well it's perfect if you want a very compact good looking case for your macbook! I have the 'carbon' colour but in certain lights it looks slightly greenish.
As you can tell from the attached images it's only just big enough, its actually about half the size of my previous laptop bag I was using and is very light.
Once again the overall quality is excellent, everything feels well made and has a nice feel about it, the only slightly poor design feature is the carrying handle (not the main strap) which would have better if the webbing was a bit thicker, although I won't use it anyway.
There are a number of small sections for pens, documents and cd/dvd's etc, although there is very little room for anything else so if you like to carry lots of gear around this isn't the bag for you!
I can just manage to get my macbook (of course) in it's sleeve into it's main compartment, and then a couple of pens, my mac remote, some blank discs and the power adapter/charger in it, although to stop it from bulging out too much I put my mouse (radtech bt510) in the small pouch attached to the strap, it only just fits so I doubt that a full size mouse would fit in.
I live in the UK and got the sleeve from cancom for £15.99 :
http://www.cancomuk.com/products/search.htm?Brand=STM&code=54577&STM Neoprene Glove 14" iBook (Black)
and the bag from expansys for £27.59 inc vat and postage:
http://www.expansys.com/product.asp?code=118376
I hope this helps others who are searching for a sleeve/bag for their macbook!
PS the BT510 bluetooth mouse is also very good, although the cursor can be a little jumpy at times, even with radtechs new driver, however it works fine with winXP so it must not like OSX as much? it cost me approx £35
I actually ordered the 14" ibook sleeve as I was sure that the 12" ibook sleeve would be just too small, as it happens the 14" ibook sleeve is almost perfect! there is a little spare room which makes it a little bit 'baggy' but it's close enough for me!
The quality of the sleeve is very good, quite a thick black neoprene with a soft grey interior, but not fluffy. The zip also feels sturdy and is very smooth with a protection 'flap' to stop it from damaging the mac.
As for the STM small alley, well it's perfect if you want a very compact good looking case for your macbook! I have the 'carbon' colour but in certain lights it looks slightly greenish.
As you can tell from the attached images it's only just big enough, its actually about half the size of my previous laptop bag I was using and is very light.
Once again the overall quality is excellent, everything feels well made and has a nice feel about it, the only slightly poor design feature is the carrying handle (not the main strap) which would have better if the webbing was a bit thicker, although I won't use it anyway.
There are a number of small sections for pens, documents and cd/dvd's etc, although there is very little room for anything else so if you like to carry lots of gear around this isn't the bag for you!
I can just manage to get my macbook (of course) in it's sleeve into it's main compartment, and then a couple of pens, my mac remote, some blank discs and the power adapter/charger in it, although to stop it from bulging out too much I put my mouse (radtech bt510) in the small pouch attached to the strap, it only just fits so I doubt that a full size mouse would fit in.
I live in the UK and got the sleeve from cancom for £15.99 :
http://www.cancomuk.com/products/search.htm?Brand=STM&code=54577&STM Neoprene Glove 14" iBook (Black)
and the bag from expansys for £27.59 inc vat and postage:
http://www.expansys.com/product.asp?code=118376
I hope this helps others who are searching for a sleeve/bag for their macbook!
PS the BT510 bluetooth mouse is also very good, although the cursor can be a little jumpy at times, even with radtechs new driver, however it works fine with winXP so it must not like OSX as much? it cost me approx £35
