Not Just for Laptops - The MacCase Leather Messenger Bag

The timeless design of the MacCase Premium Leather Messenger Bag

One of the best kept secrets in the bag world is the MacCase Premium Leather Messenger Bag. While MacCase has made their name providing the best in Apple portable protection for over a decade, their leather messenger bag is not just for laptops. In fact, they were not designed to be laptop specific bags like so many of the other MacCase models. They have no dedicated laptop compartment like many laptop specific bags do. (MacCase has a matching MacBook Pro Sleeve to protect your laptop if you want to transport your computer inside the bag.) 

So if they're not necessarily for laptops, what are they for? Just about everything else! These shoulder bags makes the perfect day use bag. Available in two sizes, the small is about a 3/5ths the size of the large and they can carry everything you need to get you through the day. Completely padded and lined, each bag is hand made and the great care that is taken with each piece is clearly visible in the stitch work. The larger model can also be used as an overnight bag, holding everything someone would need for a day or two away from home. 

Many of the bags in the general use market are manufactured in China. Most of the hides that come from China are of very low quality. In order to hide this fact, the hides are coated with several types of sealants making them, in essence, just like plastic. These types of hides are extremely popular to use in fashion and mainstream bags. Why? Because they are extremely cheap as a base material. If you create a very cheap bag out of very cheap material and slap on a very expensive brand name you then have a very expensive bag in the eyes and mind of many consumers. 

They claim to be "genuine" and they might be under all those layers of polyurethane or polyvinyl chloride. You'd never know it from the feel or smell. These types of coatings were developed for the auto industry to protect the hides used in cars seats from UV rays, extreme heat, abrasion, stains, etc. Many car manufacturers are now returning to the luxury feel and smell of hides protected in more traditional ways in their premium models. MacCase has been using these types of high quality hides since they launched their Premium line in 2007. 

The pores of MacCase's distinctive "Vintage" hide can be clearly seen.

The hides MacCase uses are tanned using centuries old practices so the resulting hides feel and smell wonderful. Soft and buttery with a warm "hand", MacCase hides are available in two distinct finishes: a satin pebble grain and a raw unfinished, distressed "Vintage". A version of their leather messenger bag is available in each, with the pebble grain available in four colors and the vintage as a stand alone option. Either type of hide has the rich smell associated with luxury hides and is something MacCase customers have come to love about the their Premium products. 

Have a look at what is available in the price range that the MacCase Premium Leather Messenger Bag sells for. Almost all use the cheap, costed hides that feel like plastic and smell like nothing. You will not find another product that looks better, is constructed of the same quality materials, with the same care, with the broad functionality for the same money. Once you begin to scratch the surface, you'll see the MacCase Premium Leather Messenger bag represents a great value in a daily, general use, all leather shoulder bag. 

"Their leather messenger bag is not just for laptops…"