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Introduction
Making your desktop mobile for LAN parties has always been a little bit of a
challenge. Either you just pick it up and carry it, or you shell out some good
dollars to get yourself a proper LAN bag. Logisys has recently offered up an
interesting LAN bag system that not only will take care of even the most
massive case and your LCD, but will do it for fewer than 20 dollars. I know I
was interested, so let’s check it out!
Packaging and Contents
As would be expected with the low price tag,
the whole system came in an unremarkable plastic bag.
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Opening it up, the only contents were these
two components, one for your hot new 16ns LCD display and the other for your
case. The bag for the LCD is very simple. The inside of the nylon square is
padded and has a soft surface that won’t scratch the face of the screen. All
that needs to be done is to loop the two straps around the back of the screen,
and tighten them down. A good solid handle is also attached to the top, along
with two loops that can accommodate a carry strap even though one was not
provided.
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The case harness is almost as simple. It
features the same handle and carries strap loops as the LCD carry bag does,
with the addition of two more carry strap mounting points a little farther
down the strap. Operation is very simple here also, as all that needs to be
done is wrap the two straps around the case and tighten. No padding on the
inside of the straps is evident, so if you’re paranoid about your paint or
windows a terry cloth could be placed over the case before attaching the
harness to prevent damage. It still would have been nice to have integrated
protection, however.
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Fitting
The carry strap can easily accommodate cases
much larger than the X-Bag CTSSL that I tested not long ago. So, I strapped up
the exceptionally large and heavy Silverstone Temjin 5 and my NEC Multisync
LCD 1765 display and proceeded to move them around to get a feel for how well
they handle the load.
As mentioned before, the LCD carry system is very easy to install. Just wrap
the two straps around the monitor, and tighten down the straps. The only thing
that was really missing was some way to store the cables, if they can’t be
detached like is the case with the NEC 1765.
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The main carry strap works in a similar manner
with a computer case. Wrap the two straps around the case and tighten. The
Temjin 5 is a heavy case with a full system installed…I’d guess this one
weighs close to 45 pounds. With this amount of weight, the reinforcement strip
underneath the handle actually flexed and applied a painful amount of pressure
to my little finger. However, the system is easily capable of handling even
the largest case and with a suitable shoulder strap even a heavy case like the
Temjin 5 would be manageable. I’m still a little surprised that one was not
included with the setup.
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