V-Dimension Solar Bags: When Will Timbuk2 Do This?
By Rocky Thompson on November 7th, 2007
The only problem with these solar-charging messenger bags is that the bags themselves are garbage. They wouldn’t last a year, and that year of use would be miserable since their designs suck. The thing is that these V-Dimension Solar Bags are only $129, so you have to wonder why a reputable messenger bag manufacturer can’t develop the same technology and roll it into their bags relatively cheaply. Timbuk2 already sells most of their stuff to people who don’t know the difference between a fixie and a fauxie—they should be able to churn this out in a couple months.
via OhGizmo!
This kind of product is a waste of time, whether the bag is quality or not. The amount of time spent facing the correct direction for the 4×6 PV panel to produce enough power to be worthwhile would make it useless as a bag. Spend your time and money overcoming your addiction to bling and be better off.
Or save your money for a real system on your home– after you have made all the cost effective efficiency upgrades you can.
This product is actually quite brilliant mostly because of its simple and aesthetically pleasing design. “Reputable messengar bags” could use this light optimizing technology but have chosen not to do so. Maybe you should write them a letter. Otherwise leave the V-Dim bags and technology to the professionals.
Hey I work for Timbuk2.
Just wanted to send a reaction to your post. Totally cool in my book for you to say what you will about us (we put ourselves out there), but not cool to call our customers anything they don’t want to be called.
That said we saw this solar technology and are checking it out…we are also trying to make some bags out of garbage, and shopping bags from our neighborhood (I think you guys posted about this…)
http://www.timbuk2.com/tb2/cms/lamitron/lamitron.htm
So thanks for the nudge on design… we will save the planet soon no worries.
p.