Recommended laptop bags / cases / sleeves?

I travel every weekend and needed something quick (and cheap, if I’d be looking for better options later) to haul around my 16 w/ dGPU.

This bag fits the laptop with room to spare. With the catchy name “KROSER Laptop Backpack Large Fits up to 17.3 Inch Laptop,” I wasn’t sure if it would fit or not. It fits with the dGPU, it has 2 laptop pockets (I use the second for a portable USB-C monitor), and space for other stuff in the large main compartment, and all my cables, chargers, and the framework screwdriver (in pen pocket) in the front compartment.

It’s not perfect. It probably should have a bit more padding for the laptop compartment. In fact, I’m not sure if there’s any on the bottom of the laptop sleeves. And it feels like a cheap backpack (which it is… at time of review, Amazon US has it for $32, and same-day delivery in my area). But it’s held up for the past month, and has protected my Framework 16 during weekend travel well enough that I haven’t looked for an alternative yet.

My previous daily commuter bag was a $120 PacSafe bag, but it didn’t fit the 16, so it was replaced. (I now work from home, so daily commuting with a laptop is no longer a concern for me.)

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