Sharp Travel: Checkpoint Friendly Laptop Bag

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Imagine breezing through airport security to the waiting lounge, coffee in hand, leather seats and free wireless in sight. Looking through the giant glass windows onto the tarmac, ensconced in this shrine to modern technology, you wonder why there was such a hassle over your computer at the checkpoint.

But the airport has a secret it’s not keen on sharing (and no, it’s not the dynamics of flight or the exact markup on bottled water). There are laptop bags that can go through security without you ever having to take out your computer. The Aerovation Checkpoint Friendly Laptop Bag, as well as the Checkpoint Friendly Trolley Bag, brings air travel back to the good old days when you could stroll into the airport late, down a scotch with the pilot, and board the plane (sadly, post-pillbox-hat, stewardesses will never be the same again). Aerovation has built a bag that complies with the guidelines of the Transportation Security Administration. The trick is that the laptop itself is housed in its own compartment, separate from the rest of the bag. That compartment can be semi-detached to fold away from the bag and lie flat when put through the x-ray machine, meaning that the computer can be screened on its own. It also means you don’t have to fumble with your laptop while you stand in your socks trying to put your belt back on at the same time. So the airport might not be glamourous anymore, but Checkpoint Friendly laptop bags can, at the very least, ensure one less indignity.

Aerovation Checkpoint Friendly Laptop Bag, $79.95. For more information, visit www.aerovation.com.