Wednesday, April 22, 2009

Finally, an Ex-ray Friendly Laptop Bag!

Any businessperson that has traveled understands the hassle of
removing your laptop from its case to put it through the TSA X-Ray
process. Recently, Brenthaven, a company that manufactures computer
cases, released an update for their Edge Sleeve Series making it an
X-Ray friendly laptop bag.

The Edge Sleeve Series is already sleek and lightweight, custom fit
for MacBook 13.3"and MacBook Pro 15.4". The new X-Ray friendly
laptop bags are available in black and blue. And each case serves as a
mobile laptop "work in case" station featuring rubber, airlifting
spacers to help hold your laptop into place.

The TSA requires that laptops must be viewed in a single x-ray image,
that the case must not degrade any visualizations of the laptop, that
the laptop is clear and distinguishable from the bag (there are no
cords, straps, zippers, etc), and that the laptop is not shielded by
any contents of the case. Because Brenthaven's Edge Sleeves (both
the current line and the soon to be released updated line) are X-Ray
friendly, they eliminate the process of removing your laptop from the
case at airport security checkpoints.

Brenthaven CEO Scott Armstrong said of the release, "We are excited
to offer this updated line of protective and lightweight sleeves. This
is a great way to shield your laptop on its own or inside another bag
and makes a perfect commuter case. This case is also one of the first
X-Ray friendly bags on the market. Our current Edge line (Black) is
now available for purchase and our updated Edge will be available
August 20th. Both are X-Ray friendly."

Brenthaven's Edge sleeves must be unzipped and placed on the
conveyer belt in order to be X-Ray friendly, as this allows for an
un-obscured view of the laptop. The Edge Sleeves will be available for
purchase beginning August 20, 2008 at www.brenthaven.com and most
Apple locations. Brenthaven is based in Bellingham, WA and
manufactures a complete line of computer cases with award winning
computer protection systems. The TSA has said they will not allow for
any cases to be called "TSA Approved" and all laptops may still be
subject for removal of case.

_By: *Abhishek Rungta*_

*About the Author:*

Linda Nguyen is the author of this article. Brenthaven [1], a
company that manufactures computer cases, released an update for
their Edge Sleeve Series making it an X-Ray friendly laptop bag.

Links:
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[1] http://www.brenthaven.com/EdgeTSA.html

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