Long Term Traveler Bag

"For the Professional Traveler"

Long Term Traveler Bag
The Traveler Bag is the home of modern day Hobos, Vagabonds, and Travelers, we often call ourselves Traveler Bagers, however this name is misleading, the Pros carry a "Travel Bag," especially designed to stop theft and rough usage by the most dangerous animal on the planet.
"The Human."

If you are wanting to learn to travel, you are on the right page, if you are wanting to learn how to trek, hike, or climb mountains, then you are on the wrong page, please exit now.

I am Andy of HoboTraveler.com, I have traveled for over 10 years, I do not have a home, I am a perpetual traveler. I am designing a professional traveler bag to make and sell called the Windmill Travel Bag or the Windmill Traveler Pack System. This is the challenge and adventure of travel, to find the path that leads us to our homes away from home without being robbed on the way there.

Description of a Travel Pack

1. Lid or opening to the Traveler Bag
2. Left side panel
3, Right Side Panel
4. Bottom of Bag
5. Shoulder Straps.
6. Waist Harness
7. Lockable Zipper - Normally Padlock Slider or Hasp Slider

Also  may want to ad Piggy Back Bags or Marsupial Bags
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traveler Bag

Anatomy of a Travel Pack

Internal or External Frames
Shoulder Harness
Chest Strap / Sternum Strap
Hip Belt
Inner and Outer Pockets Configuration
Hydration System
Splash Cover
Spindrift Collar
Bungee Cords & Equipment Straps
Thread
Stitching
Zippers
Harness Systems
Internal Staves
Upper Load Stabilizer Straps
Lower Load Stabilizer Straps
Hip Belt
Sternum Strap

Fabrics used to make Packs

Cotton Canvas
Kodra or Cordura
Polyester Pack Cloth
Nylon
Rip-Stop Nylon
Spectra
Dyneema
 

Types of Packs

Waist Pack
Hip Packs
Fanny Packs
Lumbar Packs

Day Packs
Midsize Packs
Expedition Backpacks
Top Loading
Panel Loading
Hybrid or Combination Loading
Travel Packs
Expedition Hike Packs
Weekend Hike Packs
Daypacks

Type of items people commonly carry in a Traveler Bag?

1. Electronics
2. Food
3. Billfold
4. Clothes
5. Passport, Money, Plane Tickets
6. Secret Pockets, Money Belt, or Neck Pouch
7. Medicines
8. Laundry
9. Tools
10. Shower Bag
11. Office Supplies, Paper, Pens etc
12. Guidebooks, Books
13. Rain Gear
14. Water Bottles
15. Shoes
16. Souvenirs

NOT Common, but sometimes carried.

1. Mosquito Net - (NOTE, this should be carried, however is not common.)
2. Pillow
3. Ground Cover Mattress
4. Blankets, Hammocks, Sleeping Bags
5. Tents

Accessories of a Traveler Bag

1. Windmill Traveler Bag
2. Traveler Bag Organizer
   - Clothes
3. Computer Laptop Bag
4. Camera Laptop Bag
5. Day Bag with pull string
6. Fanny Pack
7. Ipod, CD etc Bag
8. Money Pouch Neck
9. Secret Pockets Velcro
10. Secret Pockets Zipper
11. Shower Bag
12. Organizer Pouches Single
13. Organizer Pouches Multiple Pocket
14. Pillow for neck
15. Wallet or Billfold
16. Laundry Bag

Big Items in Traveler Bag

1. Guidebook
2. Rain Poncho
3. Mosquito Nets
4. Blanket
5. Towel
6. Water Bottle
7. Umbrella
8. Computer
9. Glasses

Topic Links

Types of Travel Bags
Designing a Traveler Bag
Gear Links
Marketing
Research and Development
Seam Allowances
Travel Versus Trekking Traveler Bags
Windmill Travel Traveler Bag System

Gear Links - My collection of Bookmarks or Favorites about Gear

Gear Links

Blog Posts by Andy of HoboTraveler.com

Priority Read
Travel Versus Mountain Traveler Bag
Choosing a Traveler Bag

Priority Read Zipper Sliders
Number 1 and 2 Padlock Hasp Sliders
Best Zipper Slider I have Seen
YKK Hasp Zipper Pulls

Talking a lot of Blog Posts
Obsessing on Windmill Traveler Bag
Best Traveler Bag Design and Quality
Making Traveler Bag Patterns
Meeting with Traveler Bag Factory
Testing my Windmill Traveler Bag
Buying Traveler Bag Parts from the USA
Choosing a Travel Traveler Bag
Nepal Traveler Bag Factory
A Philippines Traveler Bag
How they make Traveler Bags
Copying versus New Ideas
Bag Manufacturers

Travel Pants
Designated Travel Pants

Traveler Bag Organizers
Hobo TRAVEL TIPS - Koh Pha Ngan Thailand - Traveler Bag Organizer

Press or Media Coverage

World's Best Traveler Bag Survey About.com owned by New York Times

Help in the Design of the World Best Travel Traveler Bag

Please complete a survey:
Traveler Bag Questions to help Design Windmill Long-term Travel Bag

What stops thieves.

1. A bag that does not look valuable, a good travel bag should look cheap, not beautiful.

2. A bag that does have the shape, tht looks like it carries valuable goods. For example, a high price camera bag obviously has a camera inside. A high price luggage normally has expensive items inside. Hiding in plain sight, this is the goal.

3. Layers, the more layers of material between a thief and the objects of value, the less ability for a thief to get to these objects.

4. Locking the bag up to other object, this bag will have a chain system whereby you can lock it up to a pole or other hard to move objects.

5. Less to watch, there is only one lock on the main compartment. Thieves want an opportunity, they want you to forget to zip shut one of your compartments so they can reach in and snatch items.

6. Convenience of safety, as a reverse logic example. People do not use the pacsafe because it is inconvenient. A good bag needs to be very convenient to be secured and safe.

Types of Venders selling Bag Parts

1. Sailboat
2. Shoes
3. Purses
4. Bag
5. Balloon
6. Kite
7. Airplane

 

 

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