Review: Timmy’s Tactical Attaché

In the world of technology mobility and style play an important role in determining the gadgets we purchase, everything from your laptop, tablet, cell phone , hard-drives and flash drives to notepads, pens, pencils and the sea of chargers and cables that keep you connected and ready for anything the world can throw at you. Lets for a moment imagine that your tech is a living thing, your laptop/tablet/phone would be the brain, the cables would be the nervous system and your bag would be the body, think about how often you change your gear whether it was broken/sold or just upgraded, the number of cables always seem to increase to the point where you have every kind of cable for any purpose but you know what doesn’t seem to change……your bag. Show of hands those of you who are still rocking the laptop bag you got when you bought your laptop or if you are re-purposing another bag to store gadgets well my friends it is time to stop and embrace purpose built bags to be more specific Timmy’s Tactical Attaché.

Velcro everywhere
First off this is not a laptop bag per-say it could probably just fit a 15” laptop (good luck getting it out) it is ideal for smaller gadgets such as tablets, net-books, etc. It has approximately 10 pockets on the outside of varying sizes good for storing everything from pens, chargers to hand-held consoles. The main compartment is deceptively large as it is able to fit both my Astro a40 case and my Xoom without adding any visible bulk. The compartments are mostly re-sizable as the Velcro strips are long on the top flaps which are long as well to cover anything you may put in them. Think of the travel capabilities of this bag, passport in a outside pocket for easy access, compact enough to be useful and not always in the way, rugged and good to go just toss your stuff in and you are gone.

Build Quality

The bag feels durable and rugged, a large heavy duty zipper, the bag is made
from 600 Denier Nylon and there is soft polyester lining on the inside so your stuff doesn’t get scuff marks and scratches. The only thing I didn’t like was the shoulder strap clips are plastic so I am worried about them breaking some time down the line.

Verdict

I Give it 9/10 it’s a great durable bag you will be the envy of your techie friends, it holds everything a tech fiend could ever want in a bag there is not much cushioning but who needs it this bag was built for SWAT and the Military and if they feel comfortable placing their guns and gear in it then you should feel comfortable placing your stuff in it as well

Pros

• Rugged
• Durable
• Great looks
• Spacious
• Small

Cons

• Plastic Shoulder strap clips
• People will want to borrow it/steal it
• I didn't get the stuffed monkey

Cyber Snipa: Tracer

Is your game sagging? not feeling so l33t? do your opponents seem to be a ½ second faster than you? Well it may be time to upgrade a crucial component in your gaming arsenal and this is where cyber snipa comes in with the Tracer gaming mousepad.

The Tracer is different from the standard mouse pad in that it is made of acrylic glass therefore it provides a smooth lag free surface, it will take some getting used to if you are moving from a more traditional mousepad as the rapid lag free response will come as a shock.

The packaging was a simple plastic clamshell which offered no real protection to the product save from scratches. The product was lighter than I initially thought it would have been but didn’t feel cheap. After tearing through the packaging the first odd thing you will notice is an attached USB cord as well as a jog dial, and this is where the shiny difference comes in as this mousepad can be lit up.

Plug in the USB cable and spin the dimmer switch and you can turn on and adjust the brightness of the light that goes around the edge of the mousepad, while this doesn’t do anything for performance it certainly helps when you are gaming/surfing late at night and you don't want to turn on any lights and it just looks cool. The light can be quite intense and is quite visible during the day and I rarely found myself turning it up to past 50% as it can be a bit distracting if you are watching movies, but the dimmer switch helps keep everything under control.

The surface is smooth and offers virtually no resistance so it may take you a while to get used to how fast your mouse can track on it. FPS games are gonna take the biggest hit as you will often find yourself overshooting on targets, but for RTS and virtually any other application the free flowing nature of the mousepad will be more than welcome.

In conclusion its a $23 (on amazon) mousepad do you need it? No but you can justify it especially if you have bought a gaming mouse to go along with it. It has a large tracking surface and feels sturdy enough to handle even hardcore gamers the only fault I could find with it was that it was a little too smooth, a lightly textured surface would give much more precision but in all its a great product and its blue running lights can help you live out any TRON/Sci-fi fantasies that may be lingering.