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Customer Reviews
- Mine, all mine. Review by Desiree
- How do I love thee? Let me count the ways. You carry my lunch, my dinner, my clothes and my groceries. My laptop, my skates, my shoes and my wine. You are the perfect size as a carry on bag when I'm forced to use the pressurized tube. You stand out in a crowd of cheaply made off shore junk that falls apart when put to the test. You look so good with my Roadcrafter, and your reflectorized stripe helps keep the cages at bay. You practically purr when I toss the Letter Bag on the other shoulder, thinking how smart you two look together. And best of all, you're pink. And that means the better half will never, ever use you. You are all mine. From one Dispatcher to another, I love you. (Posted on 2/7/11)
- exceeded my expectations Review by carenw
- I just received my Hi Viz Yellow dispatch bag and was blown away at the quality from the great finishing to the padded shoulder strap. Hi quality and will be used both on and off the bike. Love it! (Posted on 9/27/10)
- Excellent purchase Review by Daniel
- Needed a more comfortable bag to carry stuff to work in and run small errands. The dispatch bag is better than any backpack I've worn while riding. Very comfortable, plenty of space for my needs. Haven't had any issues with it moving excessively in the wind, either. After riding with it to work I started running all my errands on my motorcycle(except the larger awkward items). One reason why I didn't ride my motorcycle as much as I could have was because of lack of a good carrying bag. Now I can do anything and everything....well, almost anything and everything. Great product. I would recommend it to anyone. (Posted on 9/5/10)
- Great bag for carrying stuff around Review by KJ
- My fiance just bought this bag for me. He's a motorcycle rider, and I'm his passenger. We both love Aerostich gear, and when I needed a bag to carry stuff in as I walk to the train every day, I knew they would have one for me. I got the limited edition pink bag, and its perfect for me. I can carry my lunch, wallet, books, papers, keys and other stuff in it easily and comfortably. Plus the shoulder pad makes it really comfortable. This is a great gift for women, whether they are riders or not! (Posted on 10/21/09)
- Perfect gift for the woman who has everything! Review by Chester
- Is she bored with diamonds, furs, and designer what-nots? Is she looking for a style that stands apart from the mundane so conspicuously displayed by her friends at the weekly country club tea? Moreover, perhaps you are suffering from sleepless nights wondering what kind of birthday present would be both original and fabulous without breaking the bank? Maybe you are in the hunt for a special present that could get you out of the doghouse after your riding buddies spilled cold beverages on her one-of-a-kind oriental rug, or whatever? You get the picture, right! Finding the perfect gift is difficult. You know the drill. We walk into a fancy boutique surrounded by silk, lace and finery. Feeling out of place, we tentatively glance around, pretending we possess an enlightened sense of style. It's all a charade! We've all been there, and we would rather be getting a root canal, too. Don't you agree? Aerostitch to the rescue with their Dispatch bag in limited edition pink, of course! It meets are the criteria for the perfect gift for the woman who has everything: very well-made; cutting edge style; useful; and most important, exclusivity. (I can guarantee none of her friends at the annual Viennese ball will have one.) Seriously though, I just gave this very present, Dispatch Bag in pink, to my elegant ballroom dancing partner, and she loved it. It's the perfect size for carrying all those necessary items to the cotillion: spare high heels, camera, water bottle, tons of cosmetics, CD's, etc. She liked it so much, I just ordered the smaller Letter Bag in pink to accompany her on travels requiring less storage space. It really is a wonderful gift, and she will appreciate your thoughtfulness, practicality, and newly discovered sense of style. Thanks Aerostitch for making gift buying a whole lot easier for us motorcyclists with equally important things to do like changing the oil. (Posted on 8/25/09)
- I bought the bag simply b... Review by Richard Reed
- I bought the bag simply because I needed a way to haul my laptop and usual work stuff while riding, and it was an Aerostich product so I figured it would be good. It not only met my expectations, but exceeded them. The yellow inside lining plays a much more important part than I ever would have figured. NOTHING gets lost; it is so easy to find even loose ball-point refills. Add a laptop sleeve and you've got a sho-nuff boss briefcase. Courier Bags are a badge of honor of sorts for a small cult of riders at a certain large Pacific Northwest airplane manufacturer that will remain nameless; we even have secret handshakes and weekly rituals out behind the paint hangar. OK, we really don't, but it's fun making the cage drivers think we do. (Posted on 1/20/09)
- I've been riding for over... Review by Robert Scheuneman
- I've been riding for over 35 years and finally bought a dispatch bag. This bag is without a doubt the most comfortable and easy way to carry most anything for daily commuting. I can pack it full and barely notice it is there when riding. The bag is comfortable and never shifts. It truly is one of those products that represents great design. Not cheap, and probably worth twice the price. (Posted on 8/18/08)
- I purchased the Dispatch ... Review by Chris Hancock
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I purchased the Dispatch bag to commute with a standard-sized laptop which I carry in a padded sleeve. The Dispatch size is perfect for the laptop, power supply, and a few other miscellaneous items.
If I could suggest one change it would be to include an organizer-type pocket or two with business card slots and loops for pens and pencils. As designed, it includes only one internal pocket that measures maybe 8" wide by 10" deep. It is also provided with a key hook. (Posted on 8/18/08) - I've used my dispatch bag... Review by Samuel Reid
- I've used my dispatch bag for the past 10,000 miles in all weather. Rain, heat, sun and frigid nastiness. It continues to perform well every day. It does leak a bit around the side edges of the top flap in rain, as the Aerostich staff told me it would. No big deal if you remember to pack delicates or electronics in plastic before travel. The sewing is top notch, as is the selection of construction materials. On long rides the shoulder pad needs only an infrequent hike up or down the main strap, and the stabalizer strap (an inxpensive upgrade) is a must have. I'm really serious about this. Get a stabalizer strap. This bag is ideal for carrying small loads (LESS than a week's worth of groceries). For a commute to work or a day jaunt the "dispatch" will hold all you need - comfortably. If you're in need of carrying larger loads than lunch, extra sweater, book or two, and a beverage in one place, get a larger bag. (Posted on 8/18/08)
Utilitarian Bags
There's the most basic, utilitarian, 'Russian' design aesthetic possible in each of these products. For example, the lack of many little subdividing pockets in all of the Courier bags is a real contrast to the complicated inner-spaces of other externally similar bags available elsewhere. Ours, with only a single inner pocket, is the most durable and versatile because of it's simplicity, sewing and materials. One can carry anything from a watermelon to a change of clothes for working out, to the typical books-and-a-lunch, inside one of these bags. The versatility is greater because the bag is simpler. An empty and well-worn courier bag hangs on the closet doorknob by the back door of my place and I grab it and go, filling it with whatever the mission requires. Some days it's groceries. Other times its books and papers. It's never exactly the same cargo twice.
A Mr. Subjective History on Aerostich Courier Bags
The Aerostich courier bags are one of my most-favorite Aerostich products. We have been making them for over twenty years, and they differ substantially from all of the other kinds of courier bags commonly found. Essentially, ours are a lot heavier-duty...
I like courier bags so much because they are so easy to use for urban utility motorcycle riding. They go on-and-off quick and are versatile. One hangs empty near my riding gear and I grab it whenever the destination involves picking up something, or when I need to carry something fast, without using bungees. Many of our customers use them for their daily commute, too. Courier bags are a key technology for motorcycling personal mobility…An invaluable tool.
Our bags were the first ever to be made of a synthetic material (Cordura Nylon and reinforced vinyl). When we began, there were two or three others made of coarse canvas. Ours was also the first courier bag to employ Velcro (hook&loop) anywhere, to have any 3M Scotchlight reflective, to have a handle on the flap, and to use ITW Fastex side-release buckles. What was available elsewhere was crude -- bags made in small numbers in cities like New York, for working bicycle couriers.
About a year after introducing Aerostich Courier Bags I remember being at the Motorcycle Dealernews trade show standing before Mitch Boehm and several other editors of Motorcyclist magazine, all of us in a small conference room in one of the hotels there,…giving a presentation. “The daypack is dead!” I began, trying to sound as declarative as possible. “The era of the courier bag is now beginning.” I then explained why these still largely-unknown types of bags were so great for motorcyclists. And why they’d rule in the future. And why the Aerostich courier bags were made they way they were. It felt as though we were pioneering something entirely new.
A few years after we started making Courier bags, other companies like Timbuktu (and many others) were started up, and they made lighter-weight courier bags a common college bookstore commodity. A decade or two later Chrome -- another company – added some contemporary hipster style and an automobile seat-belt buckle to the shoulder strap. And today there are countless other varieties from dozens of companies.
But the Aerostich Courier bag line (by size: 'letter', 'dispatch', 'courier', and 'parcel') remains the real-deal in terms of function, originality, utility and durability. They are simple, tough, and still the very best of this kind of bag available anywhere.
This year we just introduced a wax cotton variation in two colors (4 sizes x 2 colors = 8 wax cotton models). A few years ago we added pink to the available colors of the Cordura models, and developed an optional internal organizer pocket system (available for the three larger sized bags).
Many specific patterning and stitching details set ours apart from the others. (One example - the lid-edge is turned and then hand topstitched. This is how a button-down shirt collar is made. It's neater, stronger and more expensive to do it this way. It makes a better flap. Almost everyone else's bags use cheaper machine-bound edging.)
Lastly, a special feature of our bags that I think is pretty cool is that for over fifteen years all Aerostich Courier bags have been made by one individual here at Aerostich. And this person is a life-long motorcycle rider. During the years he's been employed here he's owned three or four different bikes. Last year he bought his first-ever new motorcycle -- A black Kawasaki Concourse. I think he's already been to North Carolina or somewhere on it.
When you buy an Aerostich courier bag, you are getting a hand-made classic American product, (sewn start-to-finish by a very talented fellow who is a real motorcycle rider)…And an incredibly tough, good bag.
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