Do you have anything a little less…expensive??

Do you have anything a little less… outrageously expensive?

That’s a thought that runs through anyone’s head space when purchasing an item, a little bit cheaper would always help. It’s a question I asked today when when trying to buy a heater for the ice box I live in… Whether or not you actually ask the salesperson is a different matter entirely.

Thanks to some input from the Twitterverse, we’re realising that our price sensitivity here @Carryology is perhaps a little blunter than many others when it comes to carry goods.

While none of the Carryology contributors are really in to that whole luxury thing, we regularly spend two or three hundred on an amazing bag. But what about sub one hundred? What is on offer?

So we’re going to take a look at some sub $100 messengers and backpacks, that really nail the value part. They are still great bags, they just get by with a simpler layout or fabric. Hopefully this might help next time you go to purchase a new pack.

We are reminded of Warren Buffet when he said:
“Price is what you pay, value is what you get.”

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Great messengers for under $100

$30 // Timbuk2 Hidden Messenger
$65 // Timbuk2 Freestyle Netbook Messenger

$70 // Cactus Witness
$99 // Acme Made’s Designer Slim

$99 // Incase Medium Messenger
$100 // Crumpler Considerable Embarrassment

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Great backpacks for under $100

$65 // Novara Commuter Backpack
$75 // MEC Darwin 2 Daypack

$89 // Gravis Metro
$90 // Timbuk2 Hemlock

$99 // Incase Backpack
$99 // The North Face Base Camp Hotshot

sidenote: money image used above via Flickr Page of Shirley Two Feathers