Lightweight Business Bags

Among the slimmest bags, The TechPro Prime starts at 170 g, The TechSquad Xtreme weighs 230 g and the Solandrix Quantum 270 g. These are slim bags with room for a laptop and a few documents. The Strider Ultra and Cosmos Elite weigh 300 g and hold 15 liters, with two main compartments. If you need more room, The Tech-Transporter weighs 800 g, holds 20 to 35 liters and has a built-in USB charging port. The laptop itself is heavy, so every gram the bag saves is noticeable at the end of a long day.

Oxford, nylon and polyester weigh little, and in most models here they're water-repellent, so light rain doesn't reach the laptop. PU leather gives the look of a leather bag at a lower weight: The Chillers Pro weighs 350 g and the Genesis Pro 400 g. Genuine leather can be light too when the bag is slim: The TechSquad Xtreme is cowhide, closes with a magnet and weighs 230 g, for laptops up to 14 inches. The Veloxis is made of waterproof PVC and weighs 400 g.

A very slim bag protects the laptop from scratches but leaves little room for a charger and documents. The Rampage, for example, weighs 300 g and has one zippered main compartment. If you also carry a charger, a mouse and a notebook, choose a bag with several compartments, like the Studio Pro with 3 main compartments or the Marshall with 5. And if the bag spends a lot of time on your shoulder, check that it has a shoulder strap, like the Studio Pro and Strider Ultra, both with a detachable, adjustable strap.