I do this post every so often. I carry a ton of gadgetry with me day to day and it’s fun to explode the bag and see what’s in it as it changes pretty regularly. If you go back through my blog posts you will find several iterations of the bag and what I carry and it’s always something different.
Recently I took a bus trip to Seattle and found myself missing a few things I wanted. I had been neglecting my geek bag! I decided to get it back in order, how it should be, and update this post to document what I carry and in some cases why.
The geek bag is the basic tool kit of any mobile geek. If you find yourself needing to geek on the go, and you never know when that need will arise, your geek bag is your Bat Belt so to speak, there is no such thing as too much, you can always lift weights if it’s too heavy for you, you pansy 
So what do I carry? So the photo below is the entire load, exploded, after the photo is a complete list of what you see.
Computers
- Apple Macbook Pro: 2.2Ghz Santa Rosa, 4GB Ram, 250GB HD, OS X 10.5 Leopard and Windows Vista Ultimate via Bootcamp and VMWare Fusion
- MSI Wind: 1.6Ghz Atom, 1.5GB Ram, 120GB HD, Windows XP Home
Computer Accessories
- Microsoft Bluetooth Laptop Mouse
- Belkin Laptop Surge Protector/USB Charger
- Belkin Micro Bluetooth Adapter
- (1) 1GB Thumb drive
- (2) 2GB Thumb drives
- Seagate 160GB 2.5” Mobile Hard Drive
- Sony 11-n-1 USB Card Reader
- Apple Remote
Mobile Devices
- Garmin eTrex Legend HCx Handheld GPS
- Apple iPod Nano 4GB
- Microsoft Zune 120GB
- Apple iPod Touch 8GB
- Apple iPod Classic 160GB
- HTC Mogul Windows Mobile Phone
- Sony PSP Handheld Game Console
- Samsung Bluetooth Headset
Accessories
- Belkin USB Charger
- Car USB Charger
- Sennheiser PX100 Headphones
- Zune Premium Headphones
- Zune Standard Headphones
- iPod Headphones
- Sony in-ear Headphones
- SD-SDMini-SDMicro Adapter
- Belkin Headphone splitter cable
Camera
- Canon G9 Point and Shoot Camera
- (2) 4GB Sandisk Ultra SDHC Cards
- SDHC Card Reader
- Canon G9 Battery Charger
Other
- Journal
- Pen, Pencil, Highlighter
- Business Cards
- Mini Maglight Flashlight
- Leatherman Tool (Except when flying )
- Watch
I think that’s it. Didn’t look like all that would fit in that little bag would it? It’s actually not quite as heavy as you might think. The scale tips in at 20.4 lbs. Now that is also the main bag, when I travel I am usually also carrying my camera bag that has a full Digital SLR camera outfit. But I’ll go over that bag some other time. That’s not in the geek bag.
What’s in your geek bag?
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Just browsing and I saw your blog and bag, You got many gadgets in one bag and all those gadgets with accessories fits in one bag. Well maybe that’s why it is called Geek Bag.
@khaty: You will find that when it comes to geeks, your bag is your home, if you don’t have a good geek bag all is not well in the world.
i thought my geek bag had a lot of stuff in it. but this is gadget central.
impressive and a little frightening. but at least your ready to be plugged in at a moment’s notice.
respect.
oh, and in my geek bag:
acer aspire one (1.6Ghz Atom, 1GB Ram, 160GB HD, Windows XP)
4GB thumb drive
usb mini mouse (sometimes…not always)
2G iphone with power adapter and usb cord and headset
Casio Exilim Z70 digital camera
leatherman
mini first aid kit in waterproof case
travel case of advil
in-ear listening device [totally not for eavesdropping...;)]
handheld mini monocular
THE wallet with all my store and club cards for discounts
LED handheld flashlight
microfiber cleaning cloth
shout pen (for stains)
hand sanitizer spray pen
two condoms
waterproof notepad and sharpie pen
inova LED keychain light on a badge holder (so i can pull it, use it, and it zips back into place)
not nearly as many gadgets as you, but i i also carry a much smaller bag.
@Erik, you have some great ideas I didn’t think of! Mini first aid and advil are brilliant. I am not sure how my wife would feel about the condoms tho