I’ve just received the welcome news that Skooba Design is introducing two new Checkpoint friendly bags to their Checkthrough collection: the Checkthrough Roller and the Checkthrough Backpack. Both are designed so that you can leave your laptop in the bag when passing through Airport security, and both look pretty darn good!

Let’s peek…

Checkthrough Backpack

The patent-pending Checkthrough® Backpack is a sleek, ultralight laptop/travel pack designed and rigorously-tested to be “checkpoint-friendly,” so you can run it through airport x-ray screening without removing your computer.*The bag opens and hinges in the middle to separate and isolate the laptop compartment from the rest of the bag. For initial, immediate visual reference, the laptop can be seen by the inspector through a clear, quick-recognition window that is exposed when the bag is unfolded. With the window facing up, the bag is sent through x-ray screening. The design of the laptop compartment is such that the image presented to the screener is the same as if the laptop were removed and placed in a bin. The Checkthrough bag and all of its contents can be carried securely with or without the hinge zipped shut, so it can be readied in line, prior to screening. Once through, the traveler can simply pick up the bag and go, zipping it back up on the move or at the gate.

This is the bag that has the Gear Diary Team in a tizzy! The Checkthrough Backpack retails for $129.95, but you can get 25% off by using the code GEARD25.

Checkthrough Roller

The Checkthrough Roller looks like it would be the perfect solution for road warriors who fly frequently, carry too much and need to spare their poor shoulders!

The patent-pending Checkthrough® Roller is a sleek, lightweight rolling laptop/business/travel case designed and rigorously-tested to be “checkpoint-friendly,” so you can run it through airport x-ray screening without removing your computer.*

The bag opens and hinges in the middle to separate and isolate the laptop compartment from the rest of the bag. For initial, immediate visual reference, the laptop can be seen by the inspector through a clear, quick-recognition window that is exposed when the bag is unfolded. With the window facing up, the bag is sent through x-ray screening. The design of the laptop compartment is such that the image presented to the screener is the same as if the laptop were removed and placed in a bin. The Checkthrough bag and all of its contents can be carried securely with or without the hinge zipped shut, so it can be readied in line, prior to screening. Once through, the traveler can simply pick up the bag and go, zipping it back up on the move or at the gate.

This bag has Clinton‘s name all over it, seeing that he broke the 1 million lifetime miles level on American Airlines earlier this year! The Checkthrough Roller retails for $189.95, but you can get 25% off by using the code GEARD25.

We’ll have reviews on both bags posted ASAP!