Since the TSA has doled out some new guidelines for checkpoint-friendly laptop bags, laptop bag manufacturers are busy coming up with models for frequent flyers, who abhor taking out their laptops at checkpoints. 
Tom Bihn's Checkpoint Flyer meets all of the TSA guidelines while still looking stylish. The bag weighs 2.6 lbs and is made out of US 1050 denier ballistic nylon and 500 denier Cordura. It includes three pouches on the outside, splash-proof zippers, and ten smaller pockets. 
The website claims that the Checkpoint Flyer briefcase takes less than three seconds to be ready to go through the x-ray machine.The interior of the bag is made out of high-density molded foam and offers protection for your laptop from all sides and all angles. It's made in the USA and it's available now in three colors for $220.
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Comments (5)
Great... another reason to charge more for a notebook bag... "TSA approved"
BLAH!
Does it come with a laptop?
Why are most laptop bags designed to look as if you are getting ready for space travel rather than boarding a plane? I wish they'd get rid of all the zippers, flashy colors and just make more cleanly designed bags. I'll keep my simple but functional Incase canvas laptop bag and sleeve, its the best bag I've ever owned. I also like my Timbuk2 laptop bag and it takes next to no time to take my laptop out of either.
BTW, have you ever noticed most other contries don't require you to remove your laptop? At least from my experience in SE Asia. What is the point of having to remove your laptop anyway? If they can spot a tiny nail file in my toiletry bag with that x-ray and make me throw it out you would think they could identify a laptop!
I was watching the TSA scanner on the lane next to me in Orlando this past week and was completely amazed at the stuff they let pass! Scissors, nail files etc! I kept seeing things and thinking 'surely they'll stop that person' but no! Needless to say, I didn't feel very secure.
oh and dms, I totally agree about the overly complicated bags. If I were to fill every pocket of my company issued Dell bag with its intended item, the thing would never zipper! I dont need 20 individually sized compartments! Why is there a velcro tab underneath the zipper to put over my laptop? And what is with all the mesh pockets?? Everything gets caught in them...plugs, prongs, cable ends etc. All I want in a bag is a separate area for files and accessories and good padding on the shoulder.