Protect Your Laptop With a SHIELDON Bag

I just got my first call from Isaak's school. I wasn't thinking I'd get a call this early in the year. Apparently on Monday he tripped, fell, and along with him falling so did the school's laptop. It's broken. They won't charge us, but will charge us if it happens again. He did show the teacher right away, and apologized. Accidents do happen, but I was hoping nothing like that would happen this early. To be honest I didn't even know they got laptops. Had I known I would have made sure he got a laptop case/or bag!

He gets a sleeve, and will carry it in his padded backpack.

Travis gets this SHIELDON Bag, for our Macbook that he carries to and from a class he's in. 

We're doing our best to protect our laptops.

Size:

I have to be honest it's hard to find a case/bag big enough for a bigger laptop. I'm glad this one fits!

It's 16.5 x 12.6 x 5.9 Inches.

It can be strapped in:

Lots of Pockets!

I do like the many pockets it has. I try not to fill mine up too much, as I have had straps break at the clips where the straps clip on before.

If you carry just a few things it doesn't get too weighted. If you have a lot to carry, just hold it by the handles.

There's a pen/pencil section, a spot for a book, a spot for a notebook, and even a spot for printer paper. It holds paper bigger than the standard 8 1/2 x 11 inches. You could put in a small umbrella, and a water bottle. Best of all it has pockets for chargers!

Strap:

There are handles if you have it loaded well. Again I've had on other bags the metal where the strap is attached break. If all you have is your laptop, a notepad and some pens you're good to go. It can be carried around Indian Jones style.

Colors:

This bag only comes in black. I do wish it came in a few other colors. I'd pick brown if given a choice. I got brown wood for my keyboard cover. 

Cost:

$59.99 on Prime. 

You can get it here: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07TZPF9CC

Durable:

• It's waterproof
• It's scratch proof
• It feels durable

I'm so glad I got a laptop bag that I've been needing! Do you own a laptop?

HSEOK Laptop Case | Sleeve Review

I bit the bullet, and bought my first laptop. It's a high end MacBook. I have to say I'm nervous to the next step, which is move my files from my work MacBook to my new MacBook. I love technology in some ways, and in other ways it's so overwhelming.

Do you feel that way at times with technology, or do you dive in like a kid opening a big present?

I am happy to share with you a laptop Case | Sleeve made by HSEOK. You can find it on Amazon for $15.99 on Prime.

Size:

15 to 15.6 Inch - The size I got to reivew
13 to 13.3 Inch

Colors:

• Black - The color I got to review
• Grey
• Chevron Grey
• Teal

What color would you pick? I wanted something that wouldn't be too girly incase the boys needed to use my laptop.

Perks:

I love that it's padded! I feel like black goes with just about anything.

It doesn't take up a lot of space.

It comes with another pouch, which can be used for the charger, a mouse, headphones, and other cords.

It doesn't cost a lot. I'm not saying I'm unwilling to pay more for a bag. This is a great padding for my laptop!

My boys have other HSEOK bags for a smaller laptop that they use for their Kindles. They like them a lot.

One Thing I Wish it Had:

I wish it had a handle. This is the only case that HSEOK had that would fit my laptop. They have other bags that have handles for a smaller laptop.

I'm thinking of keeping this in the padded sleeve, and get a messenger bag to put the sleeve in. Then it's extra padded.

I could keep this in a sleeve for home use, and a bag for taking it away on meetings and other things.

Do you have a laptop, or another device you use?

Disclaimer: I got this product to review for free from HSEOK. HSEOK did not tell me what to write. 

Now That's a Load Off!

A few weeks ago my laptop, which is work's laptop started messing up. All the lights in all my pictures, in every program were pixelated. 

Kind of like this:

But...it was only the lights. 

I knew it was my computer, and not showing up elsewhere. Images on my camera were fine, and when I plugged in my laptop to present things the images were fine on the big screen.

I wanted to wait until midterm break for them to fix it. 

Monday happened. My screen was fine. 

It was fine up until yesterday. Things were pixelated again! 

It's certainly weird to look at pictures, and not know if what you are seeing is crap, or not. 

I've been wanting to update my blog, but that was kind of hard to do when I can't see things the right way. 

I told my boss about it. He said, "Research it." 

Ok...I did that already. All I could find was cracked screens, water damaged screens, screens that went black...nothing on my problem. 

Right after boss man told me to, "Research it." he told me to go in the first year classroom to clean it. Ya our students in first year are slobs this year! I had them clean before they left, but their idea of cleaning isn't the same as my idea of cleaning. We have an Open House coming up. 

I was talking to some other teachers about my screen. I showed them the problem. One noticed when the programs were closed the problem went away. PowerPoint somehow was the problem. When I plug into the projector that messes with the settings, so I'm assuming that's how it got messed up. The teacher fixed it...for now.

I'm happy. I feel as if I can do things now. Before I was waiting for things to look better before I did things. The laptop can stay with me. I don't have to say, "Goodbye" to it to have it sent off to the Apple Store. YAY!

Motherboard

I went to turn my laptop on last night, and only got a white screen. I restarted only to get a white screen once again.

Moving forward in time- My co-worker that is great with computers can't even fix my damaged one. Two of my co-workers were really impressed that I wasn't freaking out. I told them that I let things build up and then blow. Not very healthy.

He thinks the Motherboard is out, which is bad! That means that all the school work I've done to prepare for my fall classes is bye bye. I back things up at midterm and finals time. I haven't had a chance to back up recently.

To make things worse, my boss is out of town for a week. We rummaged through his office to find my cloned laptop from spring.  

My computer crashing makes me feel like my life is crashing. It's just one more thing to top off my rocky (up and down) summer. I'm thinking I need another Staycation. That would be such a blessing bad idea! I would get nothing done then!

Update! Now they are thinking it's my hard drive. If this is the case, my work for the summer is for sure bye bye.

Laptop

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