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Loopt Bags

Ninja December 9th, 2008

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Flip & Tumble co-founder, Eva Bauer, was kind enough to send over 2 Loopt bags for Ninja vs Penguin to try out.* Thanks, Eva!

Flip and Tumble’s Loopt bags are made from lightweight polyester and have a 23 lb. capacity. The empty bag rolls neatly and is secured by an elastic band sewn on the bottom of the bag. Each Loopt bag measures 1″ in diameter and 3″ long when rolled up, and 18″ wide by 23″ tall (including the straps) unrolled.

Here’s a video of it being unrolled:

Here’s a video of it being rolled up:

I kept my Loopt bag tucked away in my purse, and boy, it came in handy. What I love most about the bag is that you don’t have to remember to bring it with you. What good is a reusable bag if it’s left at home? It’s small enough so that it didn’t take up too much room in my purse, and it’s so brightly colored (I claimed dibs on the green one) that I could easily find it among all the other crap I keep in there (like my 250 gig portable hard drive).

The Loopt bag is perfect for unexpected shopping trips. I’ve recently used it for emergency Chinatown grocery shopping, carrying holiday parcels to the post, and purchasing art supplies (my Loopt bag comfortably housed a 14″ x 17″ Bristol pad and pencil kit).

Each Loopt bag is only $6 and comes in 4 different colors. You can get your very own here from Flip & Tumble.

* Disclaimer: On occasion, Ninja vs Penguin will receive samples of merchandise to review (and we’re more than happy to). We are not slags for swag. NvP will not endorse something that we don’t truly like or would be willing to purchase ourselves.

We do love our readers—your friendly emails make us smile, and the last thing we would want to do is mislead you.

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Review: Contour Design ShuttleXpress

Penguin October 1st, 2008

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The ShuttleXpress and its big brother, the Shuttle Pro, are USB peripherals designed for media applications.

The ShuttleXpress comes with a spring-loaded shuttle, a jog wheel, and 5 buttons. It’s also conveniently configured for many popular applications such as, Adobe Premiere, Final Cut, Adobe After Effects, and others. It’s also easily configurable for any application such as, Winamp and VLC.

The construction is pretty solid. The buttons have a satisfying click to them. The shuttle has nice resistance in the spring for fine controls. And the jog wheel has subtle clicks for precise tuning. The base is wide with 5 rubber feet to give it nice stability. Not that you’d be thrashing the thing around.

Using the ShuttleXpress is a breeze. It’s not meant to replace the mouse, rather, compliment it. I placed mine to the left of the keyboard. Scrubbing through long footage and navigating the timeline is fast and easy.

My one regret is not going for the Pro model. The Xpress only comes with 5 buttons while the Pro has 15. But for the price is fair.

If you do a lot of video or audio work, I would definitely recommend one.

+ Buy ShuttleXpress
+ Buy Shuttle Pro
+ Contour Design

-Penguin

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