The development of the messenger bag

These days people are trying to live a greener lifestyle and one way of doing this is to take advantage of our infrastructure and use public transport to get to work, alternatively ride a bike to work, walk or even car share. This saves on emissions and probably saves you money but it isn’t as easy to carry the things you can easily in a car.

So if you are cycling or on a bus how do you carry everything essential for modern day life comfortably, safely and keep it protected from the weather? What do you do with your laptop, your files, your mobile phone, purse, wallet and all the other stuff you need? How do you carry it keep it dry and keep it safe from robbers looking for an opportunity?

Well this increased use of the bike and travelling on foot has rekindled something of a relic from the past. The messenger bag was used by pony express riders’ way back in the wild west. Because it is carried cross body it is safe and can’t fall off easily and cannot be snatched away without a struggle. Nowadays this type of messenger bag is high fashion and not relegated to the backs of couriers and messengers. If you look back the basic design has not changed, they still tend to be rectangular, with a single shoulder strap and a flap into which you put your documents. After the pony express the messenger bag was brought back in the 1940s for delivery men and postmen.

Recently as the popularity and the market for messenger bags has grown the number of styles and materials you can get has grown also. They all still have a single strap to be worn over the shoulder and a single folding flap to cover the bag but then the rest is up to the company that makes them. They are now made from all types of materials. You can get leather messenger bags, canvas messenger bags or a host of other materials. There are school messenger bags, laptop messenger bags and high fashion messenger bags. All the top brands make them so you can definitely find one to suit your style and budget
Messenger bags are vital piece of equipment for any commuter, schoolchild or traveller and act as a safe, functional and trendy way to transport everything you need for daily life. With all the options available you have no reason to not carry one so you are always transporting what you need to in this new fast moving world.

www.messengerbags.co.uk has gathered together some of the best messenger bag providers in one place to give you a massive range of bags to choose from. You can browse through makes such as Animal, Carlton and Timberland to name but three and find a great bag at a great price to give you everything you will need for your journeys ahead.