"One of the most commonly asked questions from my friends has been: 'What will you do with your camera and computer when you go to the beach... or the pub... or the mountains?' My answer? 'Take it with me!' What alternative is there? If I lose my computer, that would signal the end of my website, and what is my project without the website? So in fact it would signal the end of my trip. I can't very well leave the computer in my hotel room, or even at my hosts' home. Houses get burgled too, and it would only be a matter of time until my luck ran out. Then along came this gizmo, which will virtually make it safer to leave my computer in my room than to carry it on my person. Okay, I'll put you out of your misery... it is a pac-safe backpack security system. This consists of a stainless steel mesh net which wraps around your backpack, and if necessary can be used to secure the backpack to a sturdy item, preventing not only the theft of the pack as a whole, but any access to the valuables inside. Now I won't look like a dork, standing in a nightclub carrying a computer. Now I will simply look like a dork because I dress funny and can't dance!"

Stephen Savage

http://www.thesavagefiles.com/

I would love a couple of stickers for my truck. If you make them. If you do, you could send them to my house. I would also love a catalog to take to my local outfitters to order some other products. I have a backpacker med. and love it. Nothing bothers me more than having my precious gear stolen. Thanks a lot.

Ben

I bought my pacsafe 3 years ago for a 3 week South American trip, it was much admired by fellow travelers and provided peace of mind for safety. Later, I used it on a trip to New York, it was great to lock my valuables inside and attach it to my YHA locker confident in its security.
This year I traveled for 9 months and used my pacsafe daily, again reassuring my rucksacks safety and allowing me to lock my bag to benches etc whilst I looked for accommodation. Money well spent indeed.

Maureen

Aloha from a very satisfied customer! I have the backpack series 1305.I use it for travel and have gotten very interested comments by others whom I've gave your web site out to check out. I also used this pacsafe in my day to day wanderings from work, to the beach, to the gym,shooting range,model shoots, to the malls, etc. I use it to put my backpack that has all of my work related items ,also my camera which I have with me for that spectacular sunset that might catch my eye. I have a 2dr car with no trunk so together with my car alarm I feel a little more secure when parking in those areas.

Clem

The 1st trip I used the Pacsafe I had a bit of a dilemma in Airlie Beach in Queensland, when I'd left my rucksack secured by the Pacsafe, to a bunk bed in a storage room. I was on a 4 day live aboard dive boat and on my return I found that someone else with a Pacsafe had unintentionally padlocked their Pacsafe to mine through the mesh! I had an hour before the Greyhound bus left! I asked the manager of the hostel if he knew who the other Pacsafe belonged to, it turned out it was an American girl who was out on a live aboard too!! I was just contemplating getting a hacksaw to cut through the padlock and release my rucksack when she shows up, what a relief! I traveled up to Cairns the next day and on heading out of the hostel for a beer that night guess who's checking in? That's right, the American girl!!

Kind regards
Simon Holliday

I'm just back from a six month journey around the Mediterranean and I have to tell you that my Pacsafe gave me a lot of peace of mind. I used it to store my laptop and camera gear when I left them in the hotel rooms - I generally locked it on to a bed head or a water pipe. Great concept. I've given you a mention at http://travelsnapz.tripod.com/digitaltravel.html

Regards/Richard

A very good idea as it not only gives you security of your luggage it helps with your state of mind. I travel India, Asia and Europe doing research many times per year and have found it to wonderful.

pandavahealing@dingoblus.net.au

PACSAFE WORKS!!

This is an email from my daughter Amanda who is currently in Malaysia on a university study program. Before she departed, I bought her a Pacsafe and told her to use it. Please read her latest email to me providing that Pacsafe is indispensable for safekeeping valuables, at home or on the road.

Hi Dad,

Thank you for the kind emails. I know that home will be there when I get back. I guess I am kind of bored of being in the jungle, we have been here for almost two weeks. But I have taken some great photos; I can wait to show you them.

You will be happy to know that the Pacsafe you gave me came in handy yesterday!  I told all the girls in my cabin that if they had valuables, to put them in my bag, and I lock it up. So all of their passports and plane tickets and traveler cheque and money was in it, thank goodness, because our cabin was broken into yesterday, but my bag was saved.

Unfortunately some money was stolen that was in other place. My friend Charlotto had her whole wallet stolen, with all of her id and cards, and also 300 US dollars.  Another girl lost 200 ringgets, which is 325 American dollars. We went to the police station, but we’re not sure what is going to be done.

But they all thanked me for having the Pacsafe, so I guess I should thank you!  Anyway, I still have to write mom, I sent her a Mother Day card in Chinese. She really liked it!  Have a great time in South Beach and wherever else you are! And write soon!

Love

Amanda

Dear Pacsafe,

The VRAA expedition society is launching an expedition outfitting service. This is a logical expansion of our core business of running self drive adventures around the globe. We are not selling typical travel store junk, only quality products we have used and been happy with. Products like Touratech cycling gear. ARB truck parts, Columbia clothing, Lonely Planet guides, Garmin GPS, Iridium sat phones, Brunton compasses, etc. Pacsafe is a great fit for the type of products we want. It is also something I can fully endorse.

Nouhadihbou, Mauritania, is a poor and desperate city along the route from Morocco to Senegal. To get there from the North, you pass through a minefield, to the South there is no road, so you drive on the beach at low tide. It has 2 resources - salt and gravel, both are dug by hand.  Many of the laborers are slaves. It a destination for Europeans looking to sell a stolen car. For everyone else it a depressing gas stop and a place to get paperwork stamped. We had to stay overnight so we got the very best hotel in town. There were hookers sleeping on the lobby floor, cattle in the courtyard where we parked, and people looking to hustle us everywhere. We knew they would try to steal our Land Rover, so we took turns standing guard around the clock with machetes and axe handles. About 4:30 am our guards did chase off half a dozen would be thieves.

The whole time I knew that even if I was walking home, I would have my cameras, laptop and sat phone. They were in Pacsafe net, attached to a shower stall.  That’s jusne of the time I remember thinking his is the best $70 I ever spent.?ould you please send us a dealership application?

Thanks

Ed Messenger

I’m a photojournalist and carry about $30,000 worth of Nikon camera equipment when travel. I have used the Pacsafe for about two years and have traveled all over South & Central America, Asia, Africa and the Middle East and have never had a problem with theft. I'am very careful and stay in cheap guesthouses to conserve costs because of extended stay’s photographing a country. The Pacsafe is the best insurance I have next to my professional equipment coverage.

Further, those who have talked so negatively about this product have never tried it.

Oh, one other word, the journo like me covering the worlds hot spots are most of the time using the Pacsafe to help secure there bags full of camera and video gear in there rooms, etc.

In conclusion, I only rave about a few products.  Examples: Nikon Camera gears, Swiss Army knifes, Lowpro backpacks and the Tiley hat.  I can say the Pacsafe mesh is also a must have for this photographer’s list of gear to take during my 4-6 months traveling the world each year.

Steve Kay
AKA
Zentravel

PACSAFE IS REALLY GREAT

I’ve used one on my pack from Brittany to Borneo. You check into a unky?hotel, locked your stuff up, go for a walk, and your stuff is there when you return. You leave your pack in the obby?after you check out, lock it to a chair, and come back a few hours later, and it's there.

And, when it is there you also know it not been tampered with. That is, without a Pacsafe, when you come back and your pack is there, you really don know if it has been tampered with until you look for hatever?and discover it's missing. There is a great peace of mind to knowing that what you think is in your pack is really there.

Yes, it heavy. I pack light with a vengeance, only go carry-on -one pack total- (but these days, because of the nife?issue, I don't know), and struggled with deciding if the 1.1 pounds were worth it.  After one trip I was convinced: no worries, no debts. It's great.

And, I thinking that if I ever check luggage, I check it with my Pacsafe on it.

from the thorn tree at lonelyplanet.com

Hi,

I used your product on my backpack all though Europe/Asia/South East Asia and although we never saw anyone trying to get in to our bags, we feel that it was the Pacsafe that we used all the time that pull off any would be thieves. Thank you for that it made our trip for less stress full.  For that reason I am contacting you regarding a marketing opportunity that you have over looked. I don think you would need a new product, just find the right size/shape. Before I sound any more like I trying to sell you something. Here it is, motorcycle travelers have two choices in luggage, hard plastic panniers or soft ones. The hard one is very expensive and if you happen to fall even stopped they break. Therefore many riders choose soft one; they are much less expensive and don break if you fall (kinda)

Either way they are very popular, however this type of bag had no security at all. And I have known people that have had gear taken, and the whole bag taken.  I had the idea to try my Pacsafe on the bags. Although my Pacsafes (my wife and I each have one) are too big and did not quite work they worked well enough until we can spend the 200 bucks (I am a University student therefore don't have much extra one) to get ones to fit. However I have told many people, including writing in to a motor cycle magazine about this. A couple of mates of mine have gotten the correct size and loved it. They now feel that they have gotten the best of both world soft panniers and security!!!

It comes down to this, advertise to motorcycle travelers as well. Well, let me know what you think.

Cheers

Alexander Kabat
School of Zoology
University Of Tasmania

I have a Pacsafe to travel Asia with and I have found it to be wonderful. A very good idea as it not only provides security for your luggage, it also provides peace of mind. I travel throughout Asia and Europe several times each year on research and have found the Pacsafe to be very beneficial.

Australia

I ordered the Travel Safe 200 to take to Mardi Gras in New Orleans. It was marvelous! Several people in our American Express group trip wanted to know how to order one….Hope you get a lot of business–it is a terrific product!

Lee Armstrong

The Pacsafes gave us peace of mind on buses, trains, at stations, etc….they were probably our best buy for traveling

Paul Fleming McCullagh

First just wanted to say that the Pacsafe is amazing. My friend and I bought it a couple of years ago just after it came on the market--It has gotten my friend and I safely around Asia, Haiti, and South America since then….indestructible!

Liana Woo

My friend and I have returned not long ago from travels to Europe and Asia. We are writing to let you know how much we used and appreciated your excellent innovation in design of the Pacsafe. We traveled in a large number of capital cities around the world and were comforted by the knowledge that our belongings were protected, especially on public transport, on planes and particularly when we were moving between accommodation. We would recommend your product to anybody traveling abroad.

Clare Crouch & Alister Scot

I have just returned from a 12 month round the world trip with a Pacsafe on my backpack at all times. On three occasions I was with people who had their pack broken into or stolen. It was only due to the fact that I had the Pacsafe that I didn’t lose my gear.

I’m traveling with a Pacsafe and they are a good form of insurance. They are great for peace of mind when walking through a crowded street or market. They are best used on night bus rides where you can lock up you pack to prevent it from "falling off the bus." Also great in hotels that have dodgy lock up areas. You can lock up your bag to the bed or desk and will be sure that nobody goes through your bag….

I regularly use a Pacsafe and find it very effective against theft, slashing, & planting things. It also gives my pack some protection against being mishandled by the airlines. If you want to leave your pack unattended, the cable is long enough to do so….Personally, I wouldn’t be without mine.

Lonely Planet Thorn Tree

Just wanted to give you another customer endorsement. I travel by motorcycle a lot and have ridden to over 25 countries in Europe alone.

Recently rode to Russia and purchased a Pacsafe for the trip. I wanted to be able to secure my sleeping gear, tent, cooking gear, etc to the bike. It worked fantastically! I could leave the bike for short periods of time and not worry about all my gear being stolen.

If you check out the link below, you’ll see a picture of my BMW, the Pacsafe, and me at the Russian border. Feel free to use the picture, or link in your advertising. Thought you might like to consider this additional variation in your marketing.

Motorcyclists around the world could really use this. Thanks for helping make an incredible trip more memorable, for all the right reasons!

Jeff Munn,
Germany

That's right. After one year of traveling around the world my girlfriend, we’re back home safely with all our belongings. We've traveled across America (Amtrak), Fiji (dodgy boat rides), New Zealand (camper van), Australia (bus), Singapore, Malaysia, Sumatra, Thailand (whatever means available) and finally India (sleepless transport)!

Our Pacsafes (one each) have traveled with us all the way and given us peace of mind wherever we went. It's been most useful in shared dorms where sadly you can't trust you fellow travelers; in unsecured hotel/beach hut rooms; chained to the engine in our camper van; on all forms of public/private transport and even on our backs when we walked! Although, by the time we got to India we had sent all our kit of value home. Our Pacsafes were still used and came in handy on the notorious trains where our other bags were rifled through!

David Roe,
New Zealand