Introducing the Cadet laptop briefcase.

The Cadet is a minimalist briefcase designed to fit your laptop, a few files or magazines, power supplies, pens, notebooks, and other small accessories. The Cadet is available is two sizes: 15/13 and 11/iPad. Both sizes feature a removable protective laptop sleeve (called the Cadet Cache) in sizes designed specifically to fit Apple laptops and the iPad: the 15/13 size fits both the 15” and 13” MacBook Pro, the 13” MacBook, and the 13” MacBook Air, while the 11/iPad size fits the 11” MacBook Air and the iPad/iPad 2. While designed to fit Apples, there are many PC laptops that will fit too - please consult our fit list to your left. If you can’t find your laptop on that list, email us and we’ll help. The Cadet is made with an exterior of 1050d U.S. ballistic nylon, which has twice the abrasion resistance of 1680 denier fabric, and an interior of ultra-lightweight Japanese Dyneema/nylon ripstop fabric, made for us in Japan. In between the exterior and the lining is .25” / 8mm closed cell foam on the front, back and bottom - this gives the Cadet its shape and provides additional protection for your laptop (and if you choose to go au naturale, this foam will provide some protection for an unprotected laptop). The Cadet features #10 and #8 YKK splash-proof zippers with metal pulls. Want cord pulls? You can buy our Cord Zipper Pulls separately here, allowing you to add them to the metal zipper pulls or replace the metal zipper pulls entirely. The Cadet has two comfortable padded handles that meet above the bag’s center of gravity; when the Cadet is zipped shut, the handles come nicely together so you needn’t fish for them when it’s time to grab and go. Shoulder strap attachment points are on the left and right sides of the Cadet and feature our exclusive (designed by Tom), super-heavy-duty DuPont™ Delrin® eye-loops, tested to 260 pounds each. Our Standard Shoulder Strap is included with the Cadet. You have the option of upgrading to our Absolute Shoulder Strap for an extra $20. The Cadet can be worn three ways: across-body (“messenger style”), on one shoulder, or carried in hand as a briefcase. The Cadet has three exterior access compartments, six interior organizer pockets (five on the 11/iPad size), and one exterior open-top pocket (on the back). The small, front horizontal zippered pocket of the Cadet is lined with Ultrasuede® and designed to fit an iPhone or iPhone simulacra. Like the other compartments of the Cadet, this pocket zips shut with a YKK Uretek splash-proof zipper. Behind the small zippered pocket is a contoured zippered compartment that opens to about half of the height of the bag, revealing organizer pockets sized for a Magic Mouse or similarly sized device; cell-phone; passport; plus three pen/pencil pockets. There’s plenty of additional room in this compartment for a power supply and phone charger as well - even a small notebook or snack. Inside this front compartment you’ll also find two O-rings. If you already have one of our bags, you probably know about (and perhaps love) our O-rings. If you’re new to our bags, you may be wondering - what’s all this about O-rings? They are just as they sound: small, plastic “O” shaped rings that are sewn inside of the compartments and pockets of our bags. Clip an extra Key Strap to an O-ring to keep track of an extra set of keys or your work or school ID. Clear, Dyneema/nylon, Padded, Cork, or Cordura Organizer Pouches can be clipped to O-rings to add further (and color-coded) organization. A Guardian Light can be clipped to an O-ring to serve as an interior bag light. Clip a 3D Clear Organizer Cube via a Key Strap to an O-ring, and you have a TSA 3-1-1 liquids bag on a tether - making sure you won’t lose it when going through the airport security line. There are endless uses for O-rings and the accessories that clip to them. Inside of the main compartment of the Cadet clips a Cadet Cache: a specially modified version of our popular Cache laptop sleeve. Using two Gatekeeper clips, the bottom edge of the Cadet Cache attaches to two vertical pieces of webbing sewn into the Cadet. When passing through a TSA checkpoint, you can easliy slide your laptop/iPad (still in its protective Cadet Cache) out of the Cadet for X-ray inspection; your laptop remains protected and attached to the Cadet. Also inside the main compartment is a large open-top pocket: your files or magazines won’t come along for the ride when you slide the Cadet Cache out at the checkpoint. Of course, the Cadet works well as briefcase for those who eschew laptops and just want to carry files or a book or two; you can buy it sans Cadet Cache and save $30.00. And if the Cadet’s native organizational structure is not enough, you can add a Horizontal Freudian Slip so you can be the most organized person on the freakin’ planet (Horizontal Freudian Slip fits in the larger 15/13 size only, not the 11/iPad size ~ sorry). The outside back of the Cadet features a wide, quick-access pocket for a magazine or newspaper (it’s the only pocket on the Cadet that doesn’t zip shut). The bottom of this pocket unzips so that you can slide the Cadet over the handle of rolling luggage. Tom designed the Cadet for people who want a small-ish briefcase, simple with lots of features: a safe place to carry a laptop, comfortable handles, and easy-access phone and magazine pockets. Yes, all this plus the Cadet zips up for use in zero-gravity situations like being turned up-side-down in your car or under the seat of an airplane. I think we thought of everything