Comments on: Setting Up A Backpack Security System To Keep Your Bag Safe When It’s Vulnerable https://foxnomad.com/2010/08/12/setting-up-a-backpack-security-system-to-keep-your-bag-safe-when-its-vulnerable/ tech and tips to help you travel smarter Mon, 28 Feb 2011 21:53:05 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: RenegadePilgrim https://foxnomad.com/2010/08/12/setting-up-a-backpack-security-system-to-keep-your-bag-safe-when-its-vulnerable/#comment-112074 Fri, 20 Aug 2010 01:28:32 +0000 http://www.foxnomad.com/?p=8521#comment-112074 In reply to Anil Polat.

Yes. It’s a double layer of protection. One, the locks keep my bag more secure. Two, if the zip-ties have been messed with, I will know my bag has been messed with.

]]> By: Anil Polat https://foxnomad.com/2010/08/12/setting-up-a-backpack-security-system-to-keep-your-bag-safe-when-its-vulnerable/#comment-112029 Thu, 19 Aug 2010 18:42:53 +0000 http://www.foxnomad.com/?p=8521#comment-112029 In reply to RenegadePilgrim.

Do you use them along with the locks?

]]> By: RenegadePilgrim https://foxnomad.com/2010/08/12/setting-up-a-backpack-security-system-to-keep-your-bag-safe-when-its-vulnerable/#comment-111992 Thu, 19 Aug 2010 13:36:19 +0000 http://www.foxnomad.com/?p=8521#comment-111992 I also find that zip-ties work really well to at least know if my bag has been messed with. I put them through the zipper pulls on my bag when I check it in at either the airport or when I put them on a bus. I also have a lock, but in the off chance they can pick the lock, I still know my bag has been messed with because what crook is running around with zip-ties to replace the one they had to cut to get into my bag?! I try to get the colorful ones at Harbor Freight or Home Depot or Lowes. They are super cheap and lightweight and don’t take a lot of space in your pack, either.

]]> By: Anil Polat https://foxnomad.com/2010/08/12/setting-up-a-backpack-security-system-to-keep-your-bag-safe-when-its-vulnerable/#comment-111818 Wed, 18 Aug 2010 16:18:50 +0000 http://www.foxnomad.com/?p=8521#comment-111818 In reply to Sherry Ott.

Without my habits I would so easily lose track of many things. I guess we’re creatures of habit 🙂

]]> By: Sherry Ott https://foxnomad.com/2010/08/12/setting-up-a-backpack-security-system-to-keep-your-bag-safe-when-its-vulnerable/#comment-111746 Wed, 18 Aug 2010 11:21:14 +0000 http://www.foxnomad.com/?p=8521#comment-111746 Automation is key to not getting frustrated – I have a whole system in my bag that I have to stick to else I’ll lose track of everything!

Personally – when I carry my daypack around – I still lock it with a little combo lock so that I can feel safer as I’m shooting pictures that someone isn’t rummaging around in my pack!

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