This is a great little pen. The Zebra F 301 Compact pen is less than 4″ with the pen closed, converting into a full size pen when opened. I pretty much stopped carrying pen’s two years ago simply because I kept losing them. I have had this pen for two weeks now and it’s never been misplaced or missing. This is also due in part because it conveniently clips horizontally along the bottom of my Slimmy and is exactly the same length. It’s just one more thing that I do not have to involve my psyche. Lastly, the pen actually writes pretty darn well 
A college buddy of mine, Klaus Axen (hey, Klaus), was in Japan on a visit during our time at the University of Michigan. Klaus, as you might correctly guess from his name, was (is) a tall blond Germanic creature. Striking by any measure. He didn’t neccesarily blend well in Japan.
He brough back presents for a number of his friends, amungst them a garment known as a happi coat, or Happy Coat to us. There is some authentic history on these cotton or silk robes. The ones he brought us were cotton, with Japanese prints. They were short. Really short. Not a lot of genital coverage, really. This is the story we got:
“It is a short robe you use after bathing. If you are happy, everyone will know it. That’s why they call them Happy Coats.”
Looking at the length of the new BlackCoat Minimal, I think of the happi coat. Coverage, but just enough. This also has the additional effect of making your legs look longer. Very nice.
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One thing that some of our Made for iPod jacket customers have said is a bit confusing is the procedure for turning on the control panel. It is just a matter of holding down the Next button for a few seconds, but it isn’t obvious. We have out an orange circle around this button to make it easier to remember, but our intention is that you will have the lay out memorized and be able to use the buttons without looking or thinking about it. Our testing has shown that most people have the whole thing down within a few days and can gracefully control their iPod without having to look at the controls at all.
BlackCoat Made for iPod - Kata
We’re big fans of trolling YouTube for interesting videos. Jay has put together a brief demonstration of the ElekTex control panel that lives in our Made for iPod jackets. It is posted on our site and, of course, on YouTube.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hKbWoxpMf-g
We’ve put together some of our favorite photos of our models, including Jed Hildebrand from Survivor, wearing BlackCoat outerwear and created a page to let you browse through them. People tell us all the time that it is difficult to make a decision about our outerwear on-line. We try to make it easy to return anything, but that isn’t enough for a lot of people. Hopefully these photos will make it easier to fall in love with the coats and excited about making the purchase.
See Jed Hildebrand and friends wearing BlackCoat outerwear.
We get asked this all the time. It’s almost the wrong question. There is no maximum per se, but I wouldn’t plan on trying to keep more than 15 cards in the Slimmy. At that point you might as well have a big old George Costanza wallet anyway because you loose the sleek nature of the Slimmy. You also wouldn’t want that much in your front pocket. American Express actually circulated a warning this summer saying that men carry too much in their wallets leaving them very exposed to theft and then identity theft.
I used to be an 18-card, 2-months-of-receipts, lots-of-extraneous-crap guy with a big butt brick. I would use the Slimmy when I was going out and just grab the essentials, but eventually I never went back. I still have the old wallet full of loyalty cards from burrito stands and what not, but I keep a pretty trim Slimmy that has everything I need everyday and is small enough that you can’t tell I have it unless you frisk me.
I keep 4 bank/credit cards, license, registration, health insurance card, car insurance card, 1 to 5 business cards, and as many as 10 bills and a days worth of receipts.
Slimmy reminds you to take stuff out of your wallet. It’s so appealingly sleek when it has only the necessities in it. Once you have a few extra receipts dangling out, you remember to file them away. It reinforces discipline.
Koyono Front Pocket Wallets
Q: I am looking at getting a Sling Pack . If it rains while i am out side with a computer in this pack.. will my computer get wet?
A: Incase lists the nylon shell as “Water Resistant.” It is a very tight weave but not intended to protect against a downpour. We like the Sling because it is has such a low profile. I wear it under my rain shell when I commute on my bike and it stays close enough to the body if I am walking about town with an umbrella. I know some messengers use an additional teflon spray coating over such things, but it looks pretty nasty after awhile.
