When you think of the Swiss, what first comes to mind? Chocolate? That’s an excellent answer but not what we’re looking for. Cheese? Again, right on, but not something for today. Piles of money? Okay, that’s a good one too, but think outside the box. Think to yourself “with all these wonderful things, what would the Swiss need most of all”? That’s right. Something to carry them in.

The Wenger SwissGear Rival Notebook Backpack is made by the makers who made the genuine Swiss Army Knife, which, strangely, doesn’t seem to be the Swiss Army. Outsourcing, probably. There’s a padded computer pocket that fits most 15”/15.4” laptops and shock absorbing shoulder straps to, well, you can probably guess what they do. They also have the Swiss technological advancement of CaseBase, a stabilizing platform that lets the bag stand upright no matter how many bootleg Heidi videotapes you stuff in there. There’s even a extra pocket for your cell phone or MP3 player. Forget Death Metal Denmark and the angry windmill people of Holland, Switzerland is it-zerland!

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