ZeroShock Sleeves for Your Laptop

Some people are happy with keeping and carrying their laptops in the default shoulder-bags that ship with the computers. Personally, however, I’m not so satisfied with these bags that laptops come with. For one, they’re large and bulky. Secondly, while they are adequately padded, they do not always fit your laptop snugly, hence there is a tendency for damage when, say, the bag is dropped or bumped.

I prefer purchasing third-party carrying cases that offer better portability and protection, such as the Samsonite Inventure backpack I reviewed a bit earlier. Some would prefer keeping their laptops on thid-party bags that weren’t intended for laptops at all, such as in canvas shoulderbags and messenger bags.

For any preferred mode of transport or storage, laptop users can always get added protection by using shock-absorbing sleeves, such as the Shinza ZeroShock sleeve. The ZeroShock sleeve is constructed from high-resistance polyurethane, which is more commonly known to have “memory” as the material will dent after absorbing shocks and compression and will retain that shape for a few minutes before reverting to the original state.

High-resistance polyurethane does not yield to external pressure as easily as neoprene or regular polyurethane foam. By compressing slowly and expanding slowly, high-resistance polyurethane is particularly adept at absorbing impact energy. Due to high-resistance polyurethane’s impact-absorbing properties, it is most often used in medical devices, car seats, acoustic devices, fruit transport packaging, and aerospace development applications. Applying this technology to notebook cases results in an unparalleled shock-absorption/weight ratio. Translation? Better protection for your notebook with less weight to lug around.

Apparently, this type of construction works great at distributing stress across a larger surface area, primarily through the sleeve itself (and not the laptop stored inside), resulting to better laptop protection. It’s akin to the concept of body armor (made of Kevlar or other newer material) absorbing the impact of a bullet and preventing it from penetrating the armor and the body of the wearer itself.

The Shinza Zeroshock sells for approximately US$ 30 (depending on the size) online at shinza.com.

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