Dust-Off Keyboard Quiver LAN Party Travel Bag Review
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Final Thoughts and Conclusion
There are very few faults with Falcon’s Dust-Off Keyboard Quiver. The bag itself is well built using high quality material that should last through a great deal of punishment. The design is fairly well thought out, and can compensate for the size and shape of most gaming gear. It doesn’t even look all that bad, that is if you roll with the gamer-geek crowd.
The Keyboard Quiver isn’t without its faults though. Most of those faults relate to the size of its compartments. First and foremost is the fact that you can not fit a first generation Logitech G15 into this bag. That is rectified with the second generation G15, but there are still a large amount of gamers out there still rocking out on the original G15. Also anything bigger than an iPod may have problems fitting into the media player pocket. The outside pockets are somewhat skimpy, but you can work with them.
In the end, I can still say that the Keyboard Quiver is something that both real and aspiring professional gamers can get a great deal of use out of. As long as you aren’t a clingy G15 owner, you will be able to fit most everything you need into this pack. This should reduce the total load you need to portage to your local LAN in addition to your system, monitor, and this bag fully loaded. Upon release there were some concerns about price. Many found $69.99 USD to be a little steep. I would have agreed. However, a price reduction has been announced, and you should be able to find the Dust-Off Keyboard Quiver for about $45 USD. That makes it cheaper then many standard sized back packs that may have the same accoutrement, and those products can’t completely swallow a keyboard. This makes the Dust-Off Keyboard Quiver a proud recipient of both our
Value Added award, and a
Futurelooks recommendation.
The Good
- Tough construction
- Well though out design
- Keeps peripherals motionless and secure
- Comfortable, even under full load
- Cheaper than similar normal backpacks
The Bad
- Too small to fit the popular first gen Logitech G15
- Media player pocket too small for anything bigger then an iPod
Overall Rating: 8.0/10.0
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Futurelooks' PC Hardware Editor, Jason Landals is indeed a hardware review veteran. He cut his teeth through the dot com boom over at TheTechZone.com as "Decius". There, he witnessed the birth of many trends we currently take for granted, including menu-driven overclocking, case modding, and quiet computing. He has overclocked everything from the oldest of Celeron processors right up to the current Phenom power houses, and has taken Dremel to steel on more than one occasion.His hardcore skills translate into the virtual realm. Jason is a dedicated FPS gamer, and has even managed to frag the almighty Fatal1ty. His resume of virtual battlefields is as long as his list of reviews, and includes such classics as Starseige Tribes and the current animated frag fest Team Fortress 2.
