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  • Sidekick

Sidekick

Fabric -  Botanica
Mix-n-match straps

All bags have modular straps so they can be personalised and allow your bag to be worn as a shoulderbag and backpack.

Every detail counts

What will fit?
Mix-n-match straps
Padded (suitcasable) grab handle
Serial number & archive
Quality YKK zippers
What will fit?

The Sidekick will fit smaller laptops and tablets up to 28cm x 22cm (accounting for the lining and such).

This means it is slightly too small to completely fit the Macbook Neo, and better suited to tablets like the 13" iPad Pro.

Though for occasionally carrying a laptop some customers wear the bag unzipped with A4 papers or their 14" laptop slightly poking out the top.

Apart from devices it will fit most everyday items you need apart from larger water bottles and A4 books and papers.

Mix-n-match straps

Your bag uses modular, mix-n-match straps so you can configure your bag exactly how you like.

These are attached with custom aluminium hardware developed in-house (and lasercut locally) as there was nothing available that did exactly what was needed.

The straps are available in a range of colours and widths so you can personalise your bag now, or in the coming years.

Padded (suitcasable) grab handle

The padded grab handle is positioned near the strap loops on the back of the bag.

This gives an easy way to hang and pickup your bag and has been sized to also slip over most suitcase handles, allowing you to effortlessly organise your luggage.

Many customers have mentioned this is a substantial improvement over their existing mattt bag/s without a handle.

Serial number & archive

Every bag now comes with a unique serial number and QR code digitally printed on a label inside the front pocket.

This allows you to view details about your bag such as the date it was made, a constantly updating cost-per-day and photos of your bag being made.

It also means if your bag is ever misplaced it is as easy as possible for someone to organise it's return through a form on the bags archive page.

Quality YKK zippers

Your bag is made to last - and a big part of this durability comes from using the highest quality zips.

The main zipper is a dual YKK #8 coil zipper, while all pockets use a slightly lighter weight YKK #5 zipper (shown)

As these are used in most quality bags this also means the sliders are easy to source anywhere in the world should they ever need to be replaced.

Compare the Sidekick
Widekick

backpack & shoulderbag
from $315

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The work centric bag in the mattt family.

5cm
wider

14" laptop
up to 32cm x 26cm

great for all your A4 things
along with pockets to keep
smaller items organised

1 x full width zipper pocket
w/ 3 x smaller pockets
for phone, passport, pens
+ key loop

1 x full width zipper pocket
divided into two sections to create
seperate areas for passports, pens
and/or charging cables

Sidekick

backpack & shoulderbag
from $295

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The most popular bag - big enough to carry all you need.

32cm
width
28cm
height
9cm
depth

13" iPad Pro
up to 28cm x 22cm

sketchbook, sunglasses, water bottle etc

can also fit a 14" laptop
(slightly poking out top when unzipped)

1 x full width zipper pocket
w/ 2 x smaller pockets
for phone, passport, pens
+ key loop

1 x full width zipper pocket
a single section section for passports,
pens and/or charging cables

Smol

shoulderbag
from $195

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Your organised, go-anywhere companion - great for gigs (and when you'd like to dance)!

10cm
narrower
4cm
skinnier

11" iPad Pro
up to 25cm x 18cm

fits all your necessities including phone, sunglasses, small notebook and passport etc

1 x full width zipper pocket
for phone, passport, pens
+ key loop

1 x full width zipper pocket
option to personalise with custom lining
like photo, poem, message etc

What people are saying about their Sidekick ...

The bag was a farewell gift for a colleague and she was blown away with it.

She loved the colour and it was the perfect size for her as she will be travelling throughout India.
Thanks so much for the speedy reply and general attentiveness!

- Stephanie B, Adelaide

I have just received my bag and I love it!

I have been using it lots and it has quickly become my favourite.
Quality is second to none.
Thanks for coming to Bowerbird in Adelaide.

- Lisa, Hawthorn

The space is perfect and everything has it's own place within easy access.

Really easy to follow and quick to use ordering process, great pictures of the bags and the fabric choices.
I like everything about my bag! It's the most perfect bag I've ever owned.
Also, the zips are so easy to use one-handed and slide effortlessly while being really strong.

- Michelle, New York

Lifetime Guarantee

This is the distillation of my approach to design, materials and making developed over more than twenty years of sewing and selling bags.

Each and every bag is personally sewn in my studio with quality materials, components and construction techniques selected for durability, repairability and sustainability.

Quite simply I guarantee your bag is made for many many years of everyday use.

If in the unlikely event that any stitching or hardware should fail they'll be repaired free for life.

Lifetime Guarantee

I respectfully acknowledge the Boon Wurrung and Wurundjeri peoples of Melbourne, the traditional custodians of this beautiful land on which I am lucky enough to live, work and create.

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