The brand attribution on this product has been wrong and it is worth correcting. Targus is the manufacturer; the correct manufacturer part number is TCG717GL. BakkerElkhuizen is a distributor, and BNETCG717 is BakkerElkhuizen’s own catalogue number applied to the Targus product — not a manufacturer part number. We have kept BNETCG717 as the supplier reference and named the product as Targus does. Some German-market listings for this bag even append “Version: German Keyboard”, which is pure data corruption on a piece of luggage.

⚠ Targus’s own regional sites publish different external dimensions for this case — the EMEA site gives 42.5 x 22 x 39 cm, the South African site 46.8 x 21 x 43.7 cm, and the US site a third set again. We cannot resolve which is authoritative, so treat the external dimensions as low confidence and ask us before ordering if they are critical, for example for a cabin allowance. The laptop compartment figure of 42.4 x 29.2 x 3.8 cm is consistent and is the one to measure your machine against.

What Targus does not publish for this case: the number and type of wheels, a shoulder strap, any water resistance claim, an RFID pocket, a water bottle pocket, any recycled-content or sustainability claim, and the number of stages on the telescoping handle. We claim none of these.

Note also two EANs. Targus itself publishes two different barcodes for this product across regions, likely a revision or a regional pack change. Our record carries no EAN and we have not added one.

Finally, material: Targus EMEA states 1680D polyester. Several US distributors write “1680D nylon”; that is a distributor error.

✓ Carrying a 17.3 inch laptop that is simply too heavy to want on a shoulder

✓ Overnight business trips — the separate clothing section means one case rather than two

✓ Anyone who works from the case: the zip-down workstation puts pens, cards and cables in reach

✓ Travellers who want a laptop compartment engineered rather than merely padded

✓ Buyers who value a limited lifetime warranty on the case

Two things about this listing needed fixing before anything useful could be said about the product. First, the brand: this is a Targus case, part number TCG717GL, sold through BakkerElkhuizen under their own catalogue number BNETCG717. Attributing it to Bakker Elkhuizen has led to some genuinely strange downstream data — German listings for it carry a “Version: German Keyboard” attribute, which is a keyboard field bleeding onto a suitcase. Second, the dimensions, which we will come back to.

The product itself is a straightforward and well-judged answer to a specific problem: the 17.3 inch laptop. Machines that size, with a charger, are heavy enough that a shoulder bag becomes an active nuisance on any journey longer than a walk to the car. A roller moves that weight to the floor. Targus adds a separate clothing section so an overnight trip does not need a second bag, and a zip-down workstation that opens flat — the difference between finding a cable and emptying the case to find a cable.

The Dome Protection System is the part worth paying for. Rather than surrounding the laptop with more foam, it puts a moulded structure around the compartment so that pressure on the case is carried by the shell. On a 17.3 inch panel, which is large and unsupported in the middle, that is the more effective approach.

Now the dimensions, because we would rather flag an uncertainty than paper over it. Targus publishes three different external size sets for this case across its own regional websites — EMEA, South Africa and the US do not agree with each other. The laptop compartment figure of 42.4 x 29.2 x 3.8 cm is consistent and reliable, so use that to check your machine. But if you are buying to a cabin allowance, do not trust any external figure you find online, including ours; ask us and we will confirm.

A short list of things Targus simply does not claim, and which we therefore do not: the number or type of wheels, a shoulder strap, water resistance of any kind, an RFID pocket, a bottle pocket, or any recycled content. Several distributor listings fill these gaps confidently. Also note the material is 1680D polyester, not the nylon several US retailers state.

The warranty is genuinely good but needs reading carefully. Targus publishes a limited lifetime warranty on the case, and defines “lifetime” as the period the original purchaser owns it — not the product’s lifespan, and not transferable. Electronic parts get one year. For a case whose likely failure points are a wheel, a handle or a zip, that is a meaningful commitment as long as you understand what it says.

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