Hi Robert,
You know, I still remember designing those bags and conducting stress/fail tests in my backyard with a bunch of bricks and some manufacturers samples. I wanted to see what bags held up the best under the weight of water-born frag containers and other purchases....the last thing I wanted was to give away cheap bags that ripped half way through our show and deposited all your expensive purchases over the concrete floor. We paid a little more for the special engineering that went into our swag bags (and thousands more getting them through customs) but it was worth it to me. To this day people are telling me they still use their MAX swag bag for daily lunch totes at work, LOL. Its all about Details, Details Details.
Unfortunately, I am sad to say we had to discontinue the bag giveaways due to lack of participation and sponsorship support. Without the product donations it just didn't make sense to continue