Summer travel is here, and for those of us who can take advantage of some of the great “recession buster” deals, there is no better time to travel. Rates are down and a last minute trip to Hawaii is not out of the question. In the event that you are bringing your laptop, it is good to know that with the right checkpoint friendly laptop bag , you can breeze through security even faster.

TSA (the Travel Security Administration) has some relatively simple guidelines. Your laptop needs to lay flat on the X-ray belt. No zippers or metal objects can be underneath or on top of the laptop section, and there can be no pockets in the laptop section. There can be nothing else in the laptop section other than the laptop. The whole idea is that the TSA rep needs to be able to easily see your laptop as it goes through the X-ray.

If you really want to keep it simple for yourself, just choose a laptop sleeve or bag that is already identified as checkpoint friendly. Mobile Edge has created its “Scan Fast” series of laptop bags, that includes a checkpoint friendly backpack and several briefcases that fold open and allow you to keep the laptop inside. Then you can choose to select a sleeve that will go in any bag, keeping your laptop safe but also making security fast.

If you are looking for more details, check out TSA’s web site