July 11, 2021 Patrick Lagreid Blog,  PCA 2021

PCA 2021: What’s In My Bag — Patrick Lagreid

If there’s one thing I’ve come to learn over several trade shows—and a recent move to a new home—is that unnecessary stuff is heavy to move around. As such, and as a byproduct of having our on-floor bunker, I’m carrying around a lot less in my eBags backpack. That means that the MacBook Pro and its cables and dongle stay in the booth. As does the extra portable Anker battery and anything else that I don’t need to have on my back while walking around the show floor.

What does come with me is a lot of the same things I have carried around in years past, are really the true essentials for the floor:

  • Sony A7iii camera with an f/2.8, 16-35mm lens
  • Sennheiser AVX wireless mic for interviews
  • Peak Design Tripod — a full-size version for booth videos and a tabletop version for accessory videos
  • Reporter’s notebook
  • Pens — specifically from Uniball and Muji
  • Anker portable battery (small)
  • Business cards
  • Hand sanitizer
  • Water

As for the other things that would be in my bag but tend to stay on my desk in the bunker:

Hopefully several trade shows have finally taught me to pack as light as possible and my back will be in decent shape when the trade show wraps up. Also—hopefully I don’t knock anything over with the tripod.

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Patrick Lagreid

I strive to capture the essence of a cigar and the people behind them in my work – every cigar you light up is the culmination of the work of countless people and often represents generations of struggle and stories. For me, it’s about so much more than the cigar – it’s about the story behind it, the experience of enjoying the work of artisans and the way that a good cigar can bring people together. In addition to my work with halfwheel, I’m the public address announcer for the Colorado Rockies and Arizona Diamondbacks during spring training, as well as for the Salt River Rafters of the Arizona Fall League, the WNBA's Phoenix Mercury and previously the Arizona Rattlers of the Indoor Football League. I also work in a number of roles for Major League Baseball, plus I'm a voice over artist. Prior to joining halfwheel, I covered the Phoenix and national cigar scene for Examiner.com, and was an editor for Cigar Snob magazine.

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