Do you need a $200 plastic bag for your Teenage Engineering synths? Well, you’re in luck...

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Whatever your take on the company, it’s fair to say that it’s difficult to second-guess what Teenage Engineering is going to come up with next.

As such, the release of its new splash modular bag - a roll-up water resistant case for your OP-1, OP-Z and Pocket Operator synths - might cause an eyebrow to raise but probably won’t come as a total surprise. It’s made of transparent “thermoplastic polyurethane” (or, 'plastic', to you and me).

Whether you really need the water resistance is open to debate - maybe you want to play with your gear by the pool or on your, um, canoe? - but, at $200/£190, the bag certainly isn’t cheap, so you probably need to consider if it’s really necessary. You can, if you wish, buy each pocket separately - hence the modular moniker.

Another ‘feature’ of the main bag is a “built-in elastic cable storage system”.

You can get on the case on the Teenage Engineering website.

I’m the Deputy Editor of MusicRadar, having worked on the site since its launch in 2007. I previously spent eight years working on our sister magazine, Computer Music. I’ve been playing the piano, gigging in bands and failing to finish tracks at home for more than 30 years, 24 of which I’ve also spent writing about music and the ever-changing technology used to make it.