Backpack for Camera Gear & Notebook

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bags....they are the curse of my existence. I am wired to cases like some guys are to porn. Airline in flight mags always get me. Every year there is some now Samsonite case that is three times bigger on the outside than it is on the inside and I just gotta have it. My basement is littered with suitcases and bags. A whole lot from many Asian adventures where, again, I just can't resist because they are so cheap. I have hockey bags, camera bags, suit bags, suit cases of all descriptions. And when it comes to eqipment, I am just as bad. Kangaroo, lowell, billingham, and pellican all feed my addiction....my latest being the Pelican 1510 with wheels and a slide out handle.

Help me. I need a 12 step programme for suitcase addiction.

[Hell Puppy]

This one is making me stiff due to the dual access....price is nice too....$90 for the model 75.

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Originally Posted by Hell Puppy

This one is making me stiff due to the dual access....price is nice too....$90 for the model 75.

You bastard, you are feeding my addiction. Fortunately for me it doesn't have wheels, so I can be strong.

[Hell Puppy]

Originally Posted by rhetorical

You bastard, you are feeding my addiction. Fortunately for me it doesn't have wheels, so I can be strong.

Oh, you'd want this one then:

http://www.tamrac.com/698.htm

It has the harness and can be used as a backpack, or you sit it down, pull out the handle and it's a roller.

[Hell Puppy]

I'm not quite as bad as Rhet. I do have a wide variety of backpacks and camera bags. Most stay preloaded, so I can just grab and go and be assured everything I might need in terms of cables, cards, etc are all in there.

For luggage, different tools for different trips, so I again have several. Small carry-on that will actually pass the "rack test" for TSA and all of the U.S. carriers. Mid sized, large, suit bag, hard side for brutal trips, soft sides for buying too many souvenirs and at least one that is so big it almost qualifies as a steamer trunk. I call it the John Candy Planes, Trains and Automobiles bag.

I learned early on dont cheap out on bags. My favorite is my Dakota carry on, I've had it at least a decade. It does a minimum of 4-5 trips a year and is still like new. I cried when Tumi bought them out. Not all that well known of a brand, but every flight attendant I knew or had talked to at the time recommended them. It hasn't disappointed.

Although I like Tumi, I'd never check one. Designer bags or just expensive bags in general scream out "open me and steal my stuff". Maybe if I ever get the hang of this here web thang I may someday be able to fly private jets, then I'll buy a really nice bag.

[softball]

Originally Posted by Hell Puppy

Oh, you'd want this one then:

http://www.tamrac.com/698.htm

It has the harness and can be used as a backpack, or you sit it down, pull out the handle and it's a roller.

Fortunately I have a very similar bag that does what this one does. Whew....

I agree with HP, whatever bag you have you must fuck with the optics. I remove any labels that scream camera equipment inside, or I gaffer tape across them. I get them dirty, and generally beat them up and try and make them look cheap. Not quite so insane about my carry on, but checked luggage, you want to look as cheap and beat up as possible.