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Great Quality And Versatility

Reviewed in the United States on January 1, 2020

I bought this product to be my carry on travel bag. It foot my Sony A7iii with 24-70 zoom, and two other lenses plus my Godox flash and chargers. The top is big enough for my mavic pro, controller, and batteries. That pocket handled all the odds and ends for my trip. The laptop area carried my Kindle and my iPad. I also fit my Manfroto Travel Tripod in the side packet.
I am 6'1" and the straps fit me perfectly. Good padding even when straps were loose enough for me to take it off and put it on easily going through the airport. The top handle is a convenient and comfortable way to pick op the bag even loaded down. Also it for well into the luggage compartments with room to spare for a coat or small personal item to stack on top.

I especially liked the camera opening is on the back.

Plus it includes a rain cover. Great product, I am looking forward to travelling with it again soon.

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Great design and low weight with the worst performance to keep your gear secured in place.

Reviewed in the United States on September 6, 2019

Stellar design and distribution of pockets. Sadly, it lacks of structure (frame) and the main compartment door is way to soft and thin that makes no pressure on the gear items (specially the camera) what causes the camera rolling over the other compartments below and potentially being damaged by scratching against lens bodies or whatnot. Part of the problem is that the velcro inserts are too short that they don’t touch the main compartment door and since it wobbles, creates the space for the unsecured gear to roll over and create an freaking mess ready to stress you out next time you open the bag. This is definitely not a $150 ish bag, definitely overpriced for what it is. I’m disappointed enough by it that I decided to return the product.
I am a mirrorless camera user, and this bag definitely doesn’t do the job for my needs.

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Warren Hayford

Great Quality And Versatility

Reviewed in the United States on January 1, 2020

Reviewed in the United States on September 13, 2018

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It's going to depend on what you carry, but this bag is really well thought out for people like me. I actually removed the removable camera insert and the empty space (rear access) fits my entire DJI Mavic 2 Fly More kit/bag plus my GoPro stuff. I keep my Canon M50 and handle tripod in the top compartment with some other stuff and chargers. My MacBook Pro 13 goes in the from padded laptop compartment. My only complaint is that I wish the laptop pocket went the full length (it's still padded, but I prefer my laptop to be completely covered inside a bag). There are two stretchy side pockets that seem to be leakproof, so goo for a water bottle and/or umbrella. I put my tripod in the tripod pocket. The other side has a long zippered pocket similar to the tripod pocket (but slimmer), and that stores my cord pouch and some misc items. Another random thing I like about it is that there are no hooks or flaps on the front, which makes it super easy to slide under a plane seat.

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K. Kotha

Nice backpack with some shortcomings.

Reviewed in the United States on November 22, 2016

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Manfrotto MB MA-BP-R Advanced Rear Backpack (Black)

This is a very nice and high quality back-pack. However, these are the main points I'd like to make about the design quality:

- The outermost side pouches may not fit a water bottle once the zippered side pouches have been filled up.
- The webbing for the backpack and hip straps are barely an inch wide but made of very high-quality materials.
- The design is very discreet, and what I especially like is that the zippered camera enclosure is not immediately obvious to the casual thief.
- The rain cover came stuffed inside the top pocket's mesh pouch, and takes up roughly 20% of its volume if left there. It almost seems as if the rain cover was an afterthought. Contrast this to the LowePro Photo Hatchback which has a dedicated stuff pocket underneath the camera compartment. Again, this reeks of cost-cutting.
- The tripod pocket is very nice, but it does intrude very slightly into the main compartments. It has a sewn-in drawstring pouch which holds my a compact tripod nicely, bigger tripods will be difficult to stuff into this pocket.
- There are almost no sewn-in loops for accessories on the outside, which really makes it stealthy. It also compromises the versatility. This is one of my favorite features on the swiss gear backpacks. Wish there were atleast a couple of loops to attach carabiners to.

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Great Bag with a Couple Minor Flaws

Reviewed in the United States on September 2, 2019

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This bag is a big upgrade from the shoulder sling bag that came with my camera. I have a Cannon 80D and 3 lenses. This bag can easily hold all of that in the camera compartment along with charger, batteries, and a few other minor accessories. The only drawback to the compartment is trying to get the camera out. Many times I had lay the bag on the ground to unzip the bag. Of the many months of doing this, the bag does not show any wear and tear.

The top section is large enough for snacks, sunglasses, headphones, and any items you need while traveling. There is also a nice zipper pocket for smaller items.

The side pouches are kind of small to use, even for a water bottle. I just store the rain cover in them.

Overall, this is a great bag and I would recommend to anyone.

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H. K. Wong

Advanced pack (rear access version)

Reviewed in the United States on March 14, 2017

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Very good pack for travel. Well made and super functional. Zippers are laid out nicely to discourage theft access. Fits easily under airplane seat. Perfect for mirroless shooters

My gear:
Main camera compartment;
-Fuji XT2
-4x lenses (16-55mm, 23mm, 35mm, 44m Helios
-battery charger
-Plus random accessories (strap, filters, cleaning supplies

Top compartment;
-4x spare batteries
-sunglasses
-memory cards
-ipod
(Still enough room remains for me to stuff a thin rain jacket or even use as a quick access compartment, XT2 with 16-55mm attached)

Other compartments;
-ipad pro
-portable battery pack
-befree tripod

All of this was able to be fit nicely under the airplane seat (737)

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Great pack

Backpack

Reviewed in the United States on November 14, 2023

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This backpack has served me well for some years now with my Canon r5 and 24-105 lens plus my two off camera lights and external light.

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JMD

excellent purchase!

Reviewed in the United States on October 25, 2019

Verified Purchase

Love it. Well made. Carries a good load of equipment. Comfortable. Used it on vacation and was happy I replaced my old backpack. I carried full frame camera, four lenses (17-40mm, 24-105mm, 100mm, 70-200mm), flash, filters, and Manfrotto Be-Free travel tripod.

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TheOne

nice camera backpack bag. except for one thing.

Reviewed in the United States on July 28, 2019

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everything looked and felt fine. but one star take off is due to the side pocket thats supposed to hold a tripod. it has this adjustable enclosure cover to extend over your tripod to protect it from the rain but its annoying cause keeps catching to parts of the tripod when you lower it into the pocket or taking it out so your wasting time trying to unhook the tripod from the cover every time you put it in and out of the pocket. wish they just get rid of it. seems useless. bag isn't waterproof so no one is going to walk around the rain. just annoying.

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Great design and low weight with the worst performance to keep your gear secured in place.

Reviewed in the United States on September 6, 2019

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BossFace

Best Backpack I've Ever Owned

Reviewed in the United States on September 22, 2018

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Typically I have used a 'normal' backpack for carrying my laptop, camera, and drone around and I dreaded it every time I had to go on the move. This laptop has spaces for everything I could possibly want! I am in love with the backpack and now carry it around instead of the individual bags for the equipment. I couldn't be more satisfied !!

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