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PRODUCT FEATURES:Water resistant 900D shell and 300D ripstop liningForward opening main compartment with fully padded laptop sleeve with document pocketForward opening camera compartment with mesh zip, gusset zip pockets, removable mesh, zip lid padded and brushed nylon lined camera compartmentCarry handle, chest and waist straps
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By John P. Maher (Arlington, VA)
This is my second Crumpler bag and the quality is everything I expected. My only complaint is the space. From reading other reviews, I thought I would have enough room in this bag for my Canon 40D w/24-105 mounted plus another lens and flash. It barely fits. Don't expect to get anything more into the photo compartment.
By Roshan Vyas
I bought this bag since I was traveling with a camera and laptop for a few months and wanted a non-dork looking bag. The bag looks good, but I found it lacking in everything else.
Here's the gear I was looking to carry:
-Apple MacBook Pro 15"
-Nikon D40
-Nikkor 18-55mm
-Nikkor 55-200mm
There are 3 zippered compartments: Let's say the one closest to your back when you're wearing it is Main, the middle one that holds your camera gear is the Middle, and farthest pocket is Mini.
The Main compartment has an area for your laptop and an area for some magazines/docs, both covered by a velcro flap. The rest of the room can be used for random crap, but the more you put in, the harder it is to open the velcro flap to get your laptop out.
The Middle compartment has a removable bucket to hold your camera gear. It also has a couple of netted pockets for random cables and cards. All of my gear fit in this area, but when the camera is in there...
The Mini pocket becomes completely stretched and unusable. You can't even put a pen in there. Anything stiff in there would bend as it's being pushed out by the Middle pocket.
All of the outside zippers are thick and feel secure, and are have fabric folded over them so they're hidden. This is great in crowds: I was traveling around crowded parts of Asia and never felt afraid that I wouldn't feel someone unzipping one of the pockets to steal something. But it sucks for daily use. There is just no way to open the bag fast, you have to take it off and fiddle with the zippers. I know it's a tradeoff, but make sure you understand that tradeoff before getting it.
For daily use with a laptop and no camera, the bag never felt bulky, but it did feel like overkill. For daily use with a camera and no laptop, it felt too big to be carrying around for a day trip.
The only times I liked using the bag were when I was packing to get on planes since it held all of my electronics. But once I landed, I had little use for the bag.
One last annoying thing to keep in mind if you're traveling a lot: There's no convenient place to hold travel docs and a cellphone that you need to access frequently, say at the airport and through security. It would have been nice to have an extra zippered pocket on the side to easily slide things into.
I ended up selling the bag after a few months. Let me know if you'd like to write anything else about the bag in the comments.
By Deen-Low (Los Angeles, CA)
I use this bag as a large day bag for short trips where I need to bring along other items outside of just my camera gear. I can store my Canon 40D w/ 24-105 f/4 L lens mounted, 14-70 f/4 L lens and 580EX II flash unit easily. In the top compartment goes a 14" laptop, light jacket, misc accessories, gorilla pod, snacks... all in all, the bag is well padded for my camera gear, but I don't like taking this bag into crowded areas due to the fact that the camera is situated in an easy access place where I can't protect my equipment. For trips into crowded, tourists areas, I tend to take the Crumpler Whickey and Cox backpack, where the zipper is in the backside of the bag and away from roaming hands reaching inside your camera bag.
By J. Kamp (USA)
After careful investigation I chose the Crumpler Sinking Barge equipment backback. I like the quality and the ruggedness. I think that the outer layer should have more padding and that the "laptop" compartment is way too small. One feature that I truly appreciate is the camera compartment, it is easy to access. The backpack actually stands up pretty good too! I would recommend this backpack for basic equipment, but not for someone looking to carry alot of equipment. I can carry my EOS camera and flash, a light meter, 3 batteries and a charger comfortably. I can also SQUEEZE in another EOS camera but things get pretty tight. ** The laptop compartment works well for an external hard drive.
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