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Tamrac's Adventure 10 is a lightweight, uniquely designed backpack with a completely foam-padded lower section for camera gear, a large upper section for personal items, and a separate compartment for a 17" screen laptop. This bag is designed to hold a pro DSLR (such as Canon's EOS 1D Series or NIkon's D Series) with a grip and an 8" lens attached (such as Canon's 70-200mm f/2.8), numerous additional lenses, a flash, accessories and a 17" screen laptop. Inside the top compartment, a removable Pop-Off Pocket keeps AC adaptors and laptop cords organized. Double zipper pulls provide quick access to photo gear while a weather flap and quick-release buckles provide security and weather protection. Inside the main compartment, foam pillars support the SLR with lens attached, ready for action, while adjustable, foam-padded dividers protect other equipment. Tamrac's patented Memory & Battery Management System uses red flags to identify available memory cards and batteries from ones that have been used up. A Windowpane-Mesh pocket organizes filters, cables and other accessories. On the outside, two mesh pockets provide quick access to water bottles or accessories. The comfortable, foam-padded backpack harness with sternum straps is contoured to distribute the weight of the camera gear across the shoulders, while a foam-padded waist belt helps to distribute the weight of the pack. The harness also features Tamrac's Strap Accessory System (SAS) attachment points for customizing it with Tamrac's optional SAS products. Two lash tabs on the bottom allow a tripod to be carried (requires accessory straps, Model S-113, sold separately). Internal Top Dimensions: 11W x 6.5D x 12H. Internal Bottom Dimensions: 11.5W x 5.5D x 11H. External Dimensions: 14W x 10.5D x 25H. Weight: 5 lbs. 4 oz.
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- Tamrac's Adventure 10 is a lightweight, uniquely designed backpack with a completely foam-padded lower section for camera gear, a large upper section for personal items, and a separate compartment for a 17" screen laptop.- Inside the main compartment, foam pillars support the SLR with lens attached, ready for action, while adjustable, foam-padded dividers protect other equipment.
- The comfortable, foam-padded backpack harness with sternum straps is contoured to distribute the weight of the camera gear across the shoulders, while a foam-padded waist belt helps to distribute the weight of the pack.
- Double zipper pulls provide quick access to photo gear while a weather flap and quick-release buckles provide security and weather protection.
- A Windowpane-Mesh pocket organizes filters, cables and other accessories. On the outside, two mesh pockets provide quick access to water bottles or accessories.
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By A. Oakley (Chicago, IL)
OK, this bag is much larger than I thought it would be. It is awesome that everything fits in it, but I just don't know about the size. It seems a little too large to be carrying around, I'll feel like I'm backpacking.
Verdict is out, I need to think on it a bit. Not sure if I should keep or return. Like I said, it does fit everything, it is easier to carry one bag over 3.
By A. F. Cassidy (Putnam, NY USA)
Well made and it certainly does the job but it's definitely bigger than I had anticipated. Simply just too intrusive as a day pack in my opinion and it is not my choice as such.
I pack it up for my weekend photo trips but I also bring a smaller pack to break out my gear for each days local jaunts with my cameras.
Would I buy it again ? No, but not because of quality...it's just too big for jaunting along the beaten path which is where I spend most of my time. If however I were hiking along a deep trail to do some shooting in a hidden valley, I would definitely shoulder it up in a heart beat and be very happy I had it ! It would not let me down for that type of use.
By B. Lafleur (Seattle, WA)
I own an ASUS M70 which is roughly 16.25 inches wide, 12 inches deep, and 1.75 inches thick. I had the hardest time finding a bag that would fit the ASUS M70 - until I found this pack. Incredible! It fit my laptop!
The other reviewers are right - top compartment could use some work. I'm going to put some sort of drop in organization system in place.
Straps are decent - nothing to write home about.
As for being too large - I like this bag because it is tall but narrow. Many other bags (BOOQ for instance) are very wide. This didn't work out well for me. Narrow seemed to be much more useful. We'll see.
By E. Bishop (Madras, Oregon)
While the bag's camera compartment is just what I needed--It actually FITS (just) the 5D with 70-200 2.8L, plus 24-70L and 16-35L-- the bag overall length and strap system is designed for a much taller person/longer back. If you are 6-feet or above, this should be ideal. However, I'm 5'7", with a long back for a woman. A short back-country hike today revealed what is, for me, a major problem. The bag hits far too low on my back/hip area to be worn for very long. PLEASE Tamrack, we don't need a huge upper compartment. Make the upper compartment smaller and reduce the overall length of the bag!
Both the Adventure 9 and Lowe-pro's 250 fit my frame well, but neither will haul my needed gear unless I stuff the 70-200 in the top compartment--which defeats the whole purpose---and even then the second lens requires a battle to get into the pack. So these bags are just too smal to haul what I need for an all-dya back-country shoot.
That top compartment on the Adventure 10 needs, as a previous reviewer noted, a couple of pockets and the kind of thoughtful extras that LowePro provides--especially the sewn-in key lanyard.
The Adventure 10 IS well-constructed, with adequate padding, and a good compartment for the camera--I especially like the extra straps to help secure the zippers--BUT they are not adjustable, and they should be--Tamrac is cutting corners here too much for the price of the bag. And should you bust one of the clips, it's hard/virtually impossible to replace them, and they are sewn on, not on an adjustable strap like most back-packs.
In short, nice try. A good bag if you have a long back, but a pain in the back and below that if you are under 6-feet tall.
By S.H. (Texas)
This bag is well made but it is way too big and cumbersome for me. I am a tall medium-frame woman but when I loaded all my gear in the lower section and tried to wear the pack for even a few minutes around the house it felt very bottom heavy and the shoulder harness kept pulling me backwards. No amount of adjusting would keep it in a comfortable position even with the waist strap on. The top compartment is spacious and I could definitely put a great deal of extra goodies up there.
The harness and waistbelt system is bothersome to me. There is no place to stow all those straps when not in use so I am afraid that if I try to carry it on a plane or even stow it in the car that they will be dragging and hanging on things. Also the bag is listed as carry-on compatible but you will see a disclaimer which says that the top portion needs to be squished down to make it so. I understand the Tamrac Extreme series which is much more expensive offers an option to stow the harness. I am considering the 777 which gets good reviews.
The quality of the bag is good but I gave it a 3 because I think that for the money it could have a few more pro details. I would not hesitate to buy another Tamrac product. Especially like the MAS and SAS system.
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