Flipside 200 AW II

I like the profile of the bag, the access to my equipment, and the security of my things when carrying it. Great bag for a reasonable price. Holds everything I have which includes: Two Canon M50s, two GoPros, a portable LED light, all my batteries (including spares for all my cameras), all my chargers, three different RODE mics (micro, mic go, and a larger RODE mic), 13 inch MacBook, external hard drive, memory cards, filters, gorilla pod, tripod, several cables and accessories for various things, and more. Loaded this way it has very little room and is maxed out and can get heavy. It does still have room in the front pocket for various items like keys, pens, a small packable rain jacket, a hat, pad of paper, and other small items. There are plenty of dividers and I love the versatility of these in setting it up to suit my needs from any given trip or shoot to another. Could be configured to pack one of my M50s, my gamble, and the necessities for each. Or if I had a drone I could configure it to carry everything needed for it. I chose the 400 for the extra room and the additional padding on the belt for when I am accessing my equipment without setting my bag down. I have considered the 300 for a smaller load out but still feel it is a bit too small to justify the money when this pack will do what the 300 will do and much more as I have indicated above. If you have no need to carry additional items along with your camera and you don't need the room for a 13 inch or larger laptop, I am certain the 200 or the 300 will suit anyones needs just fine. Great bag, great materials, east to use, and carry.

In the past I used a $70 cheapo camera bag and it could hold 3 sections of gear. I always have my travel tripod inside to prevent damage, and I have a few lenses, camera body, laptop, misc camera accessories. The bag lasted 9 years and it was finally starting to fall apart, so I went looking for a new bag. Unfortunately the original cheapo bag I owned had been discontinued. I tried 4 other camera bags on Amazon and unfortunately they all had one major issue for me - I could not fit my gear anymore. It seemed that most newer bags expect to put the tripod on the outside to save space on the inside. All new bags seemed so follow this new trend of being slim which I did not want. I needed space to hold a lot of gear, yet still remain large enough to fit under an airplane seat. Not many bags do that now - they all want to go small and light. Eventually I came across the Lowepro 500 AW II. It was more expensive but at this point I had no other options. When I got it, this bag did exactly what I needed! Plenty of space for 3 sections of gear+tripod! Materials felt pretty good and durable. Had plenty of extra dividers I didn't really need but it's a bonus. And I actually tried fitting it under the airplane seat and it works!!! If I had to say what the negative/inconveniences were for me: 1. The camera section opens from the back instead of the front. 2. Not as much space to hold small accessories in the front zipper compartment or the inside/laptop compartment area. But they do give you a separate pouch which you can put your accessories inside there and it's velcroed. You'll be able to attach it somewhere inside the camera compartments. These are just minor inconveniences specific to me though so it may not apply to you. But this bag checks all the important boxes I need in a good quality durable camera bag so it's perfectly fine!

I'm a fairly new photographer, and as my gear list has grown, so has my collection of bags, slings, and cases to hold what I think I'll "need" on a trip. I've gotten to the point now where I feel like I am comfortable with what I want to do and what I need to do it. Here's what I manage to fit in this backpack: Canon 6D Mark II Sigma 150-600mm Contemporary (on-camera) Canon 24-105mm STM Canon 50mm STM Canon 17-40mm 4.0L Canon 100mm 2.8L macro Neewer Speedlite Various filters, extra batteries, etc. All of the lenses except the Sigma are stood on their ends and the backpack just manages to close. I wouldn't try to stand up any lens longer than the 100mm macro. The main reason I purchased this backpack is because I was planning a trip to Europe and I wanted to be able to do both types of photography I enjoy most (landscapes and birds) without a huge hassle every time I needed to change a lens. This backpack fit the bill perfectly. For this trip, I left the 50mm and the macro at home to save weight and allow me to pack binoculars in the backpack also. When we left on a walk, I would put on the backpack, buckle the waist strap, and go. The pack never touched the ground until we got back. It was just so easy to swing the pack around, open it up, and switch a lens right there at waist level. One thing to keep in mind is that you may want to practice this opening procedure at home first. I practiced over a bed first, so that if anything went wrong, things would fall on the bed rather than the floor. And the first time I did, things almost did fall out. But it was an easy fix. The backpack was so heavily loaded, that once the zipper was undone, the main compartment wanted to flop downwards. But there are straps in the corners that you can tighten that will limit this tendency to tip downwards. I tightened them all the way and then, even fully packed, the backpack stayed horizontal when I unzipped the cover. I never had to readjust these straps on my trip. As for comfort, this is a very nice backpack. The waist strap does a great job of redistributing the weight off your shoulders. And both that strap and the shoulder strap are very well padded. Production value seems very high, seams don't appear to have any way of starting to fray. The side clasps worked great for holding a jacket or raincoat in place when I wasn't wearing it. The rain cover fit nicely over the pack, even with a water bottle and umbrella stuffed in the side pockets. This is the most I've paid for a camera backpack or case, but it's also the best I've purchased, and I wouldn't be surprised if it is the last one I purchase for quite a long time.

SONYのデジカメを山に入るときの運搬用に購入しました。ILCE-7M2 FE 24-105mm F4 G OSS Sonnar T* FE 55mm F1.8 ZA FE 70-200mm F4 G OSS0がぴったり入ります。コンパクトで必要最小限という使い方向きです。 ショルダーバッグにこれだけ詰め込むと偏荷重が腰痛の原因になります。リュックはこの点はさすが楽です。 しかし使い勝手はリュック型より良いですから撮影シーンにより使い分けています。

Considero muy buen producto, los compartimientos estan a la perfeccion. Una mochila de calidad

Compact size great for carrying basic gear and accessories. Awesome quality as always. A little difficult to fit a full frame dslr and professional lenses. But will work great for mirrorless cameras.

Très util aussi pour porter des bandonéons en enlevant toutes les organisateurs intérieurs .

De tas voldoet ruim aan de verwachtingen. Makkelijk in te delen, en past zelfs een 150-600mm zoomlens in tezamen met andere lenzen en body en accessoires. De flip mogelijkheid is ook prima: Tas blijft hangen als je hem omdraait om spullen eruit te pakken. Nadeel is alleen dat de ritssluiting vaak achter de lussen zit, waardoor wat moeilijker bereikbaar. Maar, dat is niet onoverkomelijk... Comfortabel bij lange wandelingen met zware spullen in de tas. Al met al meer dan tevreden.