If the Inverse 200 had been available, I would have gotten it instead of the Orion AW. The Orion is too deep (front-to-back), and the top backpack section is useless to me.
Unfortunately, I think the quality of LowePro products has declined recently. I had an Off Road that withstood over a decade of heavy use with nary a scuff. My Orion AW's shoulder strap wore out in 6 months (I'm now using the like-new strap from the Off Road!), and it is visibly scuffed. My Transit backpack (a general purpose bag, not a photo bag) had the velcro in the cell phone pocket wear out in one month, and one shoulder strap is fraying after 1 1/2 years. Not encouraging. Rick http://photo.net/photos/RickW --- On Mon, 8/30/10, Larry Colen <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Larry Colen <[email protected]> > Subject: Gear discovery Lowepro Inverse 200 AW belt pack > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> > Date: Monday, August 30, 2010, 9:38 PM > I've been looking for a good belt > pack for about three years, I don't know if they just came > out, or the local store just started carying them, but the > Lowepro Inverse 200 AW is darn near exactly what I was > looking for. On top of that, the tripod straps are almost > exactly right for strapping it to the rack of my bicycle to > use it as a "bike trunk" on bike rides. > > > -- > Larry Colen [email protected] > sent from i4est > > > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link > directly above and follow the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
