Not good to hear. I have been a fan of theirs for a long time and have many of their bags. No recent purchases but I will now be much more aware as I make future decisions. Thanks for the heads up. -- Sent from my Android phone with K-9 Mail.
"Rick Womer" <[email protected]> wrote: >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. > -- 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.

