At 14:14 16/03/2002 -0600, you wrote: >I am in the market for a new backpack for my 6x7 gear, as I have >outgrown my previous camera bag. >I am looking at the following backpacks from LowePro: >Super Trekker AW >Pro Trekker AW >Photo Trekker AW >Photo Trekker Classic.
Well I have the Pro-Trekker AW and I have to admit not liking it too much for the following reasons: When I pay the better part of �300 for a bag I do not expect it to be made in China; I have nothing against the Chinese, what I am against is using cheap and under-paid labour to produce a big ticket item sold in the West for an outrageous amount of money. May God reach down and pinch my backside if this isn't a sorry state of affairs. The next thing I dislike hugely is the fact that you have to put the bloody bag down everytime you want something out of it. As a 35MM man, this is a disaster and is the reason why it hardly ever goes out the house. It's mainly just an over-priced receptacle for unused kit. These kinds of bags aren't much more than sorry status symbols. The harness on the bag doesn't seem too well made and it has no shoulder strap at all. If you want some pictures of what my bag looks like loaded, please let me know and I'll post some on my web site. My main bag is actually a cyclists' courier bag made by a company called Timbuk2 in San Francisco (www.timbuk2.com). I love this bag and use it almost exclusively, weatherproof, tough and easy to work from, I just use padded cases inside it for my equipment. Kev. - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
