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sillyconguru
Quite Chatty
Registered: August 2006
Posts: 67
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Review Date: Mon February 19, 2007
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Would you recommend the product? Yes |
Price you paid?: £18.00
| Rating: 8
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Pros:
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Low cost
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For the price, none
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I bought this rucksack (well, the earlier version but there is only a cosmetic difference) from 7dayshop.com for £18. For the price you can't really go wrong and it does seem well made. I haven't tested how weatherproof the bag is, so far I've only been caught in a few light showers when using it.
I recently went to Tenerife and used this bag to hold my gear (as carry-on luggage). I managed to take a digital SLR, film SLR, 70-200mm f2.8, 28-105mm, 19-35mm, 1.4x teleconverter, some film, batteries, memory cards, etc.; all this fitted nicely (and came exactly to the 5kg limit).
One possible bonus of using a Hama bag is that it could well be less attractive to thieves, "if you are using a Hama bag then your gear can't be worth nicking". 
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Dave
Pixalo Crew
Registered: July 2005
Posts: 16483
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Review Date: Mon February 19, 2007
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Would you recommend the product? Yes |
Price you paid?: £18.00
| Rating: 10
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Pros:
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Bargain price
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Cons:
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Nothing that can be mentioned at this price range
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I also bought the previous version of this bag.
Has to be one of the best bargains out there at £18. Hold all my gear, so does the job. Based on the price I have to give it a 10 
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orangepeel
Forum Regular
Registered: March 2006
Location: Edinburgh
Posts: 1478
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Review Date: Mon February 26, 2007
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Would you recommend the product? Yes |
Price you paid?: £11.00
| Rating: 9
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Given the price of this bag it's very cruel to criticise it - however I'll do my best.
Mine holds: -- D50 Camera
- Nikon 70-300
- Sigma 10-20
- Sigma 17-50
- Nikon 35-105
- Nikon SB600
- 3 boxed Cokin ND filters, filter holder and adapter rings.
- 4 boxed polariser filters
- Multiple memory cards, cloth, lens-pen, spare AA batteries and a poly-bag to sit on.
The rucksack has a couple of hoops at the bottom. I've used these to thread a couple of karabiners from where my tripod hangs. Works perfectly and doesn't hit my back with the tripod swing.
There is only three problems I've found with it so far.
1) The internal netting, where some of my bits and bobs are kept, is coming away at one side. This will require a bit of sewing to repair.
2) The edging on the zip cover has a tendancy to fold over. This can make the zips hard to operate. I've resorted to tieing loops of leather round the zips to make them easier to move.
3) I use the rucksack on my bike. Due to the way it's built, the bottom left and right where the straps join the base of the rucksack dig into your back. This is not noticable when you are upright, ie walking, but can be painful if doing any serious distance on a bike. This is a minor issue not likely to affect too many people. It may also be caused by my posture on the bike too. i.e. Head down arse up!
While I can fill it to maximum if I put all my gear in it, this isn't something I do as I tend to just take gear I need. I suppose this does make it the perfect daytrip bag.
As for the ability to stay dry. The only thing more alergic to water than my camera is me so it's never been in the rain. Still I carry a poly-bag to throw over it just in case I get caught out.
This really is an awesome little bag and thanks to Pixalo for pointing it out. Got mine on eBay for £11 delivered and is one of my top 2 bargains. It only dropped a point coz of the burst internal net - this coulda been caused by me over-filling it although I don't see how.
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_MB_
Forum Regular
Registered: March 2007
Location: Northumberland, UK
Posts: 847
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Review Date: Sat August 4, 2007
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Would you recommend the product? No |
Price you paid?: £18.00
| Rating: 5
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Pros:
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Price, Capacity
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Cons:
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Uncomfortable, Obviously a camera bag
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Bought one of these quite some time ago as it offered stupendous bang for buck compared to premium brands like Lowepro, Kata etc.
I'm preoccupied with the natural world and so if I'm going to take a camera bag out, it tends to be into the countryside which means I've walked quite a few miles with this on my back, then when I couldn't manage that anymore, on my front. And there's the problem with this bag.
It can take a large aperture 300mm lens plus a good 3 or 4 others, a standard body, all the other bells and whistles associated with serious hobby photography. This is great. Unfortunately the padding on the back is sewn in and there is nothing to cover the hard rubber bottom of the bag. After a few hours this begins to cut into your back which becomes very uncomfortable, particularly if you've got upwards of 5 or 6kg of gear in there.
It stays at home now but at least it is roughly square and makes quite a good place to store gear when not out and about.
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