Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/03/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Wow - now there's a recommendation - for YOU. What the heck else were you carrying? I hope the bag has service ribbons! Adam On Mar 18, 2012, at 12:46 AM, Phil Forrest wrote: > I got my Lowepro Stealth Reporter 500 AW the day before I deployed to > Guam in 2003. One tropical storm, one typhoon and daily afternoon > showers later, all my gear was dry (when in the bag.) I had to cover > all the projects that the 'Bees were doing come rain or shine. > > 5 months later I took that bag on a one month field exercise in Fort > Hunter Ligget, CA. Daily patrols up and down hills, dropping into > fighting positions, whatever, the bag was perfect. > > A few months after that I deployed to Kuwait then Iraq. I had the bag > on me every moment of every day loaded with enough gear that the > original strap clips bent so they had to be replaced out there. The bag > saw mortar and rocket attacks, fell on the ground a bunch of times a > day, every day. It was dragged across 7 ton MTVR beds numerous times, > sat in the back of HMMWVs being jostled around on convoys and survived > weeks of patrols in Fallujah proper. > > After that, the bag has traveled with me everywhere I've gone and taken > a camera except my most recent trip to Portland, Oregon (I needed a > backpack so I took my Tenba.) > > The Lowepro still looks relatively new and everything works perfectly. > > Phil Forrest > > > > On Sat, 17 Mar 2012 21:51:02 -0700 > "Frank Filippone" <red735i at earthlink.net> wrote: > >> I have had Domke bags since I ordered my first one directly from Jim >> Domke. I have several styles and sizes. All are old. My favorite is >> wearing out so I decided to look for something a bit more current. >> Something to travel with. >> >> >> >> My Domke canvas bag was wonderfully well thought out. Front zipper >> compartment, lid zipper compartment, back drop-slot, and wonderfully >> constructed with a strap that goes all the way round the bottom of >> the bag. Strap is nice and long with a gripper surface. I wanted >> something like that, but with the AW feature and interior padding. >> It was wide but not deep nor "thick".. it would hug my hip as I >> walked with it, and it turned with me. They were pretty cheap. >> >> >> >> After looking at all the Domke, Tenba, Tamrac, ThinkTank, and >> anything else I could find, I settled on a Lowepro Stealth Reporter >> 200 AW. It is a bit bigger than my Old Favorite ( good for travel >> with "extras") and it has compartments in the front for small >> accessories. It is substantially thicker, and it does not hug me >> like my Domke. >> >> I like the idea that if it rains, the Lowepro AW bags provide a rather >> complete rain coat. Almost 100% coverage of the bag. And, thanks to >> EBay, cheap as well. >> >> >> >> After having Domkes for almost 30 years, I am feeling a turncoat. >> >> >> >> But a DRY turncoat. >> >> >> >> Frank Filippone >> >> Red735i at earthlink.net >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > -- > philforrest.wordpress.com > gallery.leica-users.org/v/philforrest > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information