Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/05/09
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I second this. I had a Domke F-802 Satchel for 4 years of continuous use
and that seems to be all it could take. The first to degrade was the strap
which started to fray. Then, the stiffener across the top pierced through
the fabric and some other small holes started to appear elsewhere. And the
black dye faded continuously throughout the four years and became really
washed out; this was especially severe in the strap, for some reason.
Despite this, I loved the bag and indeed got an F-806 ("Bureau Chief"
Satchel) in December and love that even more, but have noticed that it, too,
has already started to fade.
Therefore, I would recommend that Domke, at the very least, get themselves a
better black dye supplier.
Bruce Feldman
Prague
>Dan, how the heck did you get 20 years of service out of a Domke satchel?
>Best I've been able to manage is about 4! I have to admit that I'm thinking
>of going back to one of Domke's two larger satchels: My Tenba Traveller is
>clever, but the film storage in the flap is pretty bad, the front organizer
>section is mostly wasted space, and I miss the two large pockets in the
>front--very handy, as one holds fresh film, the other, exposed. I think the
>Tenba's made better and is tougher though.
>
>Jeff