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Subject: [Leica] Domke vs Lowepro
From: abridge at mac.com (Adam Bridge)
Date: Sun, 18 Mar 2012 10:01:50 -0700
References: <004a01cd04c2$bd33d670$379b8350$@earthlink.net> <20120318034627.344a59c5@linux-pfy5.site>

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
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
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