Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/03/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Mar 18, 2012, at 10:01 AM, Adam Bridge wrote: > 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. what ?! all that, and no photo... ? :-) Steve >> >> 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 > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information