Lowepro CompuPrimus All Weather Backpack (Arctic Blue) Review

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Received the package and immediately tried to set up my gear. First thing I tried to do was use the handy side compartment. Much to my disappointment, my camera was not easily inserted and even more difficultly removed. I have a Canon 7D. One problem with this bag is the zipper does not unzip far enough. The zipper stops shy of 180 degrees leaving a lot of resistance with the flap. I didn't have my battery grip on at the time, but still had to take the bag completely off and fight to get the camera out. Now that I have my battery grip on, there is no chance of using this access (using this access compartment was the selling point). On top of the bad zipper design, one of the shoulder straps is also in the way. The computer bag was a tad too small for my laptop. I couldn't get it completely zipped without feeling like the zipper was going to detonate. Finally, it's big! Really big! It can't possibly be used as a carry-on. If this was tried to be carried onto an aircraft, I'm sure, because of the size, the airline would make you check it at the gate which would defeat the purpose. I know it wouldn't fit under a seat, and you would be lucky to get this giant bag in the largest overhead compartment.

For me, this bag is unusable in many ways.

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Little big maybe but is a nice and useful back pack. Tack care of the tripod belt it can fall.

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We used this backpack on a plane trip we took to Florida over Christmas. The camera held our camera gear, tripod, christmas gifts, a frozen elk sausage, a big tin of cookies, and all the other things I could stuff in there. Yes it stayed cold the whole day (excellent insulation). We had the backpack weighed down very heavily. We even took a 2 mile (according to our pedometer) walk in the airport because of plane delays and it was very comfortable on my husband's shoulders and back.