Cheap Dolica DK-30 Large Travel Notebook Backpack/Sling

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I use this as a combination purpose bag: Cameras for light shooting work, extra camera gear bag, emergency gear bag for winter/blizzard travel, day pack for hiking up to 8 hours. It's easy to shoulder, unshoulder, organize, load and access gear.

It is not as easy to access as the outstanding LowePro Slingshot 300 (which I also use). NOTHING touches the Slingshot for rapid ease of access (you don't have to unshoulder it -just slide it down from your back to your waist) or for safety during access (divisions open face up when dropped to the waist), but then this doesn't COST as much as the superior LowePro products and has proven just about as durable.

I suspect that this is very close to the size of the Slingshot 200, but you save about 25% (today, about twenty bucks). If size is right and cash no object or if speed of access is absolutely essential, buy the LowePro Slingshot 200. If cost matter more, consider this Doluca.

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I bought the large version. It is big and can hold lot of stuff. Only complaint i have is that if you don't fill up camera gear, it rattles. It would be good if there are more number of compartment padding so that you can customize it into small compartments.

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Pro's: Sturdy/durable, good carrying options,

Con's: Slots are too large, not enough slots/ pockets/ elastic rings for peripherals. Velcro dividers don't seem like they'll stay in place. The storage and spaces don't seem to make that much sense.

I have a Canon 7D with a 24-70mm, 50mm, and a 135mm fixed, all quality canon glass, some extra filters, a spare battery (no battery grip), a spare CF Card,lens cleaners, tripod, The space for the camera with 24-70mm attached is great with room to spare (almost too much room to spare). When I go to organize all my lens, I find that there's almost too much room for my lenses as well, so I feel like they're bumping around in there. i tried, re-positioning the dividers, but there's really only one divider that I can re-position that makes sense. That's complaint 1. My second complaint is that there aren't enough side pockets for all my peripherals to be secured, so I ended up just piling them in the top main compartment, which is almost like a small glove box. Although a very disorganized way to do this, I wouldn't mind it, but there's the compartment is not sealed off from the rest of the bag, so if my lens cleaner (it's shaped like a marker) sometimes falls through the crack and is floating around in my bag. Also, my extra filters don't have a secure and separate place to slide in, so they're jammed together in a compartment. There's plenty of space for the memory cards, but to tell you truthfully, I don't care if my extra memory cards are bumping around a pool of other items, they'll be just fine. But glass that's gonna be between myself and my subject, should have their own compartments. Overall a decent bag, but if I had to do it again, I'd go with something different.

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A very nice looking bag with great storage but at this point, I'm highly frustrated and very disappointed in the initial quality of this bag and that's even before first use. I already have a functional camera bag but was excited to get this larger backpack to tote my camera and additional gear in. I opened the bag today and alas the zipper along the top is jammed or broken. I've been working on it to see if I can get it to work but to no avail. Can't say that I'm looking forward to contacting Dolica's customer service as they 1. Don't provide an 800 number and 2. It looks as though I'll have to pay to send the bag in for repair and then they decide if it qualifies for the warranty. New bag that's already broken = UPSET. I don't feel like having to take the time OR expense to fix this unexpected and unwanted problem when it should have been first rate quality to begin with.

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Bought the Dolica DK-30 bag, after having been pleased with their CF tripod, my specific purpose was to store and carry my gear and laptop on long trips, I should say the bag did not meet the purpos. My main issues are

1) The seam that attaches the shoulder straps to the bag has given away

2) The seam that run around the laptop case is giving away.

3) Not happy with the placement of the tripod holder. with the Tripod mounted, the entire weight of the tripod rests on the Zippers of the front flap, which would eventually weaken the zippers.

I was carrying a D7000 with 4 lenses, a Flash and a laptop with a few accessories, always used it n the two shoulder strap configuration