Tag : lowepro fastpack, blue, 350 arctic

Company : Lowepro List Price : $149.99 Amazon Price : $112.85 Used Price : Average customer review :

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Features

• Side Entry Compartment provides easy access to D-SLR equipment and accessories, even when pack is being worn
• Triple Compartment Design ensures superior camera protection, notebook protection (fits up to a 17" Widescreen), and organizes personal accessories
• 180-Degree access panel with adjustable dividers provides excellent protection in a customized fit that's easy to load.
• Outer accessory pockets provide external storage for other accessories with fast access, including a harness pocket for an MP3 player or Mobile Phone, as well as a Mesh side pocket for a water bottle or other personal items.
• Tough, water-resistant outer fabric protects against moisture and abrasion

Product Description

Specially designed for today's on-the-go technology enthusiast, whether the task is photographing family travels, traversing campus, or taking a day trip around town, the Fastpack 350 has been designed to accommodate a digital SLR with attached mid-range zoom lens, 2-3 additional lenses or flash units and accessories and have a specially designed compartment for a 17" widescreen notebook computer, as well as extra space for additional memory cards, cables and accessories.

Customer reviews

Excellent for Travel
I purchased this backpack because I need to carry a digital SLR, small video camera and a lap top. The construction needed to be excellent, and to be comfortable on my back. This case meets these requirements to a tee. Unfortunately, the back pack is not practical for mobile shooting. The bottom portion of the backpack has bays to store equipment. The zipper, though, is a single device that must be zipped all the way around to open this part of the storage area. When you open this part the flap sticks up and out. As a result, it is very difficult to access the equipment to shoot. Since the bays point out (parallel to the ground) you can't simply have the backpack over your shoulder and safely access this section. I ended up buying another bag when I arrived at my location. The storage area in the top in also somewhat limited. So, if your main purpose is to use this backpack strickly as a transporting container it's a great choice, especially if you need to also bring a laptop along.

Bigger than I expected
I was pleased to discover that my Canon 400mm f/5.6 fits nicely...so long as I don't have it attached to a camera body. I'm able to fit that lens, two digital bodies, and two other small lenses in the "camera" half of the bag.

The top half of the bag has plenty of room for spare batteries, cell phone, snack, and 8x40 binoculars. The mesh pocket on the outside is great for a water bottle.

The pack is pretty comfortable (even while full) when I ride my bike around town.

My old iBook fits snugly in the laptop pouch, even though it's much smaller than the maximum size.

Overall, I've found it to be a great bag that really met my needs.

EDIT: I can also fit a 70-200mm lens in the bag with two cameras, a 50mm macro, an 18-50mm and a 400 f/5.6!

Quality!
We got this in right before we left on a two week trip to Europe. We were able to easily carry our laptop, camera, lenses, and travel documents all together in this well put together backpack. When going through airport security, it was easy to remove everything we needed in a quick fashion! My husband and I highly recommend this new backpack from Lowepro.

Nice bag, and affordable
I was looking for a bag that would handle my currently small collection of camera equipment and laptop whenever my wife and I make our 400 mile drive to visit grandma. This is the bag I choose. This is my first Lowepro product and I have to say I was impressed.

The build quality is very nice and appears it will be around for a long time to come. The laptop section is large enough to hold a 15 inch MacBook Pro in a neoprene sleeve. I haven't quite figured out how I want to use the interior compartments in the top half of the bag. I thought about keeping extra SD cards, etc. in there but the problem is the pockets are narrow and deep and it would be difficult to quickly fish them back out.

I wish the actual camera compartment could be adjusted to make it a little smaller because my D60 kind of floats around in empty space. If I had a larger camera like a D300 I think it would be a better fit, however I look at the unused space and see it as being wasted. I wouldn't want to put anything like a lens there for fear of it hitting the camera or falling out when I grab the camera for a quick shot.

I will look to Lowepro when the time comes for a slightly smaller bag for trips to the zoo, etc. for this bag is too large to take when doing day trips with the kids.

great camera accessory
This is a great camera/laptop backpack. Went on a trip out west recently and grabbed this bag to use as both carry-on and hiking for all my camera equipment and laptop. Very user friendly and in the field and plenty of room. I had 4 lenses and my gripped 40D with a 5th lens mounted packed in the main compartment and still had room in the top. Plus when not carrying the laptop, the laptop pocket makes for a nice place to carry a camel-pak bladder for day hikes.