Tamrac 3380137 Aero 80 Photo/Laptop Backpack (Rust)

Company : Tamrac List Price : $124.95 Amazon Price : $84.90 Used Price : Average customer review :

Features

• Fully functional camera bag, comfortable daypack and computer backpack in one convenient pack.
• Main compartment is foam-padded to protect a digital SLR with grip and lens attached, 2-3 additional lenses and accessories.
• Separate, completely foam-padded laptop compartment provides quick access to most 17" screen laptops, without disturbing photo gear.
• Large top compartment with internal mesh pockets holds lunch, a light jacket, or other personal items.
• Mesh pockets on sides and front for quick access to accessories and water bottles.

Product Description

The Aero 80 is a fully functional camera bag, comfortable daypack and computer backpack in one convenient pack. The main compartment is completely foam-padded to protect a DSLR with a grip and lens attached, 2-3 additional lenses, and accessories. A separate, completely foam-padded compartment in the back provides quick access to a laptop up to 17", without disturbing photo gear. The large top compartment with internal mesh pockets holds lunch, a light jacket, or other personal items needed on a photo outing. Mesh pockets on the sides and front of this pack provide easy, fast access to accessories and water bottles.

Customer reviews

good for small loads
I like this overall. I'm a pro photographer and needed something that fits easily in overhead bins in planes. there's enough room for 2 bodies, laptop, 2 hyperdrives, 5 lenses (med size), all my chargers, lots of batteries, a flash head, and some misc stuff. you have to get creative but you can get quite a bit in there. it's probably not meant for what I use it for (primary bag) but it works well

Very pleased
I received this back pack a couple of weeks ago and took it with me on a trip to Vegas. I was very pleased with the construction, quality, and craftsmanship of the pack. The overall design works very well, and should provide plenty of equipment space for the average family photographer. My 17 inch laptop fit in there quite comfortably and the upper portion of the pack provided plenty of room for the power cord and few extras that I normally take along with me. I travel quite often and can safely say this bag will be my primary carry on from here on out. I highly recommend it.

The only cons I would have are that you're not going to access your equipment without taking off the pack and laying it down. I gathered that before I purchased this item and it wasn't really a factor for me. The upper storage area of the pack isn't huge, but it more than suited my needs. Even with the power supply for my laptop in the upper portion, I still have room for my Ipod, cell phone, and a few snacks. You could also cram, (and I mean cram) a lightweight jacket in there if you absolutely had to, but it'd be snug.

Convenient and easy to carry
I bought this simply for the fact that I can carry my laptop along with my camera equipment. First off, it must be said that you can carry one camera body with a mounted lens and battery grip, two more lenses and a flash unit. You might be able to squeeze one more body, depending on the size though. Other photographers may find this limiting. But the other accessories like your cd's, power supplies, batteries and other lenses and such will fit in the other main compartment. I do wish however that one of the inside pockets did not have a stitched divider. I would have prefered a larger section to place larger items, but those items fit in the other areas. The laptop section is nice and you can squeeze the electrical power cord in the same area. The main reason I bought this is that when I travel, I no longer have to carry a seperate laptop case and camera equipment case on a plane. When I had these two items, I had to sacrifice a personal item in which I would carry snacks and other items. By combining a laptop case and camera case into one, I know can have a persnal carry on item on the plane again. The only drawback some photographers may face is that there is no tripod slot. But other than that, I'm happy with this back pack and would definitely recommend it to my fellow photographers.

tamrack backpack a good option
This backpack is great for the combination of carrying a laptop computer, your camera gear and a small day pack area for other items.

This is good for one camera, lens, and flash with room for a few more accessories.

The price is right.

An excellent camera backpack
I bought this backpack for a recent photographic assignment to India where I had to carry my laptop with me at all times. Overall, I am very impressed with it - and several people I was traveling with were also impressed enough that they were planning to buy the same backpack when they got back to the States.
The main reason I chose this product was that it would be able to accommodate my DSLR with standard zoom lens, two spare lenses (including one 300mm telephoto) a small video camera (with five tapes), spare batteries and filters, power cables etc., and my laptop as well as providing some space for other items such as sweaters, papers etc.
It certainly has the capacity I needed and the lower section of the backpack that accommodates all the camera gear is easy to access, easy to organise and generally very well designed. The only complaint I have is that the upper section of the rucksack is quite difficult to access - not so bad that it's unusable, but I did end up simply stuffing things in there because the design of the opening is such that the flap doesn't really fold down. I managed to fit in a down vest, a flashlight, a couple of energy bars, some papers and my sunglasses but I had to pretty much empty the whole compartment to find anything I wanted. The laptop sleeve, on the other hand, provides plenty of space and you can store papers, magazines etc in there along with the laptop (as long as you can stand the extra weight!) The two side pockets are perfect for water/soda bottles, too, which is good because you wouldn't be able to get at them in the main compartment!
I didn't use it in the rain, so I have no idea whether its weatherproofing works. It certainly looks like it should, but the rubber strips on the laptop sleeve zip do make opening and closing that compartment a little fiddly. None of these issues would prevent me recommending this backpack though, as it really does do everything I wanted it to do. I didn't hike with it for any distance but it certainly performed well being thrown in and out of trucks and buses and seemed to provide excellent protection for my gear in some pretty uncomfortable environments.
One other note - if you're a bit of a contortionist, you can access your camera without removing the backpack. It's probably not advisable unless you're sure the rest of your gear won't come tumbling out when you open the flap but it does add a little extra functionality that you might need.

Tamrac 3380137 Aero 80 Photo/Laptop Backpack (Rust)