After a short couple of weeks, I can say that I’m starting to like what the urban disguise offers. Give me a month though, and you’ll get a better overview. I have some events coming up that’ll really put it through the paces.
This short in, I just want to say: it does very well at storing everything you need, like a “go bag.” Right now, I can grab it & go, assured that I have the minimum of what I need to get things done.
So after a few days, my first impressions of the Think Tank Urban Disguise 40
Part of that is the pack-rat in me. There are a ton of pockets – you can’t open a flap without getting an extra zipper. It’s extremely well designed for daily walkabout use, and you can pack a crap-load of stuff in it. For landscape an wildlife photography, I’ve packed it with my Nikon d200, the old-style (meaning huge & bulky) Nikon 80-200mm lens
But that’s not all – it also carries my blackrapid strap, filters, memory cards, extra batteries, pens, paper, space for a few magazines…
I’ll update again in a couple of months, but it looks like an excellent carry-around bag. The type that works well for urban photography, travel, and maybe even car camping.
It really is my bag, baby! Or rather, that’s my excuse for not lugging all of my photo equipment around with me. The problem is, I’m starting to get tired of that excuse. More importantly, I’m starting to feel the pain of not having my equipment with me when I need it. I’ve narrowed my search down to two choices:
I’m leaning towards the urban disguise right now. Any thoughts?