Like you, am a fan of PD products. From straps to bags, this one seems to address what is missed on other products. Was in the market lately for a back pack camera bag and considered their 20 l model, but found it to be difficult to fully benefit from. The RollerPro is quite expensive, but might be the solution I'm looking for as far as my main bag. Thanks for posting, it went unnoticed to me. Bags and tripods are similar in one way, we find the best ones too expensive so we buy many other compromise that finally cost more than the real solution !
Peak Design Roller Pro
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I've used the Samsonite luggage cart with a gura gear backpack (Kiboko or Bataflae) on several trips now where I was not taking small planes at the destination. It works well to get through the airports and saves a lot of weight on my back. Once we're traveling by ground, the luggage cart takes the place of my tripod in a duffle bag and the backpack goes to the field; trimmed down to what is needed for the day.
The extra bulk of the cart won't work well on the Regional jets, and even the backpack alone is a tight fit on some with small overhead bins
The extra bulk of the cart won't work well on the Regional jets, and even the backpack alone is a tight fit on some with small overhead bins
Love their stuff (got a sling bag of theirs, as well as strap and anchors, of course) but not interested in wheels on a carry on ever again (unless somehow, some time, airlines come back to their senses about the fact customers use baggage LOL )
Thank you for that great video. Makes me feel much more comfortable that the Peak Design bag that I have on order will not be a problem when using it as a carry on, especially in the US but also with foreign travel. And if the worst happens and I'm forced to gate check the bag, the Peak Design Roller Pro is better protected than most other carry on bags.
I agree with the comments in the video that even when weight restrictions are stated, it is very rare for the bag to actually be weighed. That happened to me only once in Heathrow many years ago. More recent travel through Heathrow in the last few years my heavy carry on bag was not weighed.
If you have to check bags what do you do with the batteries? Carry them separately?
Also the camera cube is your bail out. Just remove it and carry it on. That’s my backup plan with my 45l.
Rich. The Peak Design 30L Everyday backpack will hold the z9 with the 100-400 attached (but not with hood extended). It will hold the 180-600 or the 600 f6.3 PF lenses, but not attached to camera body.
My plan is to travel by plane with the new Peak Design Roller Pro without the camera cube insert. Cameras and lenses wrapped in lens coat protective sleeves will be in that bag, including the 600mm f4. My laptop will also be int the Roller Pro. As a 2nd carry on bag I will take the Peak Design 30L Everyday Backpack holding any extra camera gear and other personal items. For walking through the airport, I can have the Everyday Backpack on my back or on the handle of the Roller Pro. On the plane, the Everyday Backpack is small enough to fit under the seat if no room in the overhead for the 2nd bag.
Bags will be repacked for field use. When I am in the field, I will carry my 600mm f4 attached to camera body in my hand, on tripod or in Jan Gear lens carrier pouch. Other equipment including camera body attached to 100-400mm lens will be in the Everyday Backpack. I will also carry a 24-120mm and perhaps a 14-24mm, 1.4X TC and any other gear that I need in the field.
When I take the 600mm f4 TC lens on a trip, I really don't need the 600mm f6.3 PF or the 180-600mm. I take those lenses on trips when I am not taking the 600mm f4. And then, instead of using the Peak Design Roller Pro and the Peak Design Everyday Backpack, I will travel with the Gura Gear's 30L Kiboko backpack and Chobe bag. If I feel the fully loaded Kiboko backpack is too heavy to carry as a backpack through long distances in the airport, I might use it with the small Samsonite foldable luggage carrier.
thanks. My challenges are two fold: first transporting the 600 F/4 which barely fits into gura gear 30L or large Think Tank roller and secondly smaller planes - especially when I can not buy a luggage seat
That is often a challenge for me as well
Also the difficulty of carrying the big 600 f4 if there is hiking to do
For that reason I sometimes leave the 600 f4 at home and instead take the 180-600 and/or the 600 f6.3 PF
Surprised to see the 20 and 30L Everyday with the dual side sling on the REI Anniversary sale so you can get 20% off. Their tripods too.
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about half the time I remove the cart before placing the bag in the overhead bin. Another advantage of the cart is that I can put my chobe bag on top of the Kiboko and slip the chobe opening over the handles
thanks. Just ordered
Hoping to see Nikon make 200-600 F/5.6 L w built TC. Canon is rumored to be producing this camera w/o the builtin TC
Tripod or pack?