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dissss
Nov 10, 2007

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I have a Lowepro FastPack 250 and a Nova 160AW:



The FastPack can take a full-sized laptop so my netbook does rattle about a bit, but aside from that its a great bag for my usage. Its just about the allowable maximum size for carry on baggage, fairly lightweight and fits my netbook, camera, lenses, filters plus all the cables/charges needed and room for a lightweight jacket. Ugly as sin though, not particularly comfortable to carry and not very waterproof though.

The smaller bag survived 4 months of backpacking with only the badge falling off, but it was a bit of a pain juggling that and a laptop bag so I decided an all in one was the way to go.

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dissss
Nov 10, 2007

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slearch posted:

I am looking for a backpack that has the feature in the picture here where you can quickly bring the backpack around, unzip that compartment and pull the camera out easily. I looked at the fastpacks and the straps look really uncomfortable. Does anyone have any recommendations for backpacks with that feature that are more comfortable, and that can hold a laptop?

Don't get me wrong its not unusably uncomfortable or anything, just clearly not as much thought has gone into the harness design as my hiking packs.

dissss
Nov 10, 2007

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Perhaps go for the middle ground and get a Fastpack 250? Still plenty of room (provided you don't have a massive laptop) and small reduction in height makes quite a difference IMO.

Also I'm not sure how convenient the Versapacks camera opening would be, for me the main draw of the Fastpack was how easy access to the camera body is

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