Freedom of Choice, Is What You Got
Crumby and his bosom companion, Ray, are fixing to purchase a backpack even if it harelips Pope What’s His Name. Here’s what we are looking for in our future pack.
Waterproof, carry on friendly, big enough for a 60d, 400mm, 50mm, 10-22mm, E330, 14-54mm, 35mm macro plus their protective cases, outfits or Koonzies. Well maybe not quite all those. But close.
Koonzies! Koonzies is the collective term for the coozies, dividers, inserts, mini-bags, etc., that might serve to protect the cameras and lenses from shock while inside their waterproof pack. Here is a pictorial example of a very simple Turner Industries Koonzie protecting a 50mm 1.8.
Then our pack also needs to be comfortable. It will go on our backs while we are hiking, boating, and thus potentially swimming, or cycling, shopping, mostly for short distances, like a few miles, during the daytime in the penultimate worst heat of the USA. So we don’t need to sweat unnecessarily. Plus, Crumby already features a slipped disk, a torn rotator cuff, and tendinitis in his bad elbow, so he dang sure deserves a dern comfortable pack.
Our first idea was the Lowepro waterproof products. However, many whine about the zippers on those particular products. Probably one could employ, Too Much Manpower, on those zippers during times of extreme angst or aggravation. So we decided the Lowepro waterproof packs are probably not for Crumby.
Then we became interested in several alternatives simultaneously. The most promising of all those are the 25L Aquapac which features a removable seat. Note however that the Aquapac propagandists do not provide the dimensions for their backpack so we have, despite the removable seat, summarily ruled it out. The Aquapac may not be carry on friendly . Or it could be carry on friendly. Nobody knows. Ockca uckerssa! The Overboard 30L which features an air flow back panel. The Aquaknot 29.5L also features an air flow back panel. The Mariner All-Terrain which also, I repeat also, features an air flow back panel. The 28L Rainwalker which features an aluminum internal frame, but may be too fat for carry on many smaller aeroplanes since its depth is 12 inches, also known as a foot.
OK. So what additional features would we like. Well. We want to have places for water bottles on the outside in like mesh baggies or things. We need some way to hang the BushHawk, in lieu of a tripod, on the outside of the pack. Oh! We would like maybe a tough Naugahyde material on the bottom where you sit the bag down like we have on our current, definitely not water proof, Outdoor Products backpack. But we do understand that sewing or gluing on a Naugahyde bottom might compromise the waterproofness of our presumptive backpack. So maybe we don’t need that exact feature. However, Naugahyde trim would sure be a nice touch for the fashion conscious.
That’s about it. All the other accouterments, like storage for batteries, cards, wires and such can be provided in or on the various Koonzies.
Now we just need to figure out which of all these packs is best for the Bosom Brotherhood.
Waterproof, carry on friendly, big enough for a 60d, 400mm, 50mm, 10-22mm, E330, 14-54mm, 35mm macro plus their protective cases, outfits or Koonzies. Well maybe not quite all those. But close.
Koonzies! Koonzies is the collective term for the coozies, dividers, inserts, mini-bags, etc., that might serve to protect the cameras and lenses from shock while inside their waterproof pack. Here is a pictorial example of a very simple Turner Industries Koonzie protecting a 50mm 1.8.
Then our pack also needs to be comfortable. It will go on our backs while we are hiking, boating, and thus potentially swimming, or cycling, shopping, mostly for short distances, like a few miles, during the daytime in the penultimate worst heat of the USA. So we don’t need to sweat unnecessarily. Plus, Crumby already features a slipped disk, a torn rotator cuff, and tendinitis in his bad elbow, so he dang sure deserves a dern comfortable pack.
Our first idea was the Lowepro waterproof products. However, many whine about the zippers on those particular products. Probably one could employ, Too Much Manpower, on those zippers during times of extreme angst or aggravation. So we decided the Lowepro waterproof packs are probably not for Crumby.
Then we became interested in several alternatives simultaneously. The most promising of all those are the 25L Aquapac which features a removable seat. Note however that the Aquapac propagandists do not provide the dimensions for their backpack so we have, despite the removable seat, summarily ruled it out. The Aquapac may not be carry on friendly . Or it could be carry on friendly. Nobody knows. Ockca uckerssa! The Overboard 30L which features an air flow back panel. The Aquaknot 29.5L also features an air flow back panel. The Mariner All-Terrain which also, I repeat also, features an air flow back panel. The 28L Rainwalker which features an aluminum internal frame, but may be too fat for carry on many smaller aeroplanes since its depth is 12 inches, also known as a foot.
OK. So what additional features would we like. Well. We want to have places for water bottles on the outside in like mesh baggies or things. We need some way to hang the BushHawk, in lieu of a tripod, on the outside of the pack. Oh! We would like maybe a tough Naugahyde material on the bottom where you sit the bag down like we have on our current, definitely not water proof, Outdoor Products backpack. But we do understand that sewing or gluing on a Naugahyde bottom might compromise the waterproofness of our presumptive backpack. So maybe we don’t need that exact feature. However, Naugahyde trim would sure be a nice touch for the fashion conscious.
That’s about it. All the other accouterments, like storage for batteries, cards, wires and such can be provided in or on the various Koonzies.
Now we just need to figure out which of all these packs is best for the Bosom Brotherhood.
posted by ray pistrum at Sunday, February 26, 2012
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