However, with some creative positioning of your gear, there’s usually a way to work with this. One small issue which stems from the Think Tank Airport Advantage’s size/weight advantage is that around the edges, the depth varies (due to the positioning of the wheels/carrying handle). The Think Tank Airport Advantage has customizeable Velcro padding which allows you to set up the interior as you like. +6 batteries, gels, business cards, and other small knick-knacks. Holdfast Money Maker dual leather camera strap The Think Tank Airport Advantage is certainly more slender than the majority of other rolling camera bags on the market in 2022, but that’s not to say you need to compromise with the amount of camera gear your carry – here’s what I fit in mine: For a quick introduction of what this case is all about, watch the video below: It’s a smaller, lighter rolling camera bag which forces you to really think about your gear choices. The backpack straps of the Think Tank Airport Take Off do sometimes come in useful, but they also add to the weight.Įnter the Think Tank Airport Advantage. Sure, there may be many more attractive camera bags out there, but the serious pro’s choice is and will always be Think Tank products.Īfter a year of use, I realised that almost half of my carry on weight limit (7kg in Australia) was being taken up by the bag itself.
Choosing Think Tank was a no-brainer for me – their quality, guarantee and functionality is unrivalled. My first foray into rolling camera bags was the Think Tank Airport Take Off (reviewed below. Seriously, if you’ve never used rolling luggage for your camera gear, you’re missing out on t he most comfortable and efficient travel.Īnother advantage of a rolling camera bag is its ability to house and ‘display’ all your gear at once, without the need to remove items to see other ones (something that’s often necessary with bags and backpacks.)Īt home when not in use, I like how my camera gear is stored neatly arranged in my rolling camera bags with everything visible when the front flap is open. The rolling camera bag would allow me to breeze around the airport in comfort whilst protecting everything within it. If I ran into issues at the check in desk, I could shuffle items around so that my most important camera gear could travel next to me as carry on in the rolling camera bag, and I could check in my clothes and non-breakable camera gear. Then I realised the obvious – having a rolling camera bag dedicated to carrying camera gear was literally and figuratively a huge weight off my back. No longer would I attempt to squeeze all my camera/non-camera gear into one backpack, but rather, I’d have my camera gear in the rolling camera bag and my clothes in another bag. On other flights with stricter limits, I was forced to split my gear into two bags, one carried on my back, the other either in my hand or slung off a shoulder. On the US flights that had no carry-on luggage weight limits, my back was still breaking after picking up, putting down and carrying 10kgs+ of gear. The first time I tried to travel overseas with my camera backpack, my opinion quickly changed. I used to wonder why photographers would choose to use unattractive, unwieldy rolling camera bags in favour of good-looking camera backpacks or shoulder camera bags. They all have slightly different uses and you’ll have to assess your needs first before making a decision about which is right for you, but they all excel in doing their job of allowing you to store and roll your camera gear.īefore I get into this roundup of the best rolling camera bags, it might be necessary to explain a little why a roller is such a great option for carrying and storing your camera gear. Instead, what I am aiming to do is to showcase what are in my opinion the best rolling camera bags on the market this year. This would be impossible, since everyone’s needs are different – the rolling camera bag that is heavy and impractical for one photographer for example, may be the perfect shock-resistant, durable rolling camera bag for another. The purpose of this post was not to find one single rolling camera bag that’s better than all others.
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