Basically practical camera bag with more than mild weakness

Basically practical camera bag with more than mild weakness

Lowepro Urban Photo Sling 250 camera bag (Electronics)

Customer Review

I use the Urban Photo Sling 250 with a Nikon D7000 and a Nikkor 18-300 mm predominantly 1: 3,5-6,3G ED VR.
The bag was handled carefully, but it was still used and if I had to sit in the dust, I've done that too. Rain has already seen.

First Impression:
The bag comes as the pictures to look at and is protected against dirt with a small transparent plastic foil, the inner life is pre-assembled
This bag is not neat at first glance, the outer material is stable and can be easily cleaned when dirty with a damp cloth. In the first time I could even notice a faint beading effect when material is to max. But 6Monaten gone.

Outside:
Immediately stands a the exceptional wear eye principle: the Sling-principle is certainly a matter of taste, I get along well with the carrier, it rarely bothers me that I can not hang the other way on the other shoulder the camera. And it is quite possible for a short time to hang the bag on the side, just stop just not as convenient and for a long time or the bag slips easily from the shoulder. If you have the bag only on, she carries herself with heavy lenses virtually imperceptible and very pleasant.
On the inside, the rear side of the bag a sort of belt for the hip is incorporated and hidden in a depression, I've never used, but also does not interfere further. But I can imagine that the bag thus less intensive movement oscillates at me.
The handle at the top allows good and secure grip and interfere otherwise, since there is no objection.
From the outside the bag in my opinion deserves a full five stars.

Inside:
Lined pocket is inside with a very soft and camera-friendly material. Unfortunately, this is not or only very poorly bonded to the outer foam. Inside Look fabric walls to sub-line, however, are fixed by means of Velcro connection exactly at this material, which although these are connected to the fabric, but have a lot of room to move.
The wall thickness is in order and provides sufficient protection for sensitive electrical and mechanical systems. That one should not leave the filled bag nevertheless fall from 1m, it is also clear

The large bag per se is admittedly divided very clever: the large main compartment for Body and Objetive is to close with two opposite zippers, the lid opens (if you're wearing the bag) outwardly away. On the inside of the "lid" is a small, secured with Velcro fastener pocket of ca, 5x4cm for memory cards. Over the entire width of the large main compartment a spectacle fabric separating element is sewn, so that can be transported separately from the camera or filter papers. Unfortunately, this separating element is quite soft, two separators for the big trade are fixed by Klettverrschlüssen it. This has the consequence that, although the dividing elements can be really good fixed, but give way due to a stable "back wall" slightly so that the pocket is similarly unstable, as completely without subdivisions. More about that later.
The main compartment is divided with two other foam walls, which still lightning and a smaller lens can be accommodated in the main compartment in addition to a shot prepare camera. The large foam element is connected on one side with a tape fixed to the right side of the bag, which limits the positioning - more than half can not be added to the wall. I have the wall set in exactly half of the bag, as it stabilizes the structure most. A small, parallel to the floor mountable partition member can be limited "amount" of the two chambers resulting in the.
A second, much smaller compartment is available as well, which is closed with two quick-release fasteners made of plastic. In this small technical capacity of filters, it is divided into two compartments, which are about 10cm wide. Prior to these two divisions but it is still enough space in front of it nor to place things, but they are only protected by the outer shell and therefore not as unbreakable as in the lower compartments or the main compartment.
Although the interior is solved in itself good, that bothers me greatly that the partitions can not really be fixed well. Initially, that was not as flashy, over time give the foam elements noticeably and the pocket warps, the exterior walls are noticeably wabblig. Not even it was already the case that by this warping the camera when you open the bag came just standing quasi entgegengepurzelt (no, the lens does not lay down on). An absolute no-go in my eyes when equipment is at risk.
Inner life due to this very disturbing for me to lack a maximum of two points.

Conclusion after 14Monaten useful life:
I have the bag in average monthly two-three (full) days used, so they used the camera not only as storage for home.
All in all, it would have proven to be, but as already indicated above, the bag has a fundamental problem:
the larger version 250 I have deliberately chosen, so that a full-blown zoom lens can be placed directly on the camera in your pocket.
However, the inner cloth lining is not or is only insufficiently fastened to the outer shell, therefore the internal divisions are extremely - and which is now expressed benevolent - flexible in its mounting and move strongly. The bag was beginning yet really stable in form, now everything has become much softer, inside and out somehow wabblig. The likes and is also the high total weight of the camera of about 1,2kg be owed, but I find honestly disappointing in his pocket.
As mentioned before, is due to the, in my view, really poor fixing ability of the partition walls and the outer walls warped repeated me the camera come to meet when you open the bag. And if you put at risk by absolutely not special or intense stress or use after one year for equipment not short of money, that's at least pretty suboptimal.

For from time to time using the bag is certainly appropriate. Who but really wants to use "humanely" and burdened with a heavy lens, or even more, I would honestly advise against the pocket. The 1.2kg, the bag that were weighing my plan always included Body clearly too much.
The problem is also the thing Tata, that the inner, soft fabric is not fixedly connected to the outer shell.

Pure arithmetically I would forgive 3.5 points, but since my camera is repeatedly come to meet while opening, I round off to two points.

All in all, nice concept, with significant weaknesses.

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