Bag recomendations needed, going backpacking

[Deerio]

As the topic suggest I need some recomendations on specific bags.
I'm going on a month long backpaking trip thru Malaysia and Thailand and need a bag to hold my gear. The problem is that I'll be carying a 65 litre backpack for clothes and other equipment and there's no room for camera in there. So I need a sturdy but still uncumbersome bag to hold the camera equipment. And to not make it too easy the bags should also fit emergency gear in case I get separated from my backpack due to theft or airport baggage handlers and it should be within the size of airplane carry-on luggage.

So any suggestions on the bag?

[Vascilli]

Tamrac Adventure 7 or 9, or Kata H-12.14. or 16 if you want a shoulder bag. Kata DR-465 would work as well.

[profec291]

How much of your gear are you taking?

[Deerio]

I'm thinking that I'll take the grpped 40D with one flash. As for lenses I now have the 100-400 L to go with it and then I'll take the 50mm and 17-85mm. A light load.

[ben_r_]

I hike with my ungripped 5D, 24-70 or 16-35, 100-400, 580EX II flash, lens hoods, and a few light accessories and tripod with the Lowepro Rover II AW which has plenty of room left over for water and food.

[Deerio]

Carrying a second backpack along would be quite cumbersome, I think.

[profec291]

Maybe a waistbag style bag, like the Mountain Smith Tour FX Photobag or Lowepro Inverse series.

[SuzyView]

Lowepro's series look good to me if a regular backpack is for essentials other than camera gear. I know the Adventure 9 can get very heavy with what you have on your list.

[Jim G]

Check out some of Domke's range for low-key, rugged bags. Mine got pink paint, sweet and sour sauce, spam and pineapple all over it (long story) the other day and I just chucked it in the wash and it's good as new.

If you haven't got your backpack yet check out the Mei Voyageur, too - one of my all-time favourite bags for backpacking. It's about as big as you ought to need, too... I can travel indefinitely living out of mine and that's including camera gear.

[Clevor]

As the topic suggest I need some recomendations on specific bags.
I'm going on a month long backpaking trip thru Malaysia and Thailand and need a bag to hold my gear. The problem is that I'll be carying a 65 litre backpack for clothes and other equipment and there's no room for camera in there. So I need a sturdy but still uncumbersome bag to hold the camera equipment. And to not make it too easy the bags should also fit emergency gear in case I get separated from my backpack due to theft or airport baggage handlers and it should be within the size of airplane carry-on luggage.

So any suggestions on the bag?

This might fit your bill:

http://www.thesyncpack.com/

I have one on the way to try out. The only negatives I've heard is it's heavy and overbuilt. It's rated at 2.2 lbs which is not heavy but perhaps the manufacturer's weight is a bit exaggerated.

I'm in the same dilemma since a 3.5 lb pack fully loaded with my camera equipment, hydration pack, and map books weighs around 26-30 lbs. I plan to keep my 40D with two Canon zooms in this synchpack and my Zeiss primes in my backpack. To shift weight I will nix the hydration bladder and use a water bottle in the synchpack. This setup will help balance the weight fore and aft and I have ready access to most my camera equipment and can wear any backpack I want.

Will post feedback when I get the synchpack.

[Deerio]

Maybe a waistbag style bag, like the Mountain Smith Tour FX Photobag or Lowepro Inverse series.

Waistbags are generally too small for the purpose and I already have the belt from the backpack around my waist. I'm not talking about a small backpack for daytripping. I have a bag which capacity is 65 litres and has a aluminium frame in it. I'll end up weighting around 20kg when filled with the equipment I need for the trip.


The synchbag seems an interresting option, but will probably need some inserts to hold camera gear safely.