Think Tank Urban Disguise 60: The Ongoing Review! (56k will take a long time to load)

[romeo26]

Think Tank Urban Disguise 60: The Review.

Why I decided to get the bag:

I got the bag to use for as a school bag, travel bag, and event shooting bag. I already have a Lowepro Slingshot 200AW, although this bag is very good it had room to be desired, the slingshot 200 has been demoted to my day hiking bag. The reason why I got chose to get the UD60 for event shooting is so I can store all the goodies that they give out for free. Well mostly magazines and small stuff.

Okay were to start: I know how bout the dividers and extra stuff!

As most of you know think tank comes with a lot of extra dividers and I counted 14 removable dividers! I don’t even know if ill ever need them all, but it’s a nice thing to have!

There are:

2 tall dividers (for the very most sides)

2 “L” dividers

3 dividers that can be used as flaps

3 medium

2 large

1 for laptop compartment (keeps your lappy snug)

1 bottom protector (keeps the bag standing up at all times)

The other extras are:

Memory card wallet (the small one) holds: 4 cf cards and 3 sd

Rain cover (will post a pic of it on later)

They are all removable, this is a good thing because the rain cover is pretty big and id like to leave it out on summer days.

With all this stuff you can configure the bag any way you would like!

Now on to the bag it self!

This bag is okay looking. Not colorful and at least a little discrete. IT LOOKS LIKE A LAP TOP BAG!! But man does it hold a ton! It holds more then my laptop back pack. At first it looked small but after putting stuff in it, it got big. It also is a light bag.

Build quality:

Its pretty good, no complaints from me! Feels sturdy, and I think it will last. I ve checked this bag inside and out, and yet to see a defect!

YKK zipps:

On the lowepro I have there is no way of locking it! But these zippers are heavy duty and have a place to put your locks through. I can see my self using this bag for traveling.

As you can see these are the holes for your locks to go through!

The strap:

When I first saw it I was surprised at how thick it was! I was thinking to my self saying I don’t think the strap needs to be that big, but I was wrong! This bag can get quite heavy…

The strap has many connection points. You can turn this bag into a back pack, given you have two straps or the backpack straps form think tank. You can have this strap on one of the top connector points and have another strap connected to the bottom of the bag to stabilize it! One thing that I noticed is you can make this bag into a sling bag too! Connect the strap on opposite corners, too bad think tank doesn’t make a sling strap.

The front:

As you can see the front of the bag is plain, with just one zipper.

In the front zipper:

When you open the front zipper you will notice that there is a lot of space in there.

As you can see there is:

Pen holders

A blue strap (to hold stuff like the memory card holder)

A secret pocket with a red zipper.

The laptop compartment:

Think tank says that it can fit a 17 incher! I don’t think this is accurate because my dell inspiron E1505 will fit with only an inch left of room. There is also a part that can be put on to keep the laptop form moving. I say that the laptop is very well protected.

The main camera compartment:

Its actually quite roomy! There is a part for the camera + lens and another part were the rain cover came in.

The camera compartment is lined with the soft part were Velcro is attached. The hard bottom can be taken out, which makes the bag compressible! The red loop on the top is to secure the rain coat. The area the rain coat came in is very big! I can fit a whole folder (you will see this later on) in there!

[romeo26]

The sides:
Ehh…nothing special! Just a water bottle holder on each side. And one of the strap connectors.


The back:
The back has three things:
A flat object pocket
A pass through\pocket for inserting onto handles of rolling suitcases.
A card holder.


This pocket can also hold folders.


The pass through:
Can you see the light at the end of the tunnel?


Detail:
When the pass through is not in use Think Tank included a strap to keep the zipper there so it is not accidentally opened!


The front flap:
The front flap is held secure by two thick patches of velcrow and a clasp. The clasp is a little hard to undo, but to me that’s welcome because if its hard for me to open then its hard for thieves!


A better pic:



The flap open:
Well as you can see there are two accordion pockets (it is said to hold a 1 series body, will take a picture with my xti in there when I find my p&s). there is also a zippered pocket!

[romeo26]

The zippered pocket:
It is also very roomy. This has a very good divider system. There is a zipper pocket inside with a clear window so you can see whats in there. Couple pen holders and smaller pockets. These all are on two bigger pockets! There is also a strap to hold anything like keys or the memory card holder!



The left accordion pocket (depends on how your looking at it):
It has a read connecter in it to also connect the memory card holder (default location)! As you can see this can be taken off and moved anywhere on the bag!




School set up!!
I haven’t used this bag for carrying gear yet but I ve been using it for school. Ill be showing you my light set up (a thin chem. Book, a notebook, and a folder). I didn’t take a pic of my laptop in the bag because you all probably know how that will look (if you want a pic just ask!)

The main compartment:
As you can see the book takes up most of the space! the orange folder fits comfortably in the area that the rain cover came in, also my head phones found its home there too.



The camera area:
This is the camera area!

It fits my xti and sigma 17-70 attached very well. I think I can fit a nifty fifty in there, and still have the sigma with hood in ready position, for a moments notice.
Here you can see the depth of the bag:
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Front pocket:
In the front pocket I have my ipod, the memory card holder a couple pens and some candy (cant be seen)!


Where’s the rain cover?
Its in the accordion pockets!

It fits nicely.

How I found it comfy:
I usually cary this bag with the strap across my chest so I find that this is the best place to attach my strap!



CONCLUSION:
This bag is awesome! I like it and will use it every day. Unless I am need a back pack. It’s a good urban bag, and easy to shot out of! This is not the end of the review but only the beginning! As I gain gear or use it at events ill post my new setup with pictures! So this will be updated from time to time!

Pros:
Too many to name.

Cons:
Can get very heavy.
The padding on strap doesn’t move.

[nutsnbolts]

Great Review, post some pictures of how the camera gear will actually fit in there along with a laptop. Show bulk, etc.

Overall, not bad.

[_aravena]

That's thin...and a lot of pics. SO can it hold gear?

[romeo26]

shots with my camera in it will be comming as soon as i find my p&s!!

[romeo26]

UPDaTE
here is an update with my gear inside (too bad i only have 1lense)!!

what it looks like with my school stuff:

thats with my xti and the sigma 17-70 hood reversed!

what it looks like with every thing:

laptop not included! i was dl'ing something at that time!

back pocket put to good use:


kit lens in the acordian pocket:

alot of space left over!

xti in the other acordian pocket:

with the strap it takes it all up!

sigma in the main compartment:

it fits in there sideways! still have half an inch i think.

what it looks like with accordian pockets with stuff in side:

it grew bigger!!!!


hope this helps!

[_aravena]

Not really cheap are they. Looks good though abut the same as my bag if I didn't just use it for gear. Good review though.

[wgsquallx2002]

Thanks for the review!

[Scarter275]

thank you for the review

[gymell]

I used the UD60 on my Alaska trip and it was great, albeit heavy with all the gear and the notebook computer I loaded it down with. Still, it worked as my second "smaller" carry on item, in addition to my Airport International.

[Ocean Blue]

Thanks for posting these - really helpful photos. I've ordered mine as it looks to be a great bag for my laptop, camera equipment and even paper work; this looks like it can serve a double life of brief case / gear bag really well.

[Gipetto]

The shot of the XTi nose down along with your book pretty much answered all my questions - that means I can fit a 20D with grip in there with lens attached. Fantastic news as I only want to carry the camera +2 lenses at any given time.

Thanks for putting the time in to doing this!

[timecube]

Hey guys,

I was wondering if any Urban Disguise 60 owners have managed to pack a gripped body with lens attached and a laptop in the bag at the same time? If so do you happen to have any pictures of this configuration?

A couple of people have said that a gripped body in the UD60 is a tight fit let alone with a laptop in the rear compartment.

I am hoping to fit a gripped 7D with 17-55mm lens attached and a 16" laptop in the rear compartment at the same time. ( My laptop is under the dimensions specified by ThinkTank for the laptop section, however the high capacity battery I have on it pushes the width out to about 5cm ).

I was expecting there to be a bit of leeway with the dimensions as i'm hoping the bag can expand a little bit.

I am just a bit worried about one of the dimensions TT supply for the interior camera area of the UD60 which is 10.8cm Deep. I think my gripped 7D is around 15cm .

Thanks.

[jeromego]

Originally Posted by IMAGEMONSTER

Hey guys,

I was wondering if any Urban Disguise 60 owners have managed to pack a gripped body with lens attached and a laptop in the bag at the same time? If so do you happen to have any pictures of this configuration?

A couple of people have said that a gripped body in the UD60 is a tight fit let alone with a laptop in the rear compartment.

I am hoping to fit a gripped 7D with 17-55mm lens attached and a 16" laptop in the rear compartment at the same time. ( My laptop is under the dimensions specified by ThinkTank for the laptop section, however the high capacity battery I have on it pushes the width out to about 5cm ).

I was expecting there to be a bit of leeway with the dimensions as i'm hoping the bag can expand a little bit.

I am just a bit worried about one of the dimensions TT supply for the interior camera area of the UD60 which is 10.8cm Deep. I think my gripped 7D is around 15cm .

Thanks.

A gripped 7D would be a bit tight on the UD60. Get the UD70 instead, it fits perfectly. I can have a gripped 7D and a gripped 5D2 with lenses attached facing down.