Asking all Kata 3n1 owners & ex-owners..

EOS mE wrote in post #13936076
trust me brother.. i've been eyeing the kenti for a long time. but they won't have stock till end of march, which sucks cuz i need it before then.

For black, green is in stock.

andrew, green is not in stock. here's the email i got from them this weekend:

Update for Case #4499 - "Question before purchasing Kenti"

Sorry for the delay, and thanks for your patience. The Kenti is finished and is on its way over to our warehouse both in Holland and the US. Our target date remains the end of March for the delivery. We currently are out of all colors.
If you have not place an order I recommend you do so we don't bill until we ship.
Regardless I would like to give you a couple of reasons why you should place an order even when something is out of stock:

1. We do not bill until the product ships. Placing an order only secures your spot in line. You will not be billed until your order actually ships (or is sent to our logistics partners to be shipped).

2. We get returns and restocks all the time from field reviews,(not used) if you are next in line, your order will automatically get shipped out as soon as it is a available.

3. We often transfer stock between our Regional Warehouses. Each production run we do our best to guess how to distribute the inventory. But, we have regional warehouses in Japan, Netherlands, and USA. Sometimes we guess wrong and transfer inventory between our warehouses to fill back-orders. If your order is on the short list, it will get filled.

4. It helps the company. By telling us what you want, it helps us get smarter about what colors to order, and how to divide and transfer inventory.
That helps us stay in stock longer, pay less in logistics costs, keep our prices lower, and keep our customers happier.

http://fstopgear.com/e​n/ordering/warranty

We have 20 years

Here is a link that has a great deal of information about the packs.
http://getsatisfaction​.com/fstopgear/product​s

EOS mE wrote in post #13936107
andrew, green is not in stock. here's the email i got from them this weekend:

Update for Case #4499 - "Question before purchasing Kenti"

Sorry for the delay, and thanks for your patience. The Kenti is finished and is on its way over to our warehouse both in Holland and the US. Our target date remains the end of March for the delivery. We currently are out of all colors.
If you have not place an order I recommend you do so we don't bill until we ship.
Regardless I would like to give you a couple of reasons why you should place an order even when something is out of stock:

1. We do not bill until the product ships. Placing an order only secures your spot in line. You will not be billed until your order actually ships (or is sent to our logistics partners to be shipped).

2. We get returns and restocks all the time from field reviews,(not used) if you are next in line, your order will automatically get shipped out as soon as it is a available.

3. We often transfer stock between our Regional Warehouses. Each production run we do our best to guess how to distribute the inventory. But, we have regional warehouses in Japan, Netherlands, and USA. Sometimes we guess wrong and transfer inventory between our warehouses to fill back-orders. If your order is on the short list, it will get filled.

4. It helps the company. By telling us what you want, it helps us get smarter about what colors to order, and how to divide and transfer inventory.
That helps us stay in stock longer, pay less in logistics costs, keep our prices lower, and keep our customers happier.

http://fstopgear.com/e​n/ordering/warranty

We have 20 years

Here is a link that has a great deal of information about the packs.
http://getsatisfaction​.com/fstopgear/product​s

They have just updated inventory status
http://fstopgear.com/i​nventory/m140.html
Accordingly to this even black is in stock, you better contact them again.

Andrew_WOT wrote in post #13936120
They have just updated inventory status
http://fstopgear.com/i​nventory/m140.html
Accordingly to this even black is in stock, you better contact them again.

Just talked to them, none are in stock, some glitch in online status I guess.

^^ yup..

Yeah, there's a whole other thread going about the accuracy (or lack thereof) of F-Stop's inventory system I got basically the same email as EOS mE, and placed an order for a Kenti to hold my place "in line." However, this was back when their estimated in-stock date was mid-March. Now that it's slipping, it might slip past my travel-date of end-March, so I'm looking for alternatives (among them a Kata 3n1, along with a Tamrac Evo 8 and Lowepro Fastpack 250/350).

^^ yup.. same here.

I owned a 33 for all of two months. Took it to a couple rough countries on photo trips which included lots of walking with the pack loaded. The pack held and protected all of my gear brilliantly but the harness was the absolute most PATHETIC heap of nylon I've ever paid money for. Sold it pretty quickly when I got home. Just my $0.02

nice.. that's awesome to hear that the bag held up nicely.

i didn't want to wait for kenti to be in stock... so i pulled the trigger on the 25PL. :P

i'm sooo excited, but free ground shipping is killing me.

FYI - in case anyone want to buy a KATA bag, there's a rebate going on. See here

Didn't go for the MultiPro?

^^ nope.. because side access is very important to me. multipro requires me to put the bag down to gain top access.

Same for me... but I'm still unsure that I could use both side accesses for each camera with the 3n1 series. The MultiPro seems to be the next best option to me after the Kenti to have fast access to both cameras.

kenti does have the best access for both camera with mounted lens. that's what attracted me to the kenti in the first place, plus water bag capability. but after carefully reviewing the total capacity size for storage, i needed something more than just enough to put a small jacket in. not sure if you saw this review from DAN. it's very detailed and that's gave me both the pros and cons. if they had something in between kenti and guru, that would be perfect for me. just like the 25PL which is between the 20/22 & the 30/33.

Thanks for the info... Guess I'll still keep looking for that mythical bag that'll allow me to have my gripped 5D2 and xsi in easy access and have it all...

if you see urself carrying 2 camera at the same time.. then i'd bank on kenti. i needed soon for a trip and can't wait that long or take a risk that it will arrive on time.

good luck.. i'll put up a write up when i get it next week. i'm sure all the potn'er will be happy i won't be bugging about what bag to get for a while.. hahaha