I needed some way of carrying my equipment while walking in Norway, no normal bag would do as I'd be wearing a 120L bergen almost the entire time and I didn't really fancy putting my (46kilo) bag down each time I wanted to change a lens.
So I needed a new option, it didn't need to fit the camera as that would be clipped onto the shoulder straps of the bergen via carabiners and zip ties, after much pondering I decided to build a leg rig to fit my needs, it had to hold;
Tamron 17-50mm
Tamron 11-18mm
Canon 28-135mm IS
Canon 50mm f1.8
Sigma 50-500mm
plus batteries, cards, filters, remote release, blower, lens cloth, hoods
and if possible, 30D + Grip
through playing Airsoft I knew of viper kit
, its cheap (for a good reason) and there's a shop just down the road with a full stock of the stuff.
Ended up with,
1x Drop Leg Platform
1x Small Pouch
2x Large Pouch
Came to about £40
The build quality of this stuff is absolute S***e and I had to resew almost every seam.
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Main part straps to leg and belt and is very stable, can 'almost' forget its there while walking, the pouch with the leg rig was on the waist strap of the bergen but could easily go on a belt.
Cannibalised a rain cover from an old backpack which worked fine.
All in all, worked well and didn't affect mobility, even climbed a mountain & glacier wearing the leg rig.

Ps; Tripod was strapped to the bottom of bergen (now looks awesome because of all the scratches on it) and the head fitted in the belt pouch.