an impromptu Poll on neck straps/shoulder straps wear

Cross chest via Peak Design Slide.
Very comfortable and easily accessible whenever I want to shoot.

What is it that makes the Peak Design Slide popular? Is it mostly the anchor system?

yes ... and the fact that the length is so easily adjustable

chuckmiller wrote in post #19256909
What is it that makes the Peak Design Slide popular? Is it mostly the anchor system?

I just watched their Slide video and until now I had not heard what the weight rating is on the anchors. The thinness of the string looks suspicious. 200lbs?? I'm also concerned as to how the entire strap must slide around you when you lift the camera to shoot.

I do like how it can be connected in such a way that the lens points straight down. That is very nice.


With the Carry Speed the camera anchor slides up the strap when you lift the camera and the shoulder strap stays in place. It is quickly length adjustable and the camera bottom mounting plate can be flipped in orientation to change how the camera/lens hangs/points. It all works very well with cross chest sling carry.

26 responders and plain old over the shoulder has a slight lead.

I use a Movo shoulder strap to carry a heavy camera / lens combo on my left side, then place my Domke shoulder bag to my right side. If I need a second camera and smaller lens, I'll place it in my shoulder bag, with a neck strap. Then I can pull the second camera out to shoot quick pics, and return to my shoulder bag. Seems to work for mobility.

chuckmiller wrote in post #19256967
I just watched their Slide video and until now I had not heard what the weight rating is on the anchors. The thinness of the string looks suspicious. 200lbs?? I'm also concerned as to how the entire strap must slide around you when you lift the camera to shoot.

I do like how it can be connected in such a way that the lens points straight down. That is very nice.


With the Carry Speed the camera anchor slides up the strap when you lift the camera and the shoulder strap stays in place. It is quickly length adjustable and the camera bottom mounting plate can be flipped in orientation to change how the camera/lens hangs/points. It all works very well with cross chest sling carry.

The anchors are make with Dyneema thread. I've been hauling a 5D3 and Sigma 150-600 around for a few years with a Slide and the anchors still look like new. I recently mounted the strap to the lens foot and then turned the foot so that it points off to the left side. When I let the camera down it points across my belly so that it isn't bouncing off my hip or leg.

I don't have any trouble with the Slide strap sliding over my clothing. I really like that it's a lot less bulky than something like a BlackRapid. I can back up to a wall and not have a clump of strap behind my back.

FWIW: I was pretty skeptical before I bought the Slide. Now I wouldn't buy anything else.

33 voters and its neck-in-neck, well sort of. Lol

Mostly over the shoulder, switching from side to side as needed. A small detail, but I like the lens facing my body (for normal size lens). Helps keep the camera from swinging around some and lens from bumping in to stuff. When I need to move around more I swing the strap over my head and go cross shoulder so the camera is more snug to my body and I can easily use both hands and not worry about dropping my camera. I go with the old standard black Op/tech strap that I've had for 10 or 12 years. The neoprene neck strap part has some good ability to stretch which helps with the load on my shoulder.