Picked up a Pacsafe 100 Camera Strap

Nicely done, TVPhotog.

Mufutau

Thank you tvphotog! I appreciate the photo showing the slip-through and the buck-and-tang! Now I know what everyone is talking about! Mine should be here in a few days and I can't wait!

ROFL

dan

tvphotog wrote in post #7732002
This is a DIY solution to the same problem. I'm thin and in a T shirt with a 5D2 and a 100-400 across the chest, the pad was digging into my shoulder. I took an Optech Super pro, cut off the tabs, and sewed the pad with heavy carpet thread to the bottom of the PacSafe pad. It's the best of both worlds. Solved the problem for the warmer months when I don't want to wear a jacket.

Apparently PacSafe is coming out with a deluxe model, essentially this same heavier-padded pad with the same double-wire strap. But I didn't want to wait a year or so.

But by attaching it to the Pacsafe pad, don't you lose the stretch of the Optech pad ? Also, that's buying or using 2 straps, and the associated cost, to make 1. I'll check around. Isn't there a Kevlar strapped unit made by someone out there. I remember reading a thread here a long time ago about it. Might be a better and cheaper solution for me, when I travel....since I do often travel and shoot in less than completely safe locations.

bohdank wrote in post #7733989
But by attaching it to the Pacsafe pad, don't you lose the stretch of the Optech pad ? Also, that's buying or using 2 straps, and the associated cost, to make 1. I'll check around. Isn't there a Kevlar strapped unit made by someone out there. I remember reading a thread here a long time ago about it. Might be a better and cheaper solution for me, when I travel....since I do often travel and shoot in less than completely safe locations.

Check the UP strap, that's the kevlar one. http://upstrap-pro.com …/merchant.mvc?S​creen=PLST

It's basically for abrasion resistance. Though it resists penetration, I don't think it resists cutting. And I suspect you do lose some stretching of the Neoprene pad from the Optech, but I was more concerned about comfort in carrying a heavy body and lens.
I figure if I can bring myself to spend $4000 on a body and lens, I can spend $20 each on two straps and combine them.

Or you can wait for the new PacSafe Deluxe model.

Valid point about the $40 (2 straps combined).

bohdank wrote in post #7735129
Valid point about the $40 (2 straps combined).

I have a few extra and am thinking about trying to make a pacsafe double strap like the R-Strap new setup.

I want one...bad! But some of the sites that sell the CarrySafe 100 shows pictures that vary from the official PacSafe site.

The difference is in the locking mechanism.

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Wow, the new version doesn't have the locking clip? (it's in the first picture)

I'm kind of surprised they're going away from the lock.

dan

I bought one directly from Pacsafe about a month ago and it looks like the one on their site with the locking clips...

This strap is very comfortable and wears well. What I DON'T like about it is that it doesn't fold very well for storage in your bag (due to the wire). Of course that's the nature of the beast being that the wire is there for a reason. Still, it's somethign to consider. I went back to a pro loop strap personally. I'm normally shooting out in the middle of nowhere...might be different if I shot downtown a lot.

Also note that one has a belt buckle vs that slip through tightening piece.
I'd really go for the strap with the locking mechanism. It takes two hands to get that thing unlocked vs one hand/two fingers to get the other one off..

dan j wrote in post #8086869
Wow, the new version doesn't have the locking clip? (it's in the first picture)

I'm kind of surprised they're going away from the lock.

dan

I think it's the other way around. The new version is the one with the locking clip

norwegianwood wrote in post #8088882
I think it's the other way around. The new version is the one with the locking clip

No, I don't think so. The locking clip is the only attachment I've ever seen. It's the one I have and I bought version 2. The only difference between V1 & V2 is that V2 uses a buckle attachment instead of the slip through. V3 is coming and it's going back to the slip through. That's all the versions, I think, and that's why I'm surprised that Pacsafe, who always used the locking clip, would go to a simple clip. I wonder if that picture is correct or if it was a prototype someone was considering.

I don't see anything about the non-locking clip on their website. Where's the guy who knows there CEO (tvphoto)?

dan

Dan Burman from PacSafe says that the most recent version has the standard slip-through strap with an added feature to assure non-slip. I don't know if that's the one in the stores now or not. The one before that was the wristwatch buckle style.

I got that information about four or five months ago.