Camera bag on the bay

I've had my eye on this bag - not to buy one, but because until seeing Andy's pics, I thought it was constructed EXACTLY like the "Sabastio's Reporter Satchel". I have the A&A bag, and these are the differences I can see:

The A&A bag is made of three different materials: heavy cotton, ballistic nylon, and real leather. It appears that the copied version of this bag is made primarily of a lighter weight nylon. and is not going to hold up as well over time. BTW,there is absolutely NO vinyl on the Sabastio bag. The front flap is all leather, including the edging material.

The other important feature of the A&A bag is that it has an adjustable plastic snap-buckle that allows you to secure the contents of the middle pocket to keep any large objects from falling out. This is where I keep my camera, although it should also be able to keep a lens from falling out too.

The copied version certainly looks like it's worth the money, especially when you consider the price of the Sabastio bag. Fortunately, I got mine before the price increase this past year.
 
marke said:
I've had my eye on this bag - not to buy one, but because until seeing Andy's pics, I thought it was constructed EXACTLY like the "Sabastio's Reporter Satchel". I have the A&A bag, and these are the differences I can see:

The A&A bag is made of three different materials: heavy cotton, ballistic nylon, and real leather. It appears that the copied version of this bag is made primarily of a lighter weight nylon. and is not going to hold up as well over time. BTW,there is absolutely NO vinyl on the Sabastio bag. The front flap is all leather, including the edging material.

The other important feature of the A&A bag is that it has an adjustable plastic snap-buckle that allows you to secure the contents of the middle pocket to keep any large objects from falling out. This is where I keep my camera, although it should also be able to keep a lens from falling out too.

The copied version certainly looks like it's worth the money, especially when you consider the price of the Sabastio bag. Fortunately, I got mine before the price increase this past year.
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I also absolutely love the A+A Sabastio Bag. I got it used for a good price and it replaced my Domke. It's just an incredibly comfortable bag that's the perfect size for me. I can carry 2 bodies with lenses, 3 extra lenses, another body, Notebook, film, cigarettes, etc. (I can't see why I'd have that much but it can work)
But it's just as comfortable with a body and a pair of lenses.
I'd reccomend it to anyone. Havnt bought any new bags since.
 
I bought it a few months back and I like it a lot, it's perfect for a body and 3 or 4 lenses, or even two bodies and two more lenses. Even tho the top is only closed with velcro, it's a lot of velcro. It sits very comfortably when you are wearing it. I also have the M Classics bag and could never understand the following that it has. Very secure, yes, but the pockets are too deep for RF gear, and it hangs crooked from your shoulder.

The seller's ebay name is explore339 his leather half cases are also very nice, I bought one for my M6 and its very soft.
 
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Spleenrippa said:
Hey guys. Just wanted to let anyone interested know that explore339 has the bags back in stock. 5 available when I bought one this morning... So, four now ;-)
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I've had this bag (270353618645) for a while now and have been meaning to report.. the only negative I can think of is that the Velcro on the dividers is not as robust as the Velcro on, say, the Hadley Pro inserts, and after a while the way the dividers stick together can only be described as 'flimsy' (IMHO of course). But I still use that bag for my G2 outfit and don't worry about it too much.
 
I've been using the bag for a while and being very happy with it now it sees litle use as I found that bare bones bag is more confortable for daily use when I carry less equip.

Bests
 
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