anotherview Loc: California

If you ever have to check this bag, consider that the rough treatment during baggage handling could damage your gear.

You may wish to consider instead of a bag a carrying case with wheels, sized to fit in airline overhead storage.

goldstar46 Loc: Tampa, Fl

Mike......

First you must analyse what is important to you, what gear you need, and will the equipment fit into the bag... My recommendations is... "Go with any of the top brand names.... BUT, buy the 'features' which are important to you... Personally, I have traveled over 65,000 miles both U.S. and Abroad in the last three years, and I have made changes three times.... I would 'highly' recommend against a 'back-pack' style case if you carry more than 10 to 15 pounds...... I have been there, done that, and will not go back again....

My last 75 day trip to Australia, I used a 'wheel' type case which had over 45 lbs of gear store in it...... with that, and my age, is the reason for non-backpack case for me.... Choose wisely my friend...

Do you research and 'find' what fits your needs, not what fits someone elses needs by asking them what everyone else uses..

Geo

rmalarz Loc: Tempe, Arizona

I'd recommend this one. I've flown with it many times.
http://www.uglyhedgehog.com/t-349254-1.html#5868432
--Bob

berchman Loc: South Central PA

People should really take this warning seriously.

Kingman

Airlines carry on and backpack camera bags has been a dilemma for me over the years. First off with over 4+ million airline miles, I one of those who does not check any luggage unless it's absolutely necessary. Most major airlines state you are allowed one "carry on" piece and and one additional "small" personal item. Presumably the "carry on" is your personal clothing and the "small" personal item is a purse or computer bag. that is supposed to fit under the seat. That said, I have a smaller Lowepro Mini Trekker camera backpack that works well as the small carry on and will fit under the seat. Later I felt the need for a larger backpack for camera equipment to hold more gear and decided to get the Lowepro 450 Rolling backpack to cover all my bases. While larger it held more gear, hence much heavier, and most importantly it was no longer considered the "small" personal item that could fit under the airline seat. Also being capable of holding more gear, I definitely use the roller capabilities more than the its backpacking abilities. If I need to haul all my gear for a big shoot, I'll take both the smaller camera backpack and the larger rolling camera backpack as my carry on and check another bag for my personal items. I never check luggage with camera gear underneath the plane! I am going to Europe later this fall and will need to be all carry on and am now deciding what's the minimum to take and fit into the smaller backpack. One final thing to remember, once on location are you going to carry everything for some simple street photography? I tend to lighten the small backpack by leaving the extra gear inside the hotel room safe (whenever possible for security). At the end of the day, is you camera backpack you choose going to be your "large" or "small" airline carry on luggage?

goldstar46 Loc: Tampa, Fl

One last thought Kingman...

Check with the airline(s) you will be using to be really sure of the limitations for weight for carry-on...

During my last trip to Australia, I did NOT check close, and learned the the hard way, that carry-on weight limitations was 7 Kilos or 15.1 Lbs... YUCK.....

Who in his right mind will limit themselves to only 15 lbs of equipment when you doing a 75 day trip half way around the world ????

YES........ Quantas made me check the bag.... AND, I had NO, i had absolutely no choice in the matter..

Best of luck Kingman.

Boris Ekner Loc: From Sweden, living in Guatemala

I got this one for my trip in Europe now. It works just fine for my needs.

Kingman

You are absolutely correct! Most international carriers are FAR more restrictive than most domestic airlines for carry on luggage with regards to size, dimensions, and weight! This is even true for American based carriers outside of the US. Once flying American Airlines to Frankfurt my "carry on" passed muster here at DFW, but the same bag did not pass muster on the return American Airlines flight in Frankfurt and I had to check the luggage! Again most domestic airlines here in the US (48 states) tend to be far more lenient with carry on luggage. Hawaiian Airlines Interland service can be and is often notoriously restrictive of size and weight of all carry luggage. Yes, always look to your specific airlines for their specific restrictions and they are not all the same everywhere! Admittedly as a 4+ million miller with American Airlines and boarding early, I tend to be cut more slack with carry on luggage as compared to those boarding last.

al13

I have used my Havana 48 for the past two years purchased from B&H. It’s a back pack type carrier. It hold my D500, two lenses, light weight tripod, battery charger, etc and has room for rain gear and a few extras. It fits under the seat when flying and easy to carry.

hpucker99 Loc: Anchorage, Alaska

Who is the manufacturer and what is the model number?

Gene51 Loc: Yonkers, NY, now in LSD (LowerSlowerDelaware)

I've used a LowePro Photo Trekker 450 AW ii - and had no problem fitting into Delta, Norwegian and Jet Blue overhead compartments - even though LowePro claims it is not compliant.

JD750 Loc: SoCal

Think Tank.

http://www.thinktankphoto.com/collections/travel

Kingman

Yes, the Lowepro 450 rolling backpack can certainly be used as the larger carry on (if you don't fill it completely-height wise) and I've done it many times. Like you said it'll fit in the upper luggage compartment just fine, but it certainly won't fit under most airline seats. I did get away once using the 450 as my smaller carry on as well as another rollaboards and both went above, but it was such a hassle, I'll not do that again.

Chris981 Loc: Pacific Palisades

I use a Pelican Case 1500 as a carry on. It conforms to airline carry on size restrictions but most of the time it exceeds the weight limit (15lbs.). The good thing about this is that if the airline calls me out on exceeding the weight limit and it has to be a checked bag, I do not worry so much about damage as the Pelican Case is excellent protection for my gear. Potential for theft of a checked bag, well that is another matter. However, I have never had a checked gear bag stolen. Lucky?
The down side of the Pelican Case is that it is heavy compared to soft bags.

MrGNY Loc: New York

I use the larger Peak Design, which fits my camera, 3 lenses, charger, filters etc. still room in the top to fit a sweatshirt, Bose headphones and slide my iPad Pro in the laptop pocket which holds a 15 inch lap top. Slides right under the seat in front of me.