Do any members have one of these bags and have they had any problems with the quality of the material used in construction.
Cheers in advance
billnikon
Loc: Pennsylvania/Ohio/Florida/Maui/Oregon/Vermont
Bri wrote:
Do any members have one of these bags and have they had any problems with the quality of the material used in construction.
Cheers in advance
Had a tear once, took it to my shoe repair guy who used a surge machine and fixed it. I tend to overload my bags just a bit, did not blame the bag.
Chris T
Loc: from England across the pond to New England
Bri wrote:
Do any members have one of these bags and have they had any problems with the quality of the material used in construction.
Cheers in advance
Not sure about the Cooper design, Bri - but I have a Messenger - which is similar. Very rugged bag. In all - I have just over a dozen Tenba bags. Their construction is supreme. Never had any problems with the material. However, the plastic clasp on one of my MIXX Kit Bags - bent, from the weight. Had it been metal, of course - could've bent it back with a plier. But, with the clasp being plastic - wasn't much I could do. Wound up stapling some of those plastic cable snap-locks around the two connectors - which worked out fine. They're even a dark color, so they blend in with the blue and black tones of the MIXX Kit Bag. I have 4 MIXX Kit Bags, six MIXX Tall single-camera bags, 2 Vector Single-Camera Bags, a Vector Shoulder Bag, a Discovery Kit Bag, and the Messenger Kit Bag. How many's that? Fifteen, right? ALL Tenbas ….
billnikon
Loc: Pennsylvania/Ohio/Florida/Maui/Oregon/Vermont
Chris T wrote:
Not sure about the Cooper design, Bri - but I have a Messenger - which is similar. Very rugged bag. In all - I have just over a dozen Tenba bags. Their construction is supreme. Never had any problems with the material. However, the plastic clasp on one of my MIXX Kit Bags - bent, from the weight. Had it been metal, of course - could've bent it back with a plier. But, with the clasp being plastic - wasn't much I could do. Wound up stapling some of those plastic cable snap-locks around the two connectors - which worked out fine. They're even a dark color, so they blend in with the blue and black tones of the MIXX Kit Bag. I have 4 MIXX Kit Bags, six MIXX Tall single-camera bags, 2 Vector Single-Camera Bags, a Vector Shoulder Bag, a Discovery Kit Bag, and the Messenger Kit Bag. How many's that? Fifteen, right? ALL Tenbas ….
Not sure about the Cooper design, Bri - but I have... (
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I still have and use my ORANGE tenba bags from my film photojournalist days shooting for UPI. I have had them dry cleaned more times than I can remember. I also got the Tenba shoulder pad for my bags because, like you, I tended to overload them.
Bri wrote:
Do any members have one of these bags and have they had any problems with the quality of the material used in construction.
Cheers in advance
Tenbas are used by many video professionals. They are really picky, and their bags get a lot of heavy use.
Chris T
Loc: from England across the pond to New England
billnikon wrote:
I still have and use my ORANGE tenba bags from my film photojournalist days shooting for UPI. I have had them dry cleaned more times than I can remember. I also got the Tenba shoulder pad for my bags because, like you, I tended to overload them.
My Tenba Messenger is a sort of rust color, Bill (orange, if you will) and two of my Tenba MIXX Tall Bags - designed so you can put in a camera with a long lens attached (say 300mm to 500mm) - are also orange accented (I like to call it gold!) plus one of my Tenba MIXX Kit Bags - is the same color combination. Hey! I'm all for color, in a bag … my Vector Shoulder bag (camera w/ lens, and two extra lenses) - plus one of my Vector single-camera bags - are both green (Tenba calls it Krypton Green) and the other Vector single-camera bag is scarlet (Tenba calls it Cadmium Red) … plus, two of my Lowepro kit bags - Nova Sport series (designed for taking on a boat, or skiing, or snowmobiling, or mountain-climbing) are luminescent orange (LowePro calls it Pepper Red) … I mean - who needs boring black, all the time???
Hi,
I have used a Cooper 13 slim for 3 years. It is my ‘city’ and holiday bag, accommodating an XPro2 and 4 lenses (90, 50, 23 and 14mm) along with spare batteries, cards and a filter or two. It has enough spare capacity to hold travel documents and a book when flying. The bag is extremely well made, discreet and practical. Not cheap but quality never is. If you use a fuji or micro 4/3 system, this bag should be given very serious consideration.
I have used two Tenba bags since the 80's and they are still perfect, can't go wrong.
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