Jaackil Loc: Massachusetts

Maybe not what you are asking but I use a LA police gear everyday carry bag. When traveling They also market them as diaper bags for dads. Lots of exterior pockets and plenty of room for all kinds of gear for daily carry. It looks like a tactical bag not a camera bag. It is a very heavy 600 nylon bag. It has no padding. I think I picked mine up for $19 online and have 2 But what I do is use padded sacks and wraps for my camera gear. Never had a problem. Let’s face it when we carry our gear we tend to be very careful with it. The need for a padded bag is over stated in my opinion. Padding is for when someone else is handling our gear. Your gear is most likely to be damaged not in the bag but when it is out in your hands. Just my 2 cents.

gburl3

I live my Atlas Athlete. I traveled all over Europe with it. Had camera gear, and lots of other items in the 20 liter packing area.

cahale Loc: San Angelo, TX

And from where comes the "so?" Is that a regional thing?

Paaflyer Loc: Kansas City, MO

If I might be so bold as to make a suggestion thar works for me.

Go to amazon and search for carry-on under seat luggage. I have been using one slightly larger like this that does not fit under seat. Has been a prob only once when overhead was not avail. These bags have a fairly large carrying capacity. Easy to get in a camera and an extra lens and even a flash. They all have extra pockets on the outside for things like chargers and cords and cables and phones or laptop or iPads. Load them up since they roll. Its counts as a carry-on. You still get a small extra bag like a purse. I have used mine for trips to Europe and Tahiti. Carried lots of extras in it. Documents. Reading material. Emergency stuff. Etc. just looked at amazon and the best one I saw was the TravelPro Luggage Maxlite 5 15” lightweight Carry-on Rolling underseat bag. Lifetime warranty. TravelPro bags was founded by airline folks. Designed for pilots and flight attendants. Built to take a beating. If you go look at this there is a video of one in the photo area being loaded up. Lots of room. Amazing what went in. More expensive than some but it gets you quality. Compact but roomy. Lots of pockets. No camera padding but you carry it so it stays with you.

Here is a link to the TravelPro web site and the bag. There are some videos here to demo how much you can carry.

https://travelpro.com/collections/underseat-luggage/products/maxlite%C2%AE-5-rolling-underseat-carry-on?variant=19641359958114

Jimmy T Loc: Virginia

Diaper bags also don't look like they are ($$$) camera bags.
The last thing you want to carry is a camera bag that has a Canon, Nikon, Sony, etc. logo on it.
Myself, I carry a small cooler with many pockets and is well padded.
The bag below also comes with a shoulder strap.
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Dossile

I use a Lowepro Fastpack AW 250. It carries my D850, 24-70 E2.8 and 70-200 E2.8, a few filters or a small prime and a few niknaks in a bottom padded compartment. Above there is space for earphones, shaving kit, umbrella, camera cleaning supplies, etc. A small tripod to one side, computer slot for a 15”, 2 small pockets in front finish it off. A strap allows me to hang it over my luggage handles for the airport.

A saw that Pacsafe makes a security pack, the Venture pack 40 L that has a camera insert and some extra space above for $250.

I’m sure there are many more. I use my fastpack all the time and it is functional and durable.

ken_stern Loc: Yorba Linda, Ca

Air travel-- Europe/Asia
For the last 5 or so years I've used a Crumpler Camera bag ( 5 Million Dollar size ) can fit under the seat though I much prefer the overhead -- Really like the Crumpler for 2 reasons - 1)Light weight heavy duty construction but doesn't look like a camera bag - 2) Has tabs on each side of the bag allowing me to insert 2 Tamrac padded lens bags -- plus tabs on front of the bag
Total contents of bag taken on recent trip to England/Ireland =
100/400 II bottom of bag covered with padding; 5Ds with 35mm 1.4 on top of padding; Lens bags: 24mm 1.4 & 85mm 1.8; Pockets within bag: Canon Angle viewer; Mini Maglite flashlight; Hoya 77mm Polarizing Filter; 4 Canon LP camera battery's; 4 SanDisk 64gb cards; Canon remote switch; Lens cloths & papers & cleaning fluid & Lens brush; Camera Manual; 58mm to 77mm & 72mm to 77mm stepdown filter rings -- Tabs on front of bag = Ballpoint pen & 2 Nikon LensPens

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Scruples Loc: Brooklyn, New York

I'm not completely sure what you intend to carry. So I'll hazard a guess. If I fall short of the mark, please accept my apology in advance.
Carry just one body. Carry one or two lenses. Carry a walk around zoom lens perhaps a short zoom around 28-135mm. Carry a wide angle perhaps 24mm. The more glass you carry, the more you schlep and the less room for anything else. A Speed Light, too. Try a RainSleeve to protect your camera since this is a river cruise. Perhaps two or three batteries and an additional memory card. Go the route of the KIS principle. KEEP IT SIMPLE! Now the bag. You could get a backpack style. I have an EveCase. It has two sections. Or you could try a hard case large enough to carry gear and everything else. But now it gets questionable. You may end up checking everything. I prefer my equipment to be on board with me. I'm not fond of strangers fondling my stuff.

I hope I helped you here. But I really didn't have much information. Have a wonderful trip.

Happy Shooting!

Beenthere

[quote=keith k]So I am looking for a travel bag that will handle camera gear for a trip but also have room for other things. I have a camera bag and another back pack but I am looking for one bag that will do both for a River Cruise this spring.
Any suggestions for a combo pack?

Sounds like you're looking for a good sized combo bag. A big bag that will hold all your stuff and your camera gear will, in my opinion limit easy/quick access to the camera.., and may not provide the best protection for it? If easy access is not critical, there are some roll-around bags designed for photo gear, which might fit other stuff as well, especially if you're a guy and only need 2 changes of underwear. I guess I can't see you eliminating a camera bag all together, but you will need to make that decision.

I found a Roll-Around by "Tenba", last year, that held two cameras and a bunch of lenses and accessories. I took this back east last year along with a second bag with my clothing and toilet items. I also flat packed an empty messenger/camera bag, in one, so that I could put together a smaller photo kit for roaming about the countryside. Normally I would have traveled with only clothing and one camera bag, but I had stupidly agreed to shoot my nephew's wedding and needed B/U. Boy!, I will never do that again.., the wedding that is. Good luck.

vanderhala Loc: Los Angeles, CA

Am I reading the OP differently?: is he looking for a daypack for camera gear and other needs-for-the-day such as water and food and a few personal items, or one bag that contains everything for the week (that you surely could not carry on IMHO?
Suggested combopacks in this thread would mean that you carry all your cameragear including the chargers the wholeday all the time with you. The wheels make carrying as a backpack too heavy.
On principle I don't like a cameraBACKpack if you have to take it off every time you want to shoot. I prefer a Lowepro Sling (i have 2 sizes, usually now use only the larger) that you carry, swing around and take the camera out. However often after having travelled to destination I take out stuff like the chargers and place in my regular carry-on suitcase. For the flight I bring a backpack with a few things such as book, earphones, empty waterbottle, stuff the photobag in it (as also another hogger's suggested) and bring as cabin. I often use that backpack with a Peakclip attaching my camera and possibly small binocular with second clip instead of the whole camerabag.

jcboy3

I have a Mountainsmith Borealis that works well. But I pulled the camera compartment from it and put a smaller camera bag in the compartment that I can remove and use when walking about. The camera bag you use will depend upon what gear you are taking.

Or, you can use the Borealis as is, and bring a smaller camera bag that you can use; just pull the dividers and use the bag for essentials.

This assumes you want a backpack as your bag. If you're taking a river cruise, then I don't see what is wrong with using a roller bag for clothing and a small backpack or camera bag for camera gear.

Paul Buckhiester Loc: Columbus, GA USA

I’m not sure everyone is listening to your question. Do I understand that you want only one bag for gear plus clothing, etc.?

jcboy3

That is exactly what I have done with the Mountainsmith Borealis; camera gear in the camera compartment, clothing and toiletry in the upper compartment. But what I found best was to replace the padded camera compartment with a small camera bag that could be carried when out and about.

vanderhala Loc: Los Angeles, CA

Per Amazon your bag is 26x17x13 inches (46 linear inches, so not carry-on seize by any means. Airline maximum carry-on is 22x14x7 inch; JeBlue and southwest allow 24x16x10, some even say 45 linear inches.

You would not be able to fly to your river cruise, unless you check your luggage (including gear) or take the camera compartment out as in-cabin carry-on.

DrDon Loc: Hingham, Ma

I have been using a diaper bag also.A quality bag can be used as a back pack or carry on. I took mine to Paris and Florida so far. I top it off with a small pack of diapers to turn off nosey thieves.