[Falu Red] I have more camera backpacks and cases than I would like to admit. In general, I prefer Lowepro but this one just seemed perfect for me. The split compartments is idea. I put my Nikon camera and lenses on one side and my Sony on the other. It has more storage than one thinks and it is all easily accessible when you lay it on it's back. The material is light but strong. The zippers are great. The two handles are strong and comfortable. If you are just carrying the pack to a location you can pack the shoulder straps out of the way. (The waste belt must be removed.) Camera packs are personal but this one is perfect for me. I recommend it.

[Zipper] I love this bag. I had the original and when it was discontinued, I did everything I could to scrounge a backup bag on eBay. When this was released, I grabbed one right away. Pretty much the same as the old bag - which is a great thing. You can get more gear in this than most (if not all) other 30L bags, access is far better (you don't have to open the entire front flap to get to something at the bottom), and it's incredibly versatile. I've used the current bag for wildlife shoots all over the world and it's been great. Even fits my Nikon 600mm!

[Falu Red] Awesome backpack, thank you

[Zipper] I had wanted this bag for a long time and finally found it on sale for Christmas. I have the 2 smaller ones and they serve their purpose. This one does as well. I am able to carry a 600mm f/4 without the lens hood on 1 side and whatever else I need on the other. I haven't tried the 800mm f/5.6 but it is supposed to work as well. It is a large case but lightweight and manageable. Now I can finally go places with my 600mm lens. You can use the top compartments for batteries and cards as well as hard drives. I have wanted this pack for a long time and finally decided to go for it.

[Falu Red] So thankful to have the original 30L Kiboko back. My old one is almost worn out. The 32L from Tamron was a little too big and made me worry about getting the bag onto the plane. It is a tight fit, but I can wiggle my 600mm into one side of this pack. (The 600mm might fit better if the hood were packed separately in a suitcase.) My wife brings the 24L on the plane which she now finds too heavy. Not a problem. We got a cheap dolly from Amazon which she attaches to the bag to wheel the bag on to the airplane where we detached the dolly and put dolly into the over head compartment. Never had an issue with this combination.

[Zipper] It’s my 4th Gura Gear backpack after Uinta, G32, Kiboko 22 . So far the best one. Fixes all the flaws in the G32 construction, making it a solid upgrade and a great evolution of the Kiboko line. The shallower depth was much anticipated as I often had problems with putting my G32 into overheads on smaller aircrafts. As for the space inside, no problem at all to fit my D850,D500, Z6 800/5.6 (w/aquatech hood), 500/5.6, 50/1.8Z, 24-70/4, FTZ, TC1.2,TC1.4 and still have some space for accessories. My beast D850 TC1.2 fits into one compartment (body detached). The rest fits into the second one, with some better arrangement I think I’ll be able to squize 24-24/2.8 as well, though haven’t tried that yet. Zippers work smooth, much better than in G32. The black colour and narrower fit makes it visually smaller from the G32 which is a plus while being at the gate - much less chances to being asked for carry on weight control as it looks really normal :) summing up, the best backpack on the market. Only con is the price.

[Zipper] The best photo bag with a nice design

[Zipper] The good and bad part of this bag is its butterfly compartment which opens 50% of the bag on each side allowing you to organise stuffs according to your usage. Eg. 1 side tripod, the other camera. Or 1 side clothings, the other camera gears. Once open its incredibly easy to organise them using old school velcro partitions which it comes with a ton of it. The catch it, balancing the weight on both side.

Something notable is the design to keep all the waistband and straps to be tucked inside and make the bag looks very neat not to mention the material makes the bag feather weight. You will tend to overload with things to make the bag feels heavy. Try other bags with the same load you will realise how lightweight this bag can be.

I've used the first generation, sold it because of its design - too plain, not exciting and opted for those adventure looking bag. Not only they cost me more most of the time, no 1 is going to look good with the extra weight of these bags bogging the photographer down. I have since used 3-4 other major brands equivalent and decided to go back to this version 2.

Overall not an exciting bag, but very practical for me. If i'm carrying it on the street like an urban bag, I won't buy it. If I'm bringing for travel and goes to forest, tundra, national parks, the animals will not care at all.


PS: the company seems to be uncontactable nowadays not sure are they still operating. Buy them while you can.

[Falu Red] If there’s such a thing as the Perfect Camera bag the Gura Gear 2.0 30L is it.
I’ve just arrived back from a 23 day trip to Madagascar and during the 6 flights had no problems fitting the bag in the overhead bins. The bag proved more than comfortable whilst trekking with roughly 11kg of gear and whilst on wet muddy trails the butterfly flaps meant I could access my Camera gear with ease without having to place the bag on the ground. I slipped up on one trail and landed heavily on my back whilst wearing the camera bag and my first thought was that I must of damaged at least one of my cameras but much to my relief everything was intact. I also own the Tamrac G32 which I love but it’s a little too big for International/ Domestic flights.
The Gura Gear is my new favourite bag

[Falu Red] Purchased this product for an upcoming photo shoot at Yellowstone. I will depart next week for the shoot. So far I believe this product will do the trick.