Anyone using the Kata TLB-300?

[Blind Pugh]

I've been looking around at various options to carry my D300s + Sigma 120-300/2.8 + 1.4x & 2x TC's and a few other bit's and pieces and the best solution I seem to have found is the Kata TLB-300 bag as it seems pretty versatile - http://www.amazon.co.uk/Kata-TLB-300-Tele-Backpack-400mm/dp/B003GTR92O/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1291832741&sr=8-1.

I would value any comments from users of this bag, or anything similar.

TIA.

 

[Trig's]

If IRC I think Ade (fracster) had something very similar.....

Then again I could be wrong but I'm 95% certain it was him thou

 

[Blind Pugh]

Tried it out today. Not a great bag for the Sigma 120-300 plus body.

I don't know what sort of lens they envisaged, the Sigma is pretty large and it rattled around from side to side and the bag wasn't quite long enough internally without removing the bottom divider and loosing a lot of useful space. There is a huge amount of wasted space internally that isn't usable as well. Accessability is not very easy either, with lots of buckles, clip and zips.

I can actually get the lens and D300s comfortably inside both the Lowepro Flipside 400 and the even smaller Think-Tank Streetwalker. I have decided on the Flipside 400 as I can get a bit more inside and it has more pockets than the Streetwalker, not to mention it was much cheaper! I have a Flipside 300 and always liked the way I could put the bag down and acces my gear from the rear without getting the bak of the bag dirty and transferring the dirt onto my clothes. A great design.

The TLB-300 seems hugely over designed with very little practicality, I was very dissapointed. :thumbsdown: