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A few weeks ago I started looking for a bag to hold my camera gear when travelling to Africa this winter.In the end I went for the F-Stop<\/a> Tilopa BC. I already have an Kata 3n1 Sling Bag which I love using around town. But I have found that it doesn’t really have the support I need for carrying my equipment on longer treks. The shoulder harness is to thin and the cross configuration is a bit to restrictive.<\/p>\n

The other issue I’ve had to think about is that I would need a day backpack from time to time during my trip. Previously I’ve used my Hagl\u00f6fs Tight Pro XXL as a day pack \/ camera bag. Bringing that bag as well meant that I would have to pack it in my checked luggage and take up valuable space and weight there.<\/p>\n

This got me looking around for some other type of bag that would fit my needs. After looking for a while I found the F-Stop brand and the F-Stop ICUs and I got the idea that I could get one of the ICUs and just put it in my Hagl\u00f6fs backpack. Unfortunately f-stop ICU units seems to be in hight demand and not easy to get hold of.<\/p>\n

After a bit more research I found a review of the Tilop BC by Karen Hutton<\/a> on Google +<\/a><\/p>\n

Looking at that review and then a few others got me looking for a place that sold those. I found the f-stop store that seemed to be the only option until I came across this Norwegian site fotobag.no<\/a> which had the backpack in stock and a small selection of ICUs as well. I got the bag with the PRO Large ICU that will work just fine for this trip. Later I might get a smaller one since I’m usually not dragging this much stuff around.<\/p>\n

But lets get to the flight testing. Looking at the bag I thought it looked to large to be able to have as carry on luggage. For some cheap airfare airlines it will probably be on the large side.<\/p>\n

The big test of the Tilopa BC<\/h2>\n

This weekend I’ve been back to my parents place for a big family happening, and I was told to bring my camera. I loaded up the Tilopa ICU, slid it into the backpack and hoped for the best.<\/p>\n

The reason for this being a good test is that I selected to fly with Wideroe. Wideroe operates mostly short distances and use small airfields. This brings me closer to home; but it’s a bit more challenging since they operate Bombardier Dash-8 planes with space for around 40 passengers. The planes are small and so are the overhead compartments.<\/p>\n

When I left from Oslo I was told they wanted to put my backpack in the luggage compartment; and then give it back to me right after landing. Since I didn’t want the camera and lenses to travel like that I just slid the ICU out. The rest of the backpack in the cargo hold. I still had some chargers and cables in the lid of the backpack, but got the important stuff with me.<\/p>\n

Going back to Oslo this evening they didn’t bother asking for my backpack and I go to try it in the overhead compartments. The backpack fitted quite nicely in there with just a little bit of jiggling to get it in. All the straps and buckles on the front and back gets caught easily on the edged of the locker, but it’s not a big problem.<\/p>\n

I guess all in all it was a very good flight test of the F-stop Tilopa BC and I feel confident it will not give me any troubles later either.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Having decided to get a new F-Stop Tilopa BC to carry my gear when going to Africa wanted to flight test it. And I think I found the ultimate test.<\/p>\n

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