Tenba Shootout 18L Bag (632-411)

In a word, this backpack is AWESOME! Opinions expressed below are from a field test conducted in New York's Adirondack High Peaks.As a landscape photographer, I do a LOT of walking. I've probably spent more money and brainpower trying to figure out how to get my camera up steep hills comfortably than I have on any other photographic accessory.After trying out a number of backpacks and accessories, the solution I finally settled on was to use an Osprey Packs Manta AG 36 Hydration Pack, Fossil Grey, Medium/Large, with a Think Tank Photo Digital Holster 20 V2.0. The Think Tank holster clipped through one of its side loops to the lower trekking pole attachment on the backpack with a carabiner. I found that solution relieved some of the weight and stress from the shoulder strap, helped control the holster's movement/stability, and still allowed relatively quick and easy access. When I was traveling over ice or tougher rock scrambles, the backpack had enough room that I could stuff the whole holster inside.The problems with the above solution:- Less than ideal protection in difficult terrain- Shoving the holster in the backpack marginally improved protection, but made it inconvenient to get back out to use- No good place for the tripod (I strapped it to the compression strap on the right side)- Clipping the holster to the trekking pole loop improved stability and balance, but was still a pain in the butt to have a large, heavy object swinging from my hip- No protection for lenses or other gear (drone) without buying heavy/bulky wraps or casesThe solution was workable, but I didn't particularly like it. With these issues in mind, I formulated the following requirements for my ideal solution:- Minimize weight "overhead" - i.e. how much the empty gear-carry system in total weighs; comfortable load support is factored into this as well.- Improve protection - I routinely hike with over $5000 in camera equipment, and it would be nice if my gear-carry system helped protect it, so I didn't have to constantly be so conscious of how I was moving.- Improve balance - the system described above is workable, but the balance is terrible. Loads were off-center, and although the carabiner helped control stability, the camera/holster was prone to shifting as I moved up and down steep slopes/rock scrambles, and I had to constantly keep an eye on it as I moved to make sure it didn't bang on rocks and stuff. Also, this system inhibited my ability to freely use my left arm, due to a large object on my left hip.- Allow easy access to the camera - in some situations, such as photographing fall foliage, there are so many awesome opportunities that I'm constantly shooting on the go. I don't want the gear-carry system to be such a hinderance that I skip good opportunites just because it's a pain to get to the camera.- Allow quick and easy donning and doffing of the backpack - I'm just as guilty as anyone of "shooting from the hip" with my backpack still on, pulling me off balance, because it was too much of a pain to take off the backpack and holster, then put everything back on and readjust.With these requirements in mind, here is how the Tenba Shootout 24L works with my needs, as well as some unexpectedly nice features, and a few (minor) detractors.*** The One AWESOME Feature To Rule Them All ***- This backpack, in a sentence, has amazing balance. Once adjusted to fit my body shape, it carried the load comfortably, with almost no shift in weight whatsoever as I moved. The load stayed tight to my body as I moved, with very minimal and predictable shifting as my posture changed. By this, I mean that the backpack essentially behaved as though it were a single solid mass, even though there were a number of things packed into it, and moved as if it were a natural extension of my torso. After climbing up a 3000' peak that took almost three hours, my back, neck, and shoulders felt as fresh and relaxed as if I was carrying a lightweight daypack, even though I was carrying over 15 pounds of gear. Great job, Tenba!- The backpack comes with plenty of adjustment for people of all shapes and sizes. It has load-lifter straps at the top of the shoulder straps, adjustable shoulder strap length, and adjustable hip belt straps. The hip belt is also removable (I think), to reduce the footprint for air travel.*** Major Features that I like ***- Main compartment organization is great. It comes with a good number of dividers and spacers. I removed about half of them because I'm an ounce-counting miser, and because I don't need them. I have one compartment for the camera body + lens, and this naturally causes pockets to form for a second lens next to it, and a small compartment below for a drone controller or some small items like filter holders, clean socks, or snacks. Roughly the top half I leave open as one big section to stuff a light jacket, extra snacks, a drone, or whatever.- On the left side (as you wear it), there is a little door that you can open that gives you immediate access to your camera. For me, this is HUGE, because it makes it so easy to grab the camera for opportunities I happened to come across as I hike along, and then easily stow the camera again. This feature is one of my deal-breakers: I'm not going to go for any system where I can't get to the camera easily, and this side access works great! You just undo the sternum strap, swing the backpack around on your left shoulder (you can leave the hip belt strapped on), open the door, and "Bam!" the camera is right there. It holds my Canon 5D Mk IV, attached lens, and tripod plate no problem, though I do have to wiggle it a bit to get it out. If using a battery grip, this side door would definitely not work. Also, on the inside of the door is a little zippered compartment that you can use for a lens cloth or lens wet wipes.- Laptop compartment between the main compartment and your back. I'm pretty sure it's not supposed to be used for a hydration bladder, but that's what I use it for. I put a Hydrapak Shape-Shift 3L Reversible Reservoir, Clear into the laptop compartment. It works well with 1.5 liters of water, and would probably be okay with up to 2.0 liters. I routed the hydration hose out the top of the zipper and through a stretchy loop on the right shoulder strap.- Behind the main compartment is a zippered full-length compartment, with some organizational pockets that I use for carrying essential hiking gear: flashlight (goes in one internal pocket), first aid kit, battery pack and charging cable for my phone (goes in the other internal pocket), extra straps, bug repellent, hand sanitizer and wipes, and a couple of ziploc baggies.- On the outside of this pocket are two little zippered pockets on the very back of the pack. One of them had a memory card organizer, which I promptly removed since I don't use it and I'm stingy with weight, but it's a nice touch for event photographers that need to keep their cards separated. Also nice is that these pockets have little mesh organizers in them, as well as a little mesh bottom to prevent objects from falling out when you open the pockets.- On the bottom are compartments for an integrated rain cover with a black side out for rain, and a silver side out for reflecting the sun (more about this later). Also on the bottom is a compartment to shove the tripod foot into. It's pretty easy to get the foot out, and it gives stability to your tripod.- On the left side (as you're wearing it) is a an upper zippered pocket for small items. It has a little clip inside for your keys or some other small item, and it's about four inches deep; it was conveniently sized for stuffing the bottoms of my convertible hiking pants into. On the right side is a full length pocket, which you can use for things like removable tripod center column. It's also good for holding a delicious sandwich from a local Lake Placid deli.- All the main compartments are rigid and well padded, and I wasn't worried at all about protection for the camera. Even though Tenba claims this backpack doesn't have a hard interior frame, it's very firm and rigid, and doesn't have any trouble standing up or holding its shape. The exterior is made of tough-looking nylon that you can scrape along rocks and trees with. All of the interior dividers stick nicely by hook-and-pile, and are well padded. I removed about half of the interior dividers to make myself a large space at the top to stuff a light jacket or my drone.- The laptop compartment, main compartment, camera access side door, and the full length back compartment all feature double zippers with built-in holes for attaching luggage locks, in case you're in a crowded place like the airport, or you're on a shoot in the city. It was hard to tell from pictures and reviews if the side access for the camera was lockable, and I was a little concerned; but, not to worry, Tenba thought of that, and it is lockable.- The shoulder straps are super comfortable and support the pack well. Additionally, even though this is a shorter, airline-sized bag, it's adjustable enough to get the hipbelt down to a comfortable height (I'm 5'8"). Also, the weight is so well distributed between the different support components that it never felt like a burden to take it off and then put it back on again, even though with all my gear + water, it weighed about 20 lbs.- Being so heavy, thick, and black, I thought that the interior would probably get clicking hot, and I was a little concerned after walking for about an hour on an 85-degree day with the sun roasting me. To my great surprise, the padding functioned like the insulation in a thick lunch caddy, and kept the interior nice and cool, just like I left the hotel with. I'd imagine you could even put a chilled water bottle in there, and it would stay cool for a long time, even in warm weather. The integrated rain cover with silver side was totally not necessary to prevent the backpack from heating up inside. Even the sandwich that I had stuffed in the long side pocket didn't get very warm, which was nice.- There's some substantial back padding, which makes it comfortable to wear, as well as some air-flow channels to help evaporate sweat.*** Minor Features that I like ***- The chest/sternum strap is adjustable up and down. It also has this little stretchy piece built into it, so it can flex a little as you move along. The benefit of this is that as you change position to climb up and down rocks, the pack adjusts with you automatically. The downside is that the overall tension is just slightly less than I'd prefer it to be.- Each shoulder strap has a little stretchy loop around it for holding things, as well as a D-ring sewn in just below the stretchy loop, which is a nice touch. I used one stretchy loop to hold my hydration hose, and one of the D-rings held my towel.- Tons of organizational pockets and compartments all over. Awesome!*** Neutral features ***- This pack, at 4 lbs with all the dividers in, 3.5 lbs with dividers out, and about 3.8 lbs as worn by me, is pushing the limit of what I'd consider comfortable (as a smaller person). My previous system, described above, weighed about the same between the holster and backpack, and any additional wraps or cases added more weight, so it's kind of a wash for me. The good news is, it's way easier to organize the Tenba Shootout because it's already padded and has dividers built right in.- Air flow channels along your back. In my experience, "air flow channels" are pretty useless. They blow away sweat in the channels, but the 90% of your back that's not over the channel becomes a soggy, sweaty mess. That's pretty much normal for all air flow channels, and the trade off is either sweat relief or padding. The good news is, the back padding is generous and comfortable, if somewhat sweaty in warmer weather.*** Minor negative features ***- Keep in mind these are all very minor negatives compared to the overall awesomeness of the backpack, and not worth knocking off a star.- No heat-embossed sunglass pocket. The 32L has it, but the 24L does not. Seriously, WTF.- No hip belt pockets. Again: seriously, WTF.- I kinda wish it had a large mesh outer pocket, for stuffing wet gear, empty snack wrappers, etc. Not a huge deal, just would have been nice.- No stow-on-the-go style trekking pole attachments or gear loop. Tenba advertises this as good for hikers, and guess what, this hiker likes using trekking poles. Not a huge deal either, since I rarely used the attachments anyway, and Tenba did give us some other straps, D-rings, and attach points elsewhere. If I wanted to stow the trekking poles, I'm sure I could figure something out, but I'd have to take the pack off to do it.- If you have a full-frame DSLR, two or three lenses, and some accessories (intervalometer, flash, filters, etc), it'll all fit nicely, but there's not really enough space to add extra clothing for those hikes that require dressing in layers. I like this bag enough that I might get the larger 32L for those colder hikes, but the 6lb weight makes me balk a bit. The 32L version is also too big to qualify as an airline personal item.- The internal dividers can sag a bit on the side closer to the opening, so if you try to open the main compartment while it's standing up, stuff might tumble out. It does come with a couple of black straps to prevent your camera/lenses from falling out that way, but little stuff like snacks and filters could shift. Easy solution is to lay the backpack flat before opening.- Not cheap. But, you get what you pay for. Definitely a top-notch product.Overall, this is an amazing product that has replaced about three separate pieces of equipment that I had cobbled together in a Frankenstein contraption. Unless this thing falls apart after like a year, Tenba has a customer for life!

Review for the 14L GoPro setup. Fantastic bag. I was able to consolidate what I would consider a medium sized collection of accessories. I have 2 gopros, just about every branded mount, and a few 3rd party bits and bobs. The individual sections are very useful, you can get some extra space for larger items if you forgo one of the pouches and put items in loose. The tethered wallets are good for organizing screws. The side pockets are elastic and are great for the 3-way mount or any other gopole like stick. Rind cover works fantastic and folds up into an attached pouch when dry. All the front pockets have different zipper pulls, so its easy to tell what pocket your opening without having to look. Few minor notes on the marketed features: the water bladder pocket seems like a pipe dream, if you have items in the front pockets, and a full camera load in the main section you can barely squeeze your hand into the pocket, making for a potentially high pressure situation, just not enough space everything. On the same note the sunglasses pocket is not rigid and hangs into the main section, if you have gear up to the top there is no space for glasses. These minor drawbacks are just that, minor. 5 stars all the way.I got a chance to field test the rig during the Chicago Cubs world series win. I was out for almost 8 hours and the bag was comfortable and did not strain my shoulders. Final product can be seen here [...]A must for the style oriented GoPro enthusiast.

Great bag. Suprisingly lightweight, even when totally full. A lot of pockets and features. Just wish the interior was a BIT bigger. I have trouble fitting all my gear in it on shoots. And forget about bringing a couple extra lenses and 2 cameras. This is more for 1 camera, a few lenses and some gear like audio equipment and accessories.

I bought this pack after much research and for the positive reviews on it. I generally trust Tenba and they did a great job advertising it. I thought this would be a convenient, lightweight pack with plenty of versitalityThe backpack is probably more convenient for videographers than it is for photographers. I bought this bag initially for a hiking trip in hopes that in the long run, it would also work for my portrait sessions. After the 'trial run' of the hike I have decided I will return this item.Pros:-Material seems tear resistant as advertised-The deep pockets are great for long items (advertised for boom sticks)-The back of it is very cushy-The Air flow back is great for having it on for long amounts of time-Relatively comfortable to wear-Appears sturdy-Appears to be water resistantCons:-Zippers. Though they are advertised as the "YKK" zippers, they are very irritating. They felt rough and would catch whether the pack was full or empty-Pockets: Although there are pockets everywhere, I found them inflexible and stiff. The interior zip pockets can barely hold my chargers and batteries (one zip compartment: two Canon chargers, two batteries). So I tried moving those to an exterior pocket-just did not make sense after placing them their. The bottom line here seems to be: You have to use the pockets exactly as they are advertised or else they will be utterly useless.-Straps complicated to adjust-Side access for Camera-this is great if you have a small camera. I used this with a Canon 6D (no grip) with a Canon 70-200 2.8 attached. Every time I finally bypassed the zipper problem I would struggle to force the camera through the pocket. This served completely useless if time is against you. I later used my Canon 60D w/ grip and 24-70 2.8 attached and found the same problem but worse. The camera barely fit through the compartment.-Storage: It was a major struggle to pack this bag. I spent 30 mins trying to fit (w/ convenience in mind) Canon 6D, Canon 60D w/ grip attached, Two Canon 70-200 2.8, Canon 16-35 2.8, Canon 24-70 2.8. Not my usual kit, but for the trip I was taking I need this. I wanted to have at least one of the cameras accessible through the side pocket, but found it nearly impossible to safely pack the bag this way. I compromised by follow the photos online-with make no use of the side pocket. So why even have it? This combined with the stiff pocket issues just made this pack completely unappealing to me.In the end, the design and features are unique. But this pack is in no way flexible for the multi-job photographer. It has its specific design with a specific photographer (or videographer) in mind. A portrait/wedding photographer obviously is not that type.

Bien que n'ayant pas gardé ce sac, je lui mets 5 étoiles. Il était trop grand par rapport et à ma taille (1.58m) et à mon matériel (un reflex, un zoom 70-300mm, un objectif macro 60mm, un pancake 24mm et un 50mm). La construction de ce sac est ultra soignée. Les fermetures éclairs glissent parfaitement. Entièrement modulable. Tissus de très belle qualité (extérieurs et intérieurs). Tout a été bien pensé. Les bretelles sont très confortables et bien sûr ajustables. Beaucoup de petits rangements pour les accessoires, filtres, batteries, cartes mémoire, câbles ... Il y a aussi une housse de protection pluie. Si ce n'était la taille, je l'aurai gardé. Mais à quand des sacs autres que noirs ? Marron, kaki, bleu, beige ...

Llevo GoPro, cables, accesorios, scalars sin espejo, objetivos y pequeño dron.Lo bueno es que vas seguro en las ciudades de que no te abren la mochila. Muy cómoda. La recomiendo 100%

como profesional siempre he comprado mochilas de primeras marcas, cuando llevas dentro de una mochila 10.000 euros lo que buscas es que esten bien protegidos, ademas de que sea cómodo y bien acabado. la llevaba tiempo buscando una mochila de unas dimensiones reducidas pero con capacidad mi idea era llevar un cuerpo con grip, un tele 200-500, un 70-200. 2.8 y un angular ya sea 24-70 o 17-35. además de un portatil. la duda venía entre este modelo y la manfrotto redbee-110 cuando he tenido las dos puedo decir que, si no llego a ver la tenba me hubiese quedado con la manfrotto, pero la tenba rebosa calidad por todos los sitios, está muy bien acabado y no se deforma con la carga como la manfrotto, a favor de la manfrotto diré que es muy cómoda y que el bolsillo superior es muy buena idea para sacar la cámara con una lente larga montada pero ya. la tenba tiene muchos mas bolsillos,ya sea para enseres personales o para lo que quieras las cremalleras son de muchisima mejor calidad y sin miedo a equivocarme diré que está mucho mejor fabricada y con mejores materiales, se la ve más durable, ademas es unos 7cm mas pequeña de altura y cabe casi lo mismo, los separadores vienen muchisimos mas y en general de mas calidad. lo dicho siempre he tenido bolsas de la extinta kata por que siempre me han parecido las mejores y mas resistentes, manfrotto compro esa marca y metió los diseños de las bolsas en su catalogo, pero para mi ya no era lo mismo. ahora he encontrado una marca que hace las bolsas tan bien como kata pero mejor pensadas.

I've finally had the chance to do a few decent hikes with plenty of camera gear and the Shootout 18L has shown itself to be not only capable of hauling a number of lenses (6 in my case) but doing so with relative comfort and holding the lenses securely as well. The addition of the fast-access side pocket is a very nice feature and although I haven't used this yet, it was one of the things that highlighted the 18L Shootout as a replacement for the backpack I was using at the time.I haven't used the chest strap yet as I found it un-necessary. The two main straps seem to do the job well enough but its nice to have if required.The backpack seems to handle some of my larger lenses well enough (Tamron 180mm F3.5 macro and Sigma 100-300mm F4 zoom, albeit with hood reversed).I'm very impressed with both the carrying capacity, comfort during hiking and durability of this bag.The only slight issue I have with the bag is the zips seem to catch a fair bit during use (apart from the small pockets on the back) but that doesn't seem to be anything to down-rate it from 5 stars for. An amazing backpack to be sure. Thank you Tenba for such an amazing product.

Bon produit pour la photo en ville ou ballades en vacances , agencement modulable à l'intérieur, peut recevoir un boitier D800 avec objectif 28-300, 200-500Flash grand format, Jeux de plusieurs batterie pour boitier, micro et petit ordinateur.Très bon rapport qualité prix, pour les amateurs avertis et professionnels avec plus de matériel à transporter, voir le model au dessus.