Randy Stout
12-18-2011, 10:05 AM
I have had a first generation Kiboko bag from Gura Gear since they first came out, and have really enjoyed its quality and versatility. The one problem I had was in a moment of carelessness, I picked up the bag without the main compartment on one side being zipped up, and my 17-35 bounced off the pavement. Fortunately, the filter took the blow, and the lens is OK, but what if the 600 bounced off the ground? Probably not so lucky.
The new generation of bag has only one set of pull tabs, which does make it easier to quickly visually check to see if the zipper pulls are at the top. The old bag had two sets of pull tabs on each zipper, and it was easy to just glance at it, see the upper pair of tabs at the top, and miss that the lower ones were down, leaving the flap open!
My solution is to improve the ease of telling if the correct tabs are all the way up ( zipped) and provide a smidgen of extra security that they will stay that way!
I bought two small bright green carbiners and put one on each of the lower(outer) two pull tabs. It is very easy to tell that the correct pulls are at the top this way. I also link them together when moving around so that there is no way the zipper will work its way open.
The bright red carbiner you can see in the lower right goes through the main carrying handle. I shoot at a number of places with fences, and rather than set my bag on the ground, I just clip it to the fence with this (after checking that the green clips are up!!)
Perhaps this simple trick will save someone else a disaster! I would do the same thing on the newer generation bag, just to make it more obvious!
Cheers
Randy
The new generation of bag has only one set of pull tabs, which does make it easier to quickly visually check to see if the zipper pulls are at the top. The old bag had two sets of pull tabs on each zipper, and it was easy to just glance at it, see the upper pair of tabs at the top, and miss that the lower ones were down, leaving the flap open!
My solution is to improve the ease of telling if the correct tabs are all the way up ( zipped) and provide a smidgen of extra security that they will stay that way!
I bought two small bright green carbiners and put one on each of the lower(outer) two pull tabs. It is very easy to tell that the correct pulls are at the top this way. I also link them together when moving around so that there is no way the zipper will work its way open.
The bright red carbiner you can see in the lower right goes through the main carrying handle. I shoot at a number of places with fences, and rather than set my bag on the ground, I just clip it to the fence with this (after checking that the green clips are up!!)
Perhaps this simple trick will save someone else a disaster! I would do the same thing on the newer generation bag, just to make it more obvious!
Cheers
Randy