Gura Gear Kiboko 22L+ Backpack (Black)

Comments about Gura Gear Kiboko 22L+ Backpack (Black):

I am upgrading from a typical hiking backpack. It is much easier to find what I need. Also, the pictures on the website make this bag look huge, it's not that big. I was afraid that it would be too big. Everthing I need fits inside and is easly found. I haven't used it on a big trip and time will tell.

Comments about Gura Gear Kiboko 22L+ Backpack (Black):

I have used this for about a week now on a large construction site. I carry this loaded pack up ladders an stairs, and it is comfortable and secure. Build quality is excellent and on the whole, this bag is very well thought out. My only thought is that the dividers should allow you to make a t-shaped compartment for carrying your camera with a lens attached.

Comments about Gura Gear Kiboko 22L+ Backpack (Black):

Great backpack overall, but with minor issues.
The exterior of the bag looks perfect, strong and durable.
As for me, the issues are:
1. The zipper are cheap for that price of the bag. (Think Tank are much better). Sometimes it's hard to open, even with the advertised loops.
2.The mesh pockets are not too deep. Could be some compatibility issues with long (over 25 inch) tripods. The pockets too short to hold long tripods legs firmly.
3. The harness system (material) of the straps, padded part, is too bulky and not breathable.

The interior looks great, but feels like it was made on the Chinese factory. The padded dividers are somewhere short, somewhere long for interior deepness. And the common configuration is not for all purposes. To change the configuration you are given only three sizes of dividers (small, medium, long), but missed some kind of medium-small at the same time. I mean, when I've had reconfigured the interior for lens, body setup, I've managed only five of all given dividers. The rest of them are somewhere on the shelves. )))

Overall the backpack is great, but not perfect. And not for that price.

Comments about Gura Gear Kiboko 22L+ Backpack (Black):

Returned mine. The bag is too bulky for the amount of gear it can hold and the harness system is not very convinient - the bag is suppose to be heavy when full and it pulls you back and out of balance. Tension straps on the shoulders don't really do anything. I think the problem is in the dimensions - it's too short and fat so it hangs below your sholder blades. The good thing you can hide the harness in the special pokets, but why no one thought about a zipped cover? Without it you can't even think about putting you bag on the ground to get your equipment - you are risking to get the bag and your back dirty and wet. In addition the overall quality is not even close to other brands like Kata or ThinkTank. Looks and feels home-made. For that price???

Comments about Gura Gear Kiboko 22L+ Backpack (Black):

Only thing missing is the space for a laptop

Comments about Gura Gear Kiboko 22L+ Backpack (Black):

I carry camera gear in the bush, on boats, in airports, often in very rough condition and my gear needs to stay safe. I have gone through alot of camera bags throughout the years and I am always making modifications to my bags, trying to come up with the best, most practical solution. This is the first bag that I won that I can really tell that it was designed by a real photographer, around the actual real needs of a working wildlife photographer. The bag is extremely rugged, yet surprisingly light, the exterior being made of the same material as the sails of my boat! The padding in the bag is sturdy, yet about half the width of the padding that comes with most camera bags. This makes it so that you can hold a lot of gear in the bag. They give you a whole pile of extra pads with the bad so you can custom configure the interior to your gear, and of you feel like extra protection, you can add double pads where needed. The butterfly configuration makes it so that you can work out of the bag in a very small confined space without having to "spread out". Also since you can access your gear without opening the entire bags, you can keep your gear safer and more protected than in bags where you hav to open the entire bag each time you wish to access one piece of equipment. Also, I lolve that there is a solution to keeping dangling webbing straps out of the way on this bag; a very clever velcro fastener that allows you to roll up the extra webbing into a small roll. A seeminly small detail, but it makes a big difference when you move in environments where dangling straps snag. For airport travel, I love that I can tuck away the backpack harness system ito a zip compartment and put the bag on a travel trolley. As the bag has two sturdy handles, one on the "top" short end and one on the "side", I can carry the bag easily "suitcase style". The elastic tripod pocket is fortunately on the side of the bag, which, again, makes the bag easy to work out of. There are two large compartments in the Butterfly lids, that allow for storage and eacy access to all sorts of accessories. On teh inside of the lids, there are long accessory pockets that can either be used full length or dividen into two smaller pockets with a clever velcro divider. Between the hrness system and the main comaprtment there is a laptop holder poker which comfortably holds at least a 15" laptop, but probably a larger one too. One neat feature is that the raincover that comes with the bag is not attached to the bag (as it usually is in most camera bags). It has its own little pocket, but it can be completely removed, whenever you go somewhere where you know you won't need it or if yo need to use it to wrap som other piece of gear. I actually moved the raincover to the laptop compartment, and am using the raincover pocket for easy access to my keys and vallet instead. Simply put, this bag has everythin that you need to work and keep your gear safe. Its sturdy, yet light and very practical. All of the features in the bag are there for a good reason, and there is no extra irritating "design just or looks" BS to get in your way. This bag is a keeper that will stay with me for many years.In my opinion, it is a really good investment and I only wish I would have found it sooner.