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 Like most camera-specific hiking bags, there really is no way to organize your gear this way and maintain the easy access. So, there is a trade-off for the rotational quick access. There are a lot of ways to attach and configure gear to the outside of the bag, which does help to move some of the heavier bits to better locations.  You can break the bag down into three main sections: the ROTATION 180° 10L waist pack, the main 40L compartment, and the external pockets and attachment points

 You can also fit a 70-200mm or 100-400mm lens attached to a body the long way. So, there are a lot of options depending on your needs.  Overall improved design with traditional hiking features Plenty of straps, gear loops, and mounting points The floating pocket top Drawstring closure and expandable top section Magnetic waist pack lid Durable and weather-resistant materials Waistband pocket

 It’s clear that MindShift Gear looked at what features were desired in a traditional hiking pack when redesigning the 50L and also pulled several features from their Backlight series of packs. There are two standout features when first looking at the bag that are improvements over the previous version. One is a large stash pocket along the length of the front, perfect for storing rain gear or warmer layers. Lots of bags come with some sort of pocket on the front, but this is in addition to a weather-sealed laptop pocket underneath

 It is definitely a major improvement over the design of the previous bag; yet, in my experience, even the best-ventilated back panel is going to leave you sweaty in warm weather.  Once properly fit and adjusted, the weight distribution is pretty good. I could easily scramble up some rocky areas with the pack fully loaded without it feeling like it would sway side to side. When hiking, you typically want your heaviest gear towards the middle against your back and attached on the outside, with the medium weight at the top and lightest gear on the bottom

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 For me, the 34L is plenty bag for my photo trips - and it fits in most overhead bins (check those regional flights ... smaller planes are always a challenge)

 You can also use the pouch on the left side of the bag. There is a strap on the side to secure the top of the tripod, lashing it to the side of the bag. Heavier tripods may skew weight distribution, though.          Wide shoulder straps distribute the back weight and a padded, breathable back make the Rotation 34L Backpack comfortable

 Scott ... didn’t you just say the great thing about the bag is not having to put it down? :) Yes, that’s 100% true

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 This mesh is over a squishy green foam material, so we get some better breathability on this back panel and it's just a little more comfortable on the shoulder blades. With these two panels. It'S a full 10 point adjustable harness system. So, let's flip that over we've got of course, a little whistle on the sternum strap

 You know when i'm traveling with it somewhere on a day-to-day basis when i'm just out walking with one of these rotation packs. I don't need to use that zipper, and that means when you do get it out, and you want to access your camera much faster. Actually, just one-handed with these little tabs to pull the magnets open. Okay, so that's cool! That'S a nice addition to all of the rotation bags in this update in the top section here, just a little pocket again for batteries

 That'S not available with the 22 liter. What you can store for your camera gear is is all in the bottom here, so this top section here is just going to be for all your other day, hiking stuff, your outdoor gear, okay. So let's zip that up! Let'S flip it over now on the back here we can see another big change between this version of the rotation packs and the previous versions. So basically, what we have here is an adjustable torso length

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 It'S it's much more. You know just kind of uh fluid and squishy and the newer bag it's just firmer and has a better shape to it overall, so uh slightly slightly thicker, which means there's slightly more capacity in there all said and done. These are both 34 liter bags and i don't know why we measure bag capacity in liters - it's, i guess kind of, like we measure light and candle power, but anyway it's it's a good sized bag. This is the medium-sized bag of the rotation series

 They really are uh same height, really about the same width. The uh, you know the strapping is all good. The stitching is all good. All of those things are, the same

 You just want to get that gear quickly, take a couple of photos and continue with your hike. We'Ve talked about fit and finish and construction, a capacity of both the inner pouch, as well as the top part of the bag, the pouches and accesses on the side. Tripod mounts: what else can i tell you about this bag? There is, there is a custom rain cover and the custom part is important because that lets you have a rain cover that works with that rotation portion of the bag. So the cover will fit on there and still allow you to access that inner belt pack get to your most critical gear

 I just pulled the thing out: i'm leaving everything, as is i kind of leave the zippers open on the stashmaster when i have it in the bag. There is a safety strap here that connects across the top, so i wouldn't have this flap like open up. Surprisingly, on me and have any gear spill out, i can always zip it closed. If i want to another way, is to take out there's a foam insert inside the top part of this dash master

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 Of course, this is always the same. We'Ve got the sternum strap with the emergency whistle. We actually have some really nice thick shoulder padding here. Using the same material, that's been on, most of the recent mind shift bags all of the backlight bags if you're familiar with those big thick lumber, support, really nice and deep

 Just kind of day-to-day accessories get a flashlight in there now there is also a little key clip doodad. Of course, i don't use these for keys, but i do put my memory card wallet on this thing every time now your memory card could have a thousand dollars worth of memory cards in it these days so important to secure that. So that's in the top there more of these little loops to attach things to this is the main zipper again, not an aqua guard zipper, but a big flap to prevent the rain running directly onto the zipper so unzip that top half of the bag, big elastic Pocket here put your binoculars in there put some more clothing. In there i mean there's a there's: a ton of space in the top of this 34 liter version for non-photography stuff, if you're just keeping your camera in the bottom of the bag, which we'll get to got this little strap here as well

 There'S a tripod cup and a strap in the bottom. So if you want to front carry your tripod put the feet in here, secure it with that strap and then behind this other green tab is a second strap, so you can front, carry the tripod! You know. I don't recommend doing that if you have a very big heavy tripod, because it puts the weight away from your center of gravity pulls you backwards, but if you've got a smaller tripod front, carrying is an option put this away now. Another option is on the side here, so a big stretchy

 I really like this color. Then we have another big feature for these new versions and that is adjustable torso straps. So if i was to pull this open, if i was to pull open a little further, you can then slide this whole thing up. You have about this much adjustment there about three or four inches to slide the whole

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 The fabric and its waterproof texture is amazing, also zippers quality are strong. Very very happy with this.

This is the best backpack I've ever had

6" laptop from work. The only issue I have with it so far is that the side zipper on the very front pocket is more catered to a person who wears the bag over his/her left shoulder. I put my work badge in that pocket and I shoulder the bag over to my right, so when I try to swing the bag over the front the zipper is pointed to the bottom, which makes it hard for me to pull out my badge without other things in that pocket falling out. Just wanted to point this out to people who shoulder the bag on the right

Great bag with one minor flaw for right handed folks

I'm 5'9" and 170lbs. I wear a 40R jacket. The padded part of the straps are far too short. The plastic buckles at the end of the padded part of the straps sits right in between my bicep and my chest

 I walked around my living room and had red scratch marks on both biceps, so this bag is getting returned.  Apart from the issue with the straps, it seems like a solid bag.

 The padded part of the straps are far too short. The plastic buckles at the end of the padded part of the straps sits right in between my bicep and my chest. I walked around my living room and had red scratch marks on both biceps, so this bag is getting returned.  Apart from the issue with the straps, it seems like a solid bag

Straps way too short

 The water bottle holder also doesn't fit water bottles comfortably. Overall, this is a well made, sturdy bag, but didn't impress me much when it came to comfort or size. [This review was collected as part of a promotion.]

 I'm right handed and am used to swinging my bags around my right side to reach my keys, but because this pocket is on the left, it made it less convenient. Not a big thing, but still annoying when it came to my personal habits. The water bottle holder also doesn't fit water bottles comfortably. Overall, this is a well made, sturdy bag, but didn't impress me much when it came to comfort or size

Not My Favorite Bag

First things first, let’s take a look at this pack’s external pockets, starting with the large pocket on the front. We’ve been keeping the essentials like our keys, wallet, and a pair of headphones inside for easy grabbing-and-going while we’re on the move, and its bright liner makes everything inside easy to spot. We do wish the zipper for this pocket were on the opposite side, as we’re typically slinging bags around our right side when reaching inside, but your mileage may vary. 

The zippers on this pack have altogether been working smoothly during our testing. They have large, easy-to-grab pulls that help them zip and unzip with ease. This comes as no surprise, as they’re from YKK, which is a brand we have mostly positive experiences with (and a lot of them). We do have one small nitpick with the zippers around the main and laptop compartments that we’ll cover later in the review

At the very top of the bag is a thick handle with lots of padding that’s comfortable to grab and convenient for picking up the pack when you need to move it or get something out. It also features that same seat belt-like material you’ll find on the shoulder straps that’s nice and smooth in hand.

Now, we’re going to move into this pack’s front compartment. It opens up horseshoe-style and has some gusseted fabric on the sides, which allows you to get some nice visibility and access inside that you wouldn’t normally get with this kind of opening. 

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Spontaneously bought this as a replacement for my daily wear, the Timbuk2 Showdown backpack. Absolutely love it, no buyer's remorse here! It has enough pockets for everything I need for both school and work. It's very comfortable to wear, and I like how you can secure the adjustable straps so the extra strap parts aren't flapping or dragging around.

Sooo in love

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 This is going to be a fantastic option to check out and so to wrap up. It'S been a great experience, testing out the timbuk2 authority pack deluxe over the past month. The bag has been very comfortable to wear. It has a great build quality

 No sort of internal organization, but again just a great spot to kind of keep everything easy to find and then the last area that we're going to take a look at is the main compartment, and so this is a top loading bag. So it has the zipper here that opens up very nicely. It would have been nice to maybe have this zipper go all the way down similar to the quick access pocket that we saw a second ago. It was nice how this had a little bit of a wider opening, so you get a nice view

 Currently, what i have in here is my 13 inch macbook pro, but you can see how much space there's left over at the top, and i like that. The compartment is suspended off the bottom of the ground. So it feels like my device is going to be well protected if i happen to place my bag down a little bit harder so pulling my laptop out now with the compartment empty, you can get a better look at the inside, and so it comes up a Decent amount, so you should be able to fit a laptop, that's a little bit thicker, but i would worry about how tight the laptop would start to feel if you fill up the main area quite a bit, so not as spacious as some other laptop pockets and It would have been nice to have more of a fleece lining to help protect against scratching, but regardless with the amount of padding that you have here and the fact that it's suspended, it really feels like my device is going to be very well protected. While i'm running around throughout the day up next, we have a slightly larger admin pocket that has some nice internal organizational options

 So far, the bag has been really comfortable to wear. This is one of the biggest updates to the bag. Is this new system of strap that they have here? It has plenty of padding it's really thick and comfortable right out of the box and then on the inside. You can see it has these kind of ridges here that just provide a lot of extra padding and the material isn't quite as breathable as i would normally like to see

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 So about halfway down the bag, what i have inside of here is i've, got just my laptop a little keyboard and roost stand, so i'm able to fit all those uh kind of electronics. I'M just going to set them behind me here. All those electronics can fit into this compartment quite easily. Now this pocket is very padded, as you can see, it's kind of got the stitched reinforcement - and this is you know - pretty dense foam like it's very thick thick from here to here

 All those electronics can fit into this compartment quite easily. Now this pocket is very padded, as you can see, it's kind of got the stitched reinforcement - and this is you know - pretty dense foam like it's very thick thick from here to here. So there's a lot of padding, but one thing this laptop compartment, um isn't doing. The best on is a false bottom, there's a little bit of suspension here at the bottom, but not a ton

 Just checking real quick, it's very tight with another laptop in there in the back, but yeah pretty much just a big main compartment there, and then this back part is great because it holds up to a 17-inch laptop. So those durable ykk zippers opens up like horseshoe. So about halfway down the bag, what i have inside of here is i've, got just my laptop a little keyboard and roost stand, so i'm able to fit all those uh kind of electronics. I'M just going to set them behind me here

 So, if you're going to be riding your bike or something like that at night, it gives you a little bit of extra visibility. I like on this bag. It has more of a professional vibe, and you can see here that we have the compression straps down here at the bottom. So that's going to make the bag smaller, make it a little skinnier and give it a more professional look and i've got it pretty fully packed out just to show you how much we can get inside, but it really helps to thin it down if you'd, like So yeah just compression buckles here, just some duraflex hardware, if you like that uh you have elastic keepers here to manage the straps, which is really important for a bag

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