Modular sacks are made for the hesitant photographer. Or maybe than exchanging between a partitioned bear sack and a rucksack, the Lowepro Trekker LT BP 250 AW can be carried either way, or can indeed have the little camera embed connected to the bear strap instep. From rucksack to bear, from get handles to trolley handles, there are numerous ways to carry this bag.
However, it’s a enormous pack made for fair one to two focal points with the camera body. And whereas it’s conceivable to switch to a bear pack, the included bear strap doesn’t give the same quality and consolation as the rucksack straps. I went through a few weeks with the Trekker rucksack, counting an 11-hour street trip, to see how it held up.
Table of Contents
- The Huge Picture
1.1 Pros
1.2 Cons - Equip Used
- Innovations
- Ergonomics
- Construct Quality
- Ease of Use
- Who Ought to Purchase It?
- Tech Specs
The Huge Picture
While the Lowepro Trekker LT BP 250 AW needs the same consideration to detail as my favorite camera rucksacks, the flexibility, lightweight plan, and sensible cost may still influence picture takers. The capacity to carry the whole rucksack or fair the embed is pleasant, as are the additional get handles and baggage handle circle. There are parts of pockets and bounty of room for non-photo adapt as well. And the tablet sleeve is expansive sufficient to suit my 16-inch MacBook Professional without being as well snug.
Avoid buying this pack to utilize as a courier, as the included strap to change over isn’t exceptionally comfortable. Whereas the sack is huge, it’s as it were made for one body and one to two focal points. Most of the space in the sack is segmented off for non-photo adapt. A few will cherish how open the pack unfastens, whereas others may discover it irritating to zipper absolutely to get to as it were the equip you want.
Pros
- Versatile ways to carry
- Removable camera insert
- Lots of pockets
- Comfortable rucksack straps
- Roomy tablet compartment
- Lots of room for extras
- Lightweight reused material
- Affordable
Cons
- For such a huge sack, it as it were fits one body with one to two lenses.
- The included bear strap to change over the sack to a delivery person is garbage.
- Don’t burrow through this pack in the dim; you may open the additional expansive clamshell zipper as well distant and dump items.
Gear Used
I attempted a few arrangements with the Trekker LT BP 250. Note that this adapt was not carried at the same time but one set at a time:
- Nons SL660 conversely focal point Instax camera (on credit from Nons) with Rokinon 85mm f1.4 lens
- DJI Smaller than expected 2 ramble and controller (my own)
- Sony a7 IV with the Tamron 50-400mm f4.5-6.3 Di III VC VXD (On credit from Sony and Tamron)
- Fujifilm X-H2s with the 70-300mm focal point (on advance from Fujifilm)
- 16-inch MacBook Professional 2021 (my own)
Innovations
Photography packs are trending towards reused materials, which is incredible news for the soil. The Lowerpro Trekker LT BP 250 AW isn’t the to begin with pack to utilize reused materials, and I trust it’s not the final. The other interesting (in spite of the fact that not unheard of) include is that it’s a secluded pack outlined to be changed over as needs change.
Ergonomics
The Lowepro Trekker LT BP 250 AW is a expansive camera pack, but it carries more non-photo equip than photo equip. A camera embed sits at the foot of the rucksack, holding one body and one mid-sized zoom, also a littler prime or pack focal point. This camera embed can be pulled out, and a bear strap can be included when you need to pack light, which is what I did when I needed to bring fair my ramble with me. Interior the camera embed are two little SD card spaces, but I don’t like the need of a beat to keep them from incidentally slipping out.
The fundamental compartment has a clamshell zipper that unfastens around three sides, opening the whole front. This makes it simple to get to each portion of the pack. You can utilize those twofold zippers to open fair the beat or fair the side where camera get to is. Be that as it may, you do have to utilize twofold zippers to as it were open the portion you need, so nothing inadvertently dumps out. That may appear unusual to complain approximately, but I once opened the sack in the dim and opened it from the foot or maybe than the top.
A board isolates the camera embed from the open fundamental compartment. But this divider can be unfastened to utilize the whole sack as a customary rucksack or tablet pack. Other than the primary compartment, on the insides board, there’s a work zipper that covers most of the beat half. And over where the camera 3d shape sits, there’s a littler zippered pouch.
On the outside, another little zippered take is at the beat front. One work stash sits on one side, measured for water bottles and littler travel tripods. On the foot, the pack incorporates two flexible straps that may hook on a rolled sweatshirt or something similar.
The cushioned tablet compartment sits against the back board. I more often than not don’t like the portable workstation set here since it makes the back solid, but there’s sufficient cushioning. Other than, with the sack fitting as it were a body and 1-2 focal points, it’s not going to be a overwhelming stack. Carrying a tablet, camera, iPad, and a few travel things like snacks and travel permits was sensibly comfortable. Interior the tablet pocket, there’s a littler pocket for a smartphone and another for a passport.
The most comfortable choice is the rucksack straps. These are adequately cushioned and incorporate an flexible chest strap to keep the straps in put. The straps are comfortable for the sum of equip in this bag.
The work back board that offers cushioning against your back can too be unfastened, after which the rucksack straps can be covered up interior. In this mode, the sack can be carried utilizing the snatch handle at the side, which positions the sack evenly, more like a tablet pack. There’s moreover a snatch handle at the beat to carry vertically. Or, there is a gear circle at the back to slide the pack over the handles of a rolling suitcase.
The rucksack moreover incorporates a little strap that can carry the camera embed independently or change over the rucksack into a messenger-style sack. This flexibility is incredible. In any case, the included strap isn’t exceptionally comfortable. The strap is lean, and the fabric is scratchy.
Build Quality
Lowepro’s unused reused fabric is lean, making this rucksack exceptionally lightweight. The sack itself isn’t going to include much weight to what you’d be carrying. It too appears to repulse earth and water reasonably well. Without weather-sealed zippers, the rain cover is required for working in the rain. The materials don’t feel as lavish as more costly sacks, but it’s pardonable for a pack that’s estimated beneath $170.
I’ve attempted out packs made from reused materials that appeared to shred as well effectively, so I chosen to take a nail record to the sack for almost a diminutive. This made a tiny fluffiness to the fabric. Still, no huge strings stuck out. This fabric ought to hold up to typical wear and tear. What it needs in extravagance it makes up for a bit in weight or need thereof.
Ease of Use
The Lowepro Trekker LT BP 250 is planned for flexibility. It’s pleasant to be able to pack a parcel or fair snatch the camera 3d shape and pack a small. I pressed this sack on an 11-hour street trip, and it had bounty of room for additional items. It was decent to fill the rucksack for the car ride, at that point fair get my ramble from the camera 3d shape in the foot when I was prepared to fly.
With the 3d shape interior the pack, the 3d shape can be cleared out open, so there’s fair one zipper to get to adapt. A strap keeps the opening to the camera 3d shape out of the way. Utilizing the twofold zipper framework, you can open fair the foot parcel, comparable to a speedy get to entryway on numerous backpacks.
While it’s simple to get to with that monster clamshell zipper, opening the pack does require care if you as it were need to get to the foot or the best. If it’s lying level, the entirety clamshell can be opened. But, sitting upright, you can utilize the moment zipper to keep the best parcel closed and as it were open the bottom.
Who Ought to Purchase It?
While it’s a expansive pack, the Lowepro Trekker LT BP 250 is implied to carry as it were one body, one to two focal points, and a tablet. The rest of the bag’s space is saved for anything else you require: a alter of dress, a lunchbox, etc. Its flexibility and cost make the pack a great choice for picture takers who need one pack that can do anything, have a restricted budget, and as it were utilize one to two lenses.
With as it were a little segment committed to adapt, it’s not made for carrying a few focal points. The materials talk of the bag’s more budget-friendly cost. And changing over the sack to a delivery person isn’t exceptionally comfortable — it’s best worn as a backpack.
Tech Specs
- Weight: 1 kg
- Total Volume: 25.5 L
- Main Color: Gray
- Internal Measurements: 28 x 13 x 48 cm
- External Measurements: 29 x 18.5 x 49 cm
- Camera Compartment Measurements: 16.5 x 9.5 x 24 cm
- Laptop Compartment Measurements: 27 x 2 x 41 cm
- Primary Gadget: Camera
- Device Volume: 4.5 L
- Exterior Fabric: 300D polyester ripstop Reused, 600D polyester solution-dyed
- Interior Fabric: 200D polyester (recycled)