Finally a bag that does it all for me; the perfect size to carry all my gear (including laptop).

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Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #13988 in Consumer Electronics
• Brand: Lowepro
• Model: 35019
• Released on: 2008-04-17
• Dimensions: 18.50" h x 11.80" w x 13.80" l, 7.32 pounds

Manufacturer's Description
A durable, professional backpack that's deep enough for a Pro digital SLR & 15.4" notebook. The Vertex 200AW includes a lightweight harness system with high density padding & 8 adjustment points for maximum comfort.Two front accessory panels centralize all your digital accessories and personal gear for quick , easy access

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Customer Reviews

Extreme trekking protection for your valuable gear!
Its a bit of an honour to be the first to review this superb product. If you like to take a lot of photo gear off the beaten track or up mountains, then this is a bit of kit you should seriously consider.

Firstly, its very roomy - deceptively so. And the chunky depth allows lenses to be placed vertically which increases the gear carrying capacity. It comes with a multitude of dividers and once you've customised it to your taste there's plenty of padded panels left as spares. And there's a useful padded outer zipped section for your notebook PC for those of you beaming your pics back to your editor whilst on the move - or if you like to check your emails up a mountain.

Secondly, it's comfortable - for your gear and for you. LowePro's photo trekking experience has been combined with LoweAlpine's rucksack know-how to produce a comfortable 8 point adjustment system with a broad padded lumber waistband to transfer some of the weight to your hips for comfort and crucially for better balance. And the protection for your gear is as good as it gets.

Thirdly, it's just so functional - a real gem of product design and 'knowing your customer'. It has an all-weather cover with a clinch belt to stop it flapping in wind, which is not only water but also dust and sand resistant. The side and back clinch straps for attaching a tripod or other items use the new LowePro "Glide-Lock" system, which allows them to be slid up and down and then fixed to suit the item being carried. Very clever and very stable indeed. It also has a plethora of slip lock attachment loops on the side, back and waistband for Lowepro sliplock pouches for carrying a compact, binoculars or whatever else you need at your fingertips. Inside there are 3 window zippered pockets for filters and other accessories and an additional padded central velcro closing section for a photo viewer or passport hard drive. A nice inclusion. And on the outside, there are two easy access zippered sections for storing even more bits and bobs - including nice padded pockets (4 of them) for additional memory cards. It just has everything you could possibly need in a photo rucksack. Be sure to check out the demo video on the LowePro website to verify what a masterpiece of a bit of kit this is.

All-in-all, this is a fantastic piece of equipment for those of you who take your precious photo gear to wild places. And for climbers and hillwalkers, this is the camera protection we've all been waiting for. Simply superb.

Too heavy!
I have a number of backpacks to carry my 5D and 10D cameras with a selection of 5 prime and telephoto lenses and extra gear. This backpack offers great protection from the weather and the knocks my gear gets but it is a heavy weight of a bag! Not enough lightweight padding and too many complicated straps as well as tough but really heavy fabric makes this a hard bag to hump around.

As a result it is rarely out of my house and I tend to use my older, lighter packs instead.

BTW the easy slide fasteners are anything but! A good job that I don't need to slide them much. Also the double lock flaps on the sliding clips don't last long... I am now missing 3!

Recommended, but heavy and not suitable as aircraft cabin luggage.
Having read several reviews I decided to purchase a Lowepro Vertex 200 AW to take my camera equipment and Laptop on a recent holiday to Tuscany. My main reason for purchasing this model was that I wanted to carry my camera gear and laptop on to the plane. I had handeled a Vertex 100 AW, and it would not hold my 15" laptop so I purchased the next size up, the 200. This was just large enough to hold my laptop. I had read that when loaded this bag was very heavy but I was not prepared for just how heavy !!! I only carried a Nikon camera body with zoom attached, 2 other lenses, batteries and charger, along with smaller items. When the laptop was included the whole thing was much heavier than expected. At Gatwick airport we were flying Easyjet and although the case was recommended for cabin baggage it would not fit into the baggage gauge. Fortunately I was allowed to remove the laptop and carry it onto the plane which allowed the case to fit the gauge. This does rather reduce the usfulness of the case, and I may as well have bought the smaller cheaper Vertex 100 !!! Maybe other airlines allow bigger hand luggage, but I thought these restrictions were universal. The case is of excellent construction, and I would recommend it. but please check luggage restrictions carefully, and don't forget that a laptop can add alot of weight !!!