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This isn't a review, because I'm almost sure that one will have been done.
I received a new Billingham 550 this morning, and I was completely amazed!!
Billingham have always made bags of the highest quality, but I've always been put off by the weight.
They are now using a new fabric, and have changed the entire specification for the better. The brass is better, the leather is better, the inner dividers are much better, and lighter, but the biggest improvement is in the waterproof canvas.
The new canvas has a much finer weave, is much smoother, but more importantly, it's much lighter. I'm pretty certain, that this new 550, Billinghams biggest, weighs substantially less than my old 445.
He he he - I've just remembered - the base on my first Billingham bag, (police issue), an old Nytex 445, was a lump of 4 ply covered in canvas, god, that bag weighed a ton!!
Highly recommended.
I received a new Billingham 550 this morning, and I was completely amazed!!
Billingham have always made bags of the highest quality, but I've always been put off by the weight.
They are now using a new fabric, and have changed the entire specification for the better. The brass is better, the leather is better, the inner dividers are much better, and lighter, but the biggest improvement is in the waterproof canvas.
The new canvas has a much finer weave, is much smoother, but more importantly, it's much lighter. I'm pretty certain, that this new 550, Billinghams biggest, weighs substantially less than my old 445.
He he he - I've just remembered - the base on my first Billingham bag, (police issue), an old Nytex 445, was a lump of 4 ply covered in canvas, god, that bag weighed a ton!!
Highly recommended.
