tripod carry bags

[Ami-Jane]

Just been having a look at some manfrotto carry bags - just wondering are the "padded" bags really worth the extra money??

 

[straycat]

i use giottos with some padding

but then i dont throw my equipment around

http://www.giottos-tripods.co.uk/index.php?page=productpage&product=49183e3ae95be

 

[seriousrikk]

Yes they are.

Thing of the padding not for protecting your gear, but for protecting you from your gear. You have to walk a while with a tripod in an unpadded back banging off your ribs to understand...

 

[Ami-Jane]

Yes they are.

Thing of the padding not for protecting your gear, but for protecting you from your gear. You have to walk a while with a tripod in an unpadded back banging off your ribs to understand...

Hadn't thought of it that way!!

 

[straycat]

Yes they are.

Thing of the padding not for protecting your gear, but for protecting you from your gear. You have to walk a while with a tripod in an unpadded back banging off your ribs to understand...

i hire porters to carry my gear

 

[seriousrikk]

i hire porters to carry my gear

And a butler to pack ones camera bag?

 

[markmullen]

Yes, they are worth it.

I couldn't find one to fit my tripod with the head attached (it is a 405 geared head so quite large) so I picked up a padded lighting stand bag from Calumet for a fraction of the cost of the Manfrotto one, might be worth looking into.

 

[Little John]

I have the 80cm padded, I borrowed a mates tripod in his unpadded bag which is why I bought the padded bag to stop the leaver locks digging in my back. Not so much an issue with twist locks but leavers are painfull.