Kiboko 30L Camera Backpack

I bought this bag to pack my sony 600mm f4 and other gears for an international trip. LOVE it. Very good design for organizing gears. The bag has a minor defect on the zipper, and the company promptly sent a replacement and paid for the return shipping. The company really stands behind the brand.

I'm able to get my Nikon 600mm TC in one compartment. In the other a 100-400, two Z9 bodies, and one additional lens 24-120 for example. I love the butterfly design, and the bag is more comfortable to wear than my Think Tank Airport Accelerator. The only thing I wish were different is that the Velcro mounting material for the dividers covered the whole bottom of the compartments. As it is now it only covers about a third of it.

Very happy with this purchase. First trip was to Panama to photograph tropical birds. Easily fit my Z9 and 400 mm TC 2.8 plus backup camera body and other lenses. My only wish is for just a little more depth to handle a long lens hood. Overall, great.

I bought V1 of this back in 2011. 5 trips to Africa and countless local adventures later and I have finally worn it out. And when I say I wore it out I don't mean it was a wreck it is still a perfectly use-able bag and nothing was torn or whatever but the zips were starting to show signs of overuse and one of the corner areas of one of the main zips was getting a little stuck sometimes. I consider this just wear and tear for how much I used it but didn't want to risk a zip failing in the field. I searched around for other backpack options (since I live in Australia and I still can't buy Gura Gear locally) and even tried a Mindshift backlight but nothing worked for me or compared to the features of the Kiboko 30L. So I ordered the v2 bag and I am so glad I did. It is a nice upgrade from V1 with some nice little touches and really nice smooth zips. I love the opening style still and being able to remove the waist band is a huge benefit as I hate the way these get in the way and flop around everywhere on other packs. It's only downside is not having a laptop sleeve but it is just not feasible in this design and I don't need this feature often anyway. I can house both my Pentax medium format system and a full frame body and lenses as needed.

As someone who has now owned 2 of these bags (and tried several other brands) I can say this is the best backpack on the market for anyone with a large amount of full frame DSLR or medium format gear to cart around.

I have owned an original Gura Gear Bataflae 32L Backpack for a decade and still use it to this day. The new version appears a bit lighter, does not have waterproof zippers, and does not fully open like the original. Both have butterfly opening but the original also allowed the entire cover to be opened by employing a velcro center channel. The new version does not allow for fully opening making packing and review more difficult. My original is dedicated to a 35mm camera and kit. This new version was purchased to accommodate my medium format (PhaseOne XF) camera and three lenses plus accessories. The non-waterproof zippers are easier to pull but the old waterproof version just required a bit of WD40 applied via Qtip to remain easy to pull. The older version's zippers closed closely and could be locked with a small padlock. The new version does not allow for this convenience. And, while locks only keep the honest people out, often times a small deterrent sends a thief to easier pickings. The overall construction appears a bit lighter but is well made. There are more than enough velcro type dividers supplied to make many more compartments than one is likely to ever need. Overall it is a decent backpack but I would prefer they had maintained the original design and construction.