| | Tamrac 5550 Adventure 10 Photo/Laptop Backpack (Gray/Black) |  | Brand: Tamrac
Category: Photography
List Price: $259.95
Buy New: $169.95
You Save: $90.00 (35%)
New (8) Used (2) from $145.00
Avg. Customer Rating:  4 reviews
Color: Gray/Black
Media: Electronics
Shipping Weight (lbs): 5.5
Dimensions (in): 14 x 10.5 x 25
MPN: 5550
Model: 5550
UPC: 023554027033
EAN: 0023554027033
ASIN: B00148QR4K
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | Tamrac's Adventure 10 is a lightweight, uniquely designed backpack with a completely foam-padded lower section for camera gear, a large upper section for personal items, and a separate compartment for a 17" screen laptop. | | • | Inside the main compartment, foam pillars support the SLR with lens attached, ready for action, while adjustable, foam-padded dividers protect other equipment. | | • | The comfortable, foam-padded backpack harness with sternum straps is contoured to distribute the weight of the camera gear across the shoulders, while a foam-padded waist belt helps to distribute the weight of the pack. | | • | Double zipper pulls provide quick access to photo gear while a weather flap and quick-release buckles provide security and weather protection. | | • | A Windowpane-Mesh pocket organizes filters, cables and other accessories. On the outside, two mesh pockets provide quick access to water bottles or accessories. |
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Product Description
The Adventure 10 is a modern backpack designed for the SLR photographer with a pro digital or film SLR (such as Canon's EOS 1D Series or Nikon's D2 Series) with a grip and 8-Inch lens attached, numerous additional lenses, a flash, accessories and a 17-Inch laptop. The completely foam-padded lower compartment protects photo equipment, while the extra-large top compartment holds a light jacket, lunch or other necessary items. A separate, completely foam-padded compartment provides quick access to a laptop without disturbing photo gear. Double zipper pulls provide quick access to photo gear while a weather flap and quick-release buckle provide security and weather protection. Inside the main compartment, foam pillars support the camera with lens attached, ready for action, while adjustable, foam-padded dividers protect other equipment. Tamracs patented Memory & Battery Management System(TM) uses red flags to identify available memory cards and batteries from ones that are used up. A Windowpane-Mesh(TM) pocket organizes filters, cables and other accessories. Two mesh side pockets provide quick access to accessories and water bottles. The comfortable, foam-padded backpack harness with sternum strap is contoured to distribute the weight of the camera gear across the shoulders and features a padded waist belt to help distribute the weight of the pack. The harness also features Tamrac's Strap Accessory System(TM) attachment points for customizing this pack with optional Tamrac S.A.S.(TM) products. The Adventure 10 can also be customized with Tamrac's Modular Accessory System(TM) components. Two lash tabs on the bottom allow a tripod to be carried (requires accessory straps, Model S-113, sold separately).
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| Customer Reviews:
 Fits my ASUS M70 August 4, 2008
I own an ASUS M70 which is roughly 16.25 inches wide, 12 inches deep, and 1.75 inches thick. I had the hardest time finding a bag that would fit the ASUS M70 - until I found this pack. Incredible! It fit my laptop!
The other reviewers are right - top compartment could use some work. I'm going to put some sort of drop in organization system in place.
Straps are decent - nothing to write home about.
As for being too large - I like this bag because it is tall but narrow. Many other bags (BOOQ for instance) are very wide. This didn't work out well for me. Narrow seemed to be much more useful. We'll see.
 A bag for tall people ONLY May 12, 2008
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
While the bag's camera compartment is just what I needed--It actually FITS (just) the 5D with 70-200 2.8L, plus 24-70L and 16-35L-- the bag overall length and strap system is designed for a much taller person/longer back. If you are 6-feet or above, this should be ideal. However, I'm 5'7", with a long back for a woman. A short back-country hike today revealed what is, for me, a major problem. The bag hits far too low on my back/hip area to be worn for very long. PLEASE Tamrack, we don't need a huge upper compartment. Make the upper compartment smaller and reduce the overall length of the bag!
Both the Adventure 9 and Lowe-pro's 250 fit my frame well, but neither will haul my needed gear unless I stuff the 70-200 in the top compartment--which defeats the whole purpose---and even then the second lens requires a battle to get into the pack. So these bags are just too smal to haul what I need for an all-dya back-country shoot.
That top compartment on the Adventure 10 needs, as a previous reviewer noted, a couple of pockets and the kind of thoughtful extras that LowePro provides--especially the sewn-in key lanyard.
The Adventure 10 IS well-constructed, with adequate padding, and a good compartment for the camera--I especially like the extra straps to help secure the zippers--BUT they are not adjustable, and they should be--Tamrac is cutting corners here too much for the price of the bag. And should you bust one of the clips, it's hard/virtually impossible to replace them, and they are sewn on, not on an adjustable strap like most back-packs.
In short, nice try. A good bag if you have a long back, but a pain in the back and below that if you are under 6-feet tall.
Nicely made but too unwieldy April 28, 2008
This bag is well made but it is way too big and cumbersome for me. I am a tall medium-frame woman but when I loaded all my gear in the lower section and tried to wear the pack for even a few minutes around the house it felt very bottom heavy and the shoulder harness kept pulling me backwards. No amount of adjusting would keep it in a comfortable position even with the waist strap on. The top compartment is spacious and I could definitely put a great deal of extra goodies up there.
The harness and waistbelt system is bothersome to me. There is no place to stow all those straps when not in use so I am afraid that if I try to carry it on a plane or even stow it in the car that they will be dragging and hanging on things. Also the bag is listed as carry-on compatible but you will see a disclaimer which says that the top portion needs to be squished down to make it so. I understand the Tamrac Extreme series which is much more expensive offers an option to stow the harness. I am considering the 777 which gets good reviews.
The quality of the bag is good but I gave it a 3 because I think that for the money it could have a few more pro details. I would not hesitate to buy another Tamrac product. Especially like the MAS and SAS system.
Disappointed April 1, 2008
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
While the Adventure 10 is certainly up to Tamrac construction quality, the bag design is certainly not worth about $170. The lower compartment purports to be tall enough for a long lense mounted on a camera body. My Canon 40D and the Canon 100-400mm zoom combination fits only if the lense hood is removed. So, I won't have a camera immediately ready. Had Tamrac gone another 1-2 inches, things in the camera department would have been perfect.
The top compartment is real disappointing. No place to hook keys, no places for pencils or a notepad. No internal zip compartment to hold valuables like wallet and travel papers. All there is is a big "hole" for things to move around and get lost. My $40 Canon backpack (albeit smaller) has all these things. Tamrac doesn't seem to think that being organized is an important thing in the field. It tries to make up for the deficiency by supplying one small zipper bag for the big "hole"
I'm keeping the bag. But, I plan to make modifications to make up for Tamrac's lack of foresight.
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