Customer Reviews

Lowepro Off Trail 2 Black Camera Beltpack

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Lowepro Off Trail 2 is a well made pack and the modular feature is very good. The only thing I would caution anyone about is the height of this pack. 11 1/4 inches. Yes, you need the height to store your camera, but this pack is VERY difficult to use as a fanny pack or waist pack. It is just too high. I ended up using the pack but as an add on to my backpack.
If possible, go to a store and see this pack in person before you order it.

I've used this pack for 4 years, including 2 months of intensive hiking in Europe. I carry a Canon 20D, 70-200 zoom (using a larger side pack), 16-35 zoom, 28-70 zoom, and a 2x extender, plus lens hoods for each lens. The main compartment will easily hold the camera with the 28-70 lens attached, and with some squeezing will hold the camera + 70-200 lens. It is very handy for accessing your camera quickly. I use it mostly as a waist pack.

A+ product. I purchased this bag after strongly considering (and grimacing at the price of) the ThinkThank beltpack system. The OffTrail two has got to be the best bang for the buck. It doesn't slide pockets around like the ThinkTank, but I didn't really find myself doing that too much when I used this to cover a wedding. If anything, I would just spin the whole belt around, no problem.

The bag is big enough to fit my D300+vertical grip+ a mounted 80-200 f/2.8 lens in the center pocket, with room still to spare in the side pockets for flashes, lenses, batteries, water, snacks....The weight is evenly distributed when the belt is tightened up properly and would wear you down less than a shoulder strap on a photowalk.

I pair this up with an R-Strap and find myself being very comfortable walking a fair distance while still having a large selection of photography tools at hand. While still being able to move them safely out of the way when necessary.

More than worth the money I paid for it.

I purchased this bag for my Nikon D40 with the standard 55mm zoom and 70-200mm lenses. The entire camera fits great in the bag, with or without the zoom lens. Since I only have one extra lense, the other lens pack can be used for excessories such as usb cord, keys, etc.
When I initially saw the bag, I feared it was too large, but now after using it on my trip to Alaska, it is very easy to carry and fits well in a back pack. With the camera and both lenses, the bag almost feels empty, very easy to carry either over the shoulder, with the hand strap or as a lumbar belt.
Very satisfied with the quality, padding and roominess of bag. Well worth the money.

Nicely made and padded but the side pockets are pretty slim and none of my nikon glass would fit in there. Ended up selling it and going with the Tamrac instead. Although the belt on the Tamrac sucks bad, so if your lenses fit in the side pocket then I would prefer this bag over the Tamrac.

Great camera case. It holds multiple lenses as well as the camera. Everything is easy to reach.

Length:: 2:51 Mins

I purchased this bag because I need a way to access different lenses during wedding shoots, and I don't want to keep going back and forth to my larger camera bag. I don't keep my camera in the bag simply because it won't hold a camera with a battery grip on it. So I basically keep the following in this bag: Canon 70-200mm zoom lens, Canon 50mm, Tamaron 11-14 wide angle, Canon 28-105, and a 580Ex flash. While all these items, except the camera, could fit into the bag, at least one of them is on the camera. So I swap out as needed. I also think it's good not keep your flash on your camera at all times because it can influence camera shake. So it's great to be able to take off the flash and stick in the bag when needed.

I use the shoulder strap rather than belt strap because the latter just makes the bag too uncomfortable for me to wear. The 70-200mm lens weighs this bag down, so the belt strap doesn't feel ideal for me. It makes the bag stick out too much. Whereas with the shoulder strap, you can easily take it off your shoulders.

All and all, I would say get this bag if you find yourself changing lenses a lot during a shoot.