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1.0 out of 5 stars
Junk, February 19, 2009
This review is from: Naneu Pro Bravo Medium Military Ops Backpack (Black) (Electronics)
I did quite a bit of research before purchasing this bag for a 6 week trip through Asia. The first day I really used this bag was during a 12-hour layover in London, where I walked around the city much of the day.
I carried a Canon 40D with two relatively lightweight lenses, spare batteries, filters, and a small notebook. At the end of the day, while waiting at Heathrow for the next flight, I was shocked to notice that the bag was already beginning to fall apart! The outer fabric covering the shoulder straps had already begun to tear. So had the fabric above the zipper on the top pocket. The tear was large enough for someone to stick a hand into the pocket. I inspected the bag closely to see if something had caused these tears, but I concluded that the bag was just a piece of junk. It had begun to unravel itself under the weight of a bag that was not even half-filled!
Not having any emergency repair items on hand, the unraveling continued to get worse over the next day. Finally, I had the bag stitched up in Kerala, India, thinking that would be it. Nope! Bye the next day, the bag had unraveled in other spots as well. I had it stitched up again in Mysore, and then again in Bangalore. Thankfully, these minor fixes cost very little in India. By the time I was almost done with Bangkok, I had bought a small roll of duct tape to keep my items from falling out of the bag. I had also had countless thoughts about the negative review I would write on Amazon when I'd returned home.
I considered writing about the design and functionality of the bag, but there's really no point in doing so.
This bag is a worthless piece of junk. It's amazing that they get away with charging almost $80 for this. Naneu Pro should be ashamed for manufacturing such an inferior product, while marketing itself to be an innovative company that produces high quality goods. I'm truly shocked that Amazon and B&H Photo carry this bag. A $10 bag from the local discount store would have been more durable. What a total ripoff!
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