Home > Consumer Reviews > Ape Case Pro Backpack for a Film / Digital SLR System with a Laptop,Designed with multiple compartments ,rain cover

I have had the Ape Case Pro Backpack for about six months. I pack (3) Canon camera bodies with battery grips, (3) lenses, a flash unit, extra batteries and accessories.

The bag fits and protects everything very well. The only problem I've had is the top seam started to separate. I brought the bag to an upholstery shop and they sewed it up as good as new.

Other than not being able to handle the shear weight of all the equipment it is designed to handle, the bag has been extremely reliable and I couldn't live without it. Shooting over 30,000 images per month, I need to be prepared for whatever my assignments require, sometimes on a moments notice.

Quality is high, heavy-duty designed for and internals are very convenient to be arranged and adapted for camera, lenses, chargers, etc. In small planes it will not fit in the top compartment, I would no check-in this bag with my equipment inside.

It worth's to be used, many pockets, quite heavy but it is due to the great protection it offers; for my SLR (Nikon D80), lenses and lap-top it pays back, too much money to risk just, better to carry slightly heavy than loosing every thing because of using lighter bag.

I bought this camera bag just over a year ago to hold my astrophotography equipment with equipment for piggyback as well as prime focus imaging. This amounts to ALOT of equipment & accessories. So far I have put the following in the bag: 2 cameras (Canon Digital Rebel 400D & Imaging Source DBK-21 video camera), 3 lenses, 3 power supplies, a multitude of telescope & camera adaptors, 2 barlows, telescope/camera piggyback adaptors, filters, a dew heater, right angle finder, memory cards, extra batteries, 2 battery chargers, manuals for all of this stuff, & what seems like a million camera & computer cables. I also carry 2 magnetic compasses, a red LED flashlight, cell phone w/ 2 chargers & a level as I travel to dark sky sites. It easily holds all of my things. Despite all of this stuff, I still have room for more, which is good since I just bought a full-frame astronomy ccd camera w/ a built in filter wheel, 2 large prime lenses, 2 power supplies, & 5 dew heaters!!

This bag has proven to be very durable. It has more than adequately handled the weight of my equipment, which is very heavy. None of my equipment has incurred any damage whatsoever.

As a matter of fact, I'm getting ready to buy another one of these camera bags as I have decided to separate my daytime photography equipment from my astrophotography equipment. I also purchased another Canon Digital Camera with 5 zoom lenses & other related accessories (memory cards, batteries, etc) for daytime wildlife/nature photography.

I plan on adding photos showing all the stuff I can pack into one of these bags when I get the chance.

I bought this backpack from last month. I think it big and good enough for a trip. It can carry my Mac book G4 14'' and a lot of space for camera and lenses. It also have nice rain cover under the backpack.

I searched a long time before deciding on this product. It has tons of room and features. Being modular, you can fit any combination of lens and cameras. Plus, it holds a 15" laptop with room to spare. It is well padded and has a rain fly that hides away in the bottom of the pack. I highly recommend this product to anyone looking for a rugged and versatile camera backpack.