Kiboko – brilliant piece of kit for airplane travel. And carrying the laptop in another bag works. However when hiking or moving around to get to a shoot location, a second bag with the laptop does not work.

Kerrie, if you don’t have a lot of camera gear, you can fill the gaps with your hiking gear – snacks, extra clothing layers, GPS/maps, binos etc. That’s what I do. Plus packing this way means you don’t need another back when flying for 3-4 day trips.

For hiking you can’t beat the Gura Gear. The bag is incredibly light and so well designed that its hard to beat in terms of balance and ergonomics, especially if fully and evenly packed. The Think Tank Shape Shifter can comfortably hold 2 full-size pro D-SLR bodies, 3 full-size f2.8 zooms and some random gear and a laptop. Are you hiking with a laptop?

Try the Gura Gear Kiboko, I think you’ll be glad you did for a day hike. Also check out Andy Biggs’ work, the photo who designed it , it is fantastic!

Happy Flying!

-Fish

The Gura Gear Kiboko bag, which I absolutely love, was not designed to hold a laptop. You can fit a smaller netbook with some creativity, but nothing larger than a 10″ netbook. When I travel with the Gura Gear Kiboko bag I use a Mountainsmith Day for my laptop.

Happy Flying!

-Fish

Is there any way to put your mbp 15″ in the kiboko bag? I was all sold on it until I didn’t see mention of a laptop slot and read the faq’s on the website.
I need everything it does size and lightness but need to carry the laptop. 2 cameras, 70-200, 24-70, flash couple of other lenses , batteries cords etc. recommendation’s?
Your blog has been invaluable to me thanks !

I think you are confusing the Think Tank Airport Addicted with the Airport Security (and Airport International). The Think Tank Airport Addicted, which I have used since 2005, and flown probably 300,000 miles with, is most certainly a backpack.

Think Tank later released the Airport Security, followed by the Airport International) both of which are excellent rolling bags.

While I do like, and use, roller bags, my preference is backpacks. In a pinch I am able to wear a backpack and keep shooting on the move. It is very difficult to use a rolling bag and keep shooting on the move. I have come across situations where I have been forced to wear my fully loaded Airport Addicted while shooting a fast moving situation. While not ideal for this, I would have never been able to get the images I created with a roller bag.

Having had my right shoulder reconstructed after an accident, and recently having had major surgery on my neck, I really do appreciate rolling bags for heavy loads!

Happy Flying!

-Fish

I can’t help but noticing it’s being compared to the Airport Addicted. How about comparing it to Think Tank Photo’s Airport Ultralight, which is meant to be a lightweight carrier, as the Addicted is meant to be a roller bag, hence the extra weight in the rollers themselves?

IMHO, in Asia, many of us prefer roller bags compared to back packs, as carrying such weight upon our shoulders would end up hurting our backs more often than not.

What do you think?

Cheers!

John