Lowepro Fastpack 250 (red)

CNET editors' review

• CNET editors' rating: 3.5 stars Very good
  Detailed editors' rating
  Design : 7.0
  Features : 7.0
  Performance : 8.0
  Overall score: 7.3 (3.5 stars)

• Reviewed by:
  Lori Grunin
• Reviewed on: 03/26/2008
• Released on: 12/19/2007

A variation on the company's side-opening, single-strap Slingshot models, the Lowepro Fastpack series integrates the clever top-and-side camera compartment approach with a more traditional backpack design. Middle of the line, the Fastpack 250 offers an attractive, relatively comfortable option for a weekend traveler who likes to wander armed with a midrange-to-large camera body, several lenses and accessories, and a Photoshop-worthy laptop.

I and the 250 ventured out with a Nikon D3 plus the AF-S Nikkor 14-24mm f/2.8G ED lens, the AF-S Nikkor 24-70mm f/2.8G ED lens, and the SB-800 AF Speedlight. It was a tight squeeze because of the exceptionally wide (physically) 14-24mm lens.

The top compartment is large enough to hold a hardcover book, sunglasses in a case, and other miscellany. There are a couple spaces to slide in pens, a mesh pocket that can handle a largish MP3 player, a small pocket sized for a typical cell phone, and another flap pocket that I use for holding business and credit cards. A few free-floating pouches or dividers and a way to Velcro them in place would be useful to keep random items organized, though. On the front is a free-form zippered compartment.

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Lowepro Fastpack 250 (red): $89.95

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