A while back when I had an excruciating case of GAS, I did what I often do to ward off this perennial nightmare- I bought a camera bag... a pretty decent bag... at a drop dead bargain price of just under $20.00! I was all set to review it- but I then noticed it had gone up to... $45.00! Still a fair price for the overall package- but nothing to jump up and down about as before. Then I saw it for... $15, and realized that it was probably gonna fluctuate wildly in price for the remainder of its existence. As I write this... it's back up to $40.00! A little patience and it'll be back down to peanuts, again...
The thing is, this medium sized package is a whole lotta bag for $20. Well constructed, well padded and pockets and sleeves galore to stick in iPads, water bottles and innumerable small accessories- the camera/lens compartment is actually detachable as a padded and self contained, zippered unit! In fact, my only complaint is that it's perhaps a little too well constructed for protection, at the cost of room for an extra (or larger) lens or body. But for that price- go cry on someone else's shoulder! Did I mention the handy-dandy top zipper that lets you dive into the main contents without undoing the top cover? Nice. And I've currently taken the separate camera compartment out and use it as an excellent day bag...
PS- As with any Amazon purchase- I'm torn between saving $$$ (if I'm honest), and supporting one of the few venues for readily available, if stupefyingly petty, sources of employment in the US of A. Why does the richest bastard in the world insist on being the biggest fucking miser in the world?* Why can't he treat his workers in a humane fashion, instead of as non-biological androids? Even Henry Ford made his workers feel as if they were, at the very least, needed. Bezos can more than afford: decent bathroom and lunch breaks, workers benefits, health care and... unionization!
BTW- Why did workers recently lose a Unionization vote? Because even if one ignores the behind the scenes shenanigans with worker intimidation... turnover is so fucking high at Amazon that by the time they're finally set to vote, the people who originally organized and set things in motion, have already long burned out and left!
* Yeah, I know- I answered my own question.
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