Customer Reviews Timbuk2 Mirrorless Camera Bag

I'm a long time Timbuk2 fan and was excited when I saw they had a new camera bag, the Camera Sling Bag. It was spec'ed at 7L so I figured it would be plenty large enough for my kit. Five days later the Camera Sling Bag was on my doorstep. My first impression was what a great looking bag: wonderful exterior fabric, super lightweight and a very non-camera bag looking design. As I played with it, cracks began to appear in my perfect little Timbuk2 world: the strap was silly thin and bit into my shoulder like a hungry dog with my kit in the bag. Plus, the strap was not nearly as fast or easy to adjust like my old Timbuk2 Informant and Snoop Camera Messenger bags. Hmm, how could Timbuk2 leave off one of their greatest innovations? The real head scratcher was the tiny camera insert. It's really like an afterthought: as if they designed a nice sling bag and some random guy decided to make it into a camera bag by sticking in an ill fitting insert they found laying around. The outer bag may be 7L but the insert holds a lot less. Way less. The insert could have easily been made two or three inches longer and a little wider. I have a smaller 5L Sling from another unmentionable San Francisco company and it holds a heck of a lot more-double-than the Timbuk2 Camera Sling Bag. The final speed bump was there was no way to secure the insert to the bag: the insert often fell out when I pulled my camera out. If you forgot to zip the bag and leaned over all your goodies would hit the deck! Oddly, the insert had velcro on the bottom but the bag lacked the matching velcro to mate to. Obviously a defect but the reason I retuned the back to Timbuk2. They made me cover shipping for their mistake and lack of QC. So I'll stick to my 5 year old Timbuk2 Informant. The Informant is a great bag and I wish Timbuk2 would have kept the thoughtful Informant interior design and simply updated the fabric and external cosmetics.