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Lowepro Flipside 400 AW Backpack (Black) | 
| Brand: Lowepro
Category: Photography
List Price: $189.99
Buy New: $125.00
as of 9/5/2010 11:01 CDT details
You Save: $64.99 (34%)
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Rating:  18 reviews
Color: Black
Media: Electronics
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: No
Shipping Weight (lbs): 3.5
Dimensions (in): 10 x 11.9 x 18.1
MPN: Flipside 400 AW (Black)
Model: Flipside 400 AW (Black)
UPC: 056035352713
EAN: 0056035352713
ASIN: B001APJZ50
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| » | Evenly distributes weight and provides exceptional comfort | | » | Offers easy access to gear, added security while wearing and provides quick access to cables, adaptors, water bottles | | » | Provide quiet access around film crews or wildlife | | » | Add SlipLock compatible products to customize your pack | | » | Built-In All Weather Cover offers maximum protection against rain, dust and sand |
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Product Description
The Flipside 400 AW is a high-performance camera backpack designed with a large capacity, premium security, all-day comfort, plus protection from the elements. Its unique back-entry compartment provides easy access to camera gear when setting up (keeping the harness off the ground and clean of debris), plus extra security when on the move. Adjustable dividers allow custom organization inside the roomy main compartment. Other features include: a mesh-covered, padded waistbelt, back pad and contoured straps for added comfort and wicking away moisture; a hideaway tripod holder to secure a tripod or monopod to backpack; built-in memory card pockets on inside panel; front storage panels and mesh pockets for storing additional gear; Hypalon SlipLock attachment loops for SlipLock compatible products; a built-in All Weather Cover, and silent zipper pulls. Perfect for the traveling photographer or enthusiast who needs to keep expensive gear securely tucked away, yet close at hand to capture the shot in a moment.
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Showing reviews 1-5 of 18
 Lowepro Flipside 400 AW August 27, 2010
Larry E. Holman
Pretty good backpack. It is smaller than I would like and the waist belt needs to be detachable - its a real nuisance if you are carrying on a shoulder or putting into an overhead compartment. I wish I had bought a Think Tank Hard Drive.
 worked well on a week's hiking trip August 25, 2010
D. J. Hetherington (Bernardsville, New Jersey)
Went to Switzerland and hiked with this pack. Had a Nikon D 300, 80 - 400, 10mm and 28 - 200 lenses, plus flash, small Cannon movie camera, binoculars and room for water bottle and raingear. The attached rain cover was great as was the feature where you can access your camera gear without taking off the pack by spinning the pack to your front and leaving it attached to your waste... great stuff.
 This Pack Has Your Back June 9, 2010
Merly Cuza (Kenosha, Wisconsin)
Who can get excited about a backpack? I did. Heavy construction makes this item a must-have.
I needed easy and private access to my equipment and this bag offers it. I now have the security of opening my pack while still attached to my body. If you're trying to take my equipment, I'm coming with you for the ride. Weather resistant material with an additional coverall. Minor weight but not feather-light since it has many compartments made of sturdy material. I love the hide-away tripod holder. There is a small, orange tripod icon at the front/bottom of the pack so if someone is nosy enough, they may realize you're carrying equipment if you're not using your tripod at that moment. The interior cushion is strong and well-built. I am using two cameras, two flashes, a small LED light and a tripod. Other equipment like bounce boards and diffusers are stored in there. I have room for additional wardrobe and lunch in the first pocket. My back is comfortable since there are two cushioned panels separating me from my pack. Worth the price tag. I have to get nerdy for this bag, sorry.
Really Nice Bag January 12, 2010
Gear Junky
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
Got this for a 2-week trip overseas after doing a lot of research online and I gotta say I love it.
It holds a lot of equipment (Canon 20D body no grip, 10-22mm EFS, 24-70mm 2.8 L, 70-200mm 2.8 L, 420EX flash, 2 soft boxes (folded), 2 battery chargers, blower, lens cleaning fluid, video cable, USB cable, MacBook 13.3 in neoprene sleeve, Mac power adapter) and I still had a compartment left for another small lens. I could even get the 20D with 70-200mm 2.8L lens on with its hood facing out into the center compartment if I took out the dividers.
And yes, the MacBook is not a typo. You can actually fit a 13.3" MacBook in a neoprene sleeve inside the flap over all the equipment. This was a big worry of mine since I carry a laptop wherever I go pretty much and it didn't have a dedicated slot for that which would have been it's only negative.
The equipment was easy to access but as someone else stated, the bottom compartments take a bit to get at so smaller items are best for those areas which is exactly what I did.
The bag carries a lot but still feels compact on your back and is not bulky like the AW Rover that bangs every seat down an airplane aisle even when you've cinched up the waist belt and maneuver around to avoid banging into seats. This one is compact enough that it stays in the aisle even when wearing it on one shoulder.
The waist belt and harness are very comfortable for not having cinch straps at the top and it pulls the bag to your back nice and tight when you have the chest strap on. Btw, they use a rail that the chest strap slides up and down for adjustment instead of gliding on the shoulder strap. This may be good or bad. I've never had the other type come off, but if it did I guess it would be a catastrophic failure that you can't recover from. This one came off after it got caught in the wheels of a cart. I was able to shove it back on although with quite an effort.
I love the look which is somewhat rounded and doesn't look like a camera bag. Also, the straps at the top held my Goretex shell well and didn't make the whole thing look bulky. They can double for securing a tripod on each side or in the middle back which is nice to have those options.
I put the separately sold bottle holder on one of the lock loops of the waist belt, which served as a miscellaneous goods holder for keys, wallet, lip balm, etc. that I needed quick. When I put the contents inside the bag, the bottle holder folded down nicely to be completely non-obtrusive.
Someone else brought this up in their review but I love the fact that since the opening is on the back side, the AW cover doubles as a ground sheet. You don't need to take it off to get at your gear.
This is great for longer trips and day hikes. It was a bit bulky to be unnoticed when walking around town but not enough to not be able to bring it along with me wherever I went even in the busiest areas of Tokyo. (even some of the trains at rush hour, granted you have to take it off and hold it)
There's nothing I don't like about this bag so far.
Ah, except that one piece of the chest strap connector broke from normal use. One of the 3 prongs on the inner piece. Maybe it was a badly molded lot or maybe the fact that the plastic is very stiff (but that gives it a very secure lock). However, it still stuck with only the other half holding it which I thought was kind of cool. But it shouldn't have broken in the first place so I'll be asking for a replacement.
Definitely 5 stars.
Holds many lenses with Hoods when reconfigured December 13, 2009
Hillbilly Joe (East Tennessee)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
One of the features I have found missing on many reasonably sized backpacks is he ability to hold multiple lenses with hoods. After reconfiguring, this one can do it. The bottom velcro strips run full length of backpack interior allowing you to run the main partitions side to side instead of up and down.
For example, mine is now configured as
-upper section has Canon 5D sideways and turned on its edge with normal zoom (24-105) and hood reversed
-middle section has another Canon 5D sideways with telephoto zoom (100-400 or 70-200) and hood reversed
-lower section has wide zoom (17-40) on end with hood reversed plus 100mm macro with hood reversed either on end or laying down
With this arrangement all lenses but the telephoto zoom can be interchanged with the one on the camera in the upper section.
Note that retrieving items from lower section is partitially obstructed by the cover that does not open all the way - that's what supports the backpack while you have it open when attached by belt strap only. This is a problem in retrieving large squared off objects from that section but not in retrieving lenses.
Unlike the Slingshot series that is preconfigured similar to the above, this gear is carried comfortably, thanks to the full shoulder strap system and lumbar support on the Flipside that was missing on the Slingshot.
The stretchy pockets for water bottles and such are on both sides and have a sliplock strap above them also.
The upper section seems a bit deeper than the rest of the backpack interior so as to better accomodate pro cameras or cameras with battery grips.
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