Livin' large at the Karachi Outpost

tlittleton · June 7, 2005

I just got my new Crumpler Karachi Outpost (formerly the Brian's Hot Tub), and all I can say is: WOW!! That's a hell of a bag! Even with my laptop and all photo gear..I've still got a ton of room. Those 140g Cherry Ripes fit great in there too....

If anyone's looking for one of these, I found a great seller on ebay that has most of the Crumpler models in stock for very good prices. I paid $160 for the KO. That was the best price I found on the net among those that had them in stock.

ehughes · June 7, 2005

Thomas, can you post some pictues of the bag? I'd like to see what they have changed..

Thanks,

Ed

tlittleton · June 7, 2005

ehughes wrote:

Thomas, can you post some pictues of the bag? I'd like to see what they have changed..

Thanks,

Ed

You bet. Soon as I can get some up I will. Probably this afternoon.

robscomputer · June 7, 2005

I ordered the KO and Whickey Cox but the Whicky Cox is too small for all of my gear. The KO hasn't arrived yet but I hope it's more room and enough for two camera bodies. The Whicky was just too light was my small amount of gear.

Does your KO also have the tripod strap on the back? I was worried that Crumpler discontinued the tripod strap from their stock photos but glad it was included on production packs.

Rob

tlittleton · June 7, 2005

here's some pics of it
Here are some pics for the KO for those interested.

The bag front and back...yes there is a tripod strap on the front of the bag:

It opens from the back. There's no way this bag comes open when you're wearing it. The laptop compartment is more than adequate for a 17" laptop. There's a zippered "screen door" over the camera compartment to keep things in:

Cool thing here...both the camera compartment and laptop sleeve are removable from the bag. Also, every piece of the camera compartment is removable. You can use all or none or somewhere in between:

Even the velcro straps that hold bodies and lenses in are removable. The compartment is also deep enough to allow a small telephoto (75-300 pictured) to stand.

The padding on this thing is outrageous! The straps are padded a good half-inch, while the back padding is at least an inch. Very comfortable.

So that's the KO.

ehughes · June 7, 2005

Thanks Thomas...

Nikolai · June 7, 2005

Wow, thanks for the details!
*Way* better visual than anything I could find on the 'Net!
Muchas gracias, amigo!

Cheers!

robscomputer · June 8, 2005

Awesome! Mine should arrive soon, looks like it's the perfect size for my gear.

BTW is that a Dell 600M? Just trying to get an idea of the overall size.

Thanks,
Rob

tlittleton · June 8, 2005

robscomputer wrote:

BTW is that a Dell 600M? Just trying to get an idea of the overall size.

Thanks,
Rob

It's a D600, which is the Latitude version of the Inspiron 600M

wxwax · June 8, 2005

Excellent display, thanks Thomas. As Nikolai said, much better than anything on the net. Can it take a Canon 70-200 attached to a body?

Andy · June 8, 2005

wxwax wrote:

Excellent display, thanks Thomas. As Nikolai said, much better than anything on the net. Can it take a Canon 70-200 attached to a body?

wxwax · June 8, 2005

andy wrote:

tlittleton · June 8, 2005

No problem guys. I didn't have another camera with me, otherwise I'd have taken one with a camera in the bag. Another excuse for the IR Reb...:D

wxwax wrote:

Excellent display, thanks Thomas. As Nikolai said, much better than anything on the net. Can it take a Canon 70-200 attached to a body?

Nikolai wrote:

*Way* better visual than anything I could find on the 'Net!
Muchas gracias, amigo!
Cheers!

robscomputer · June 9, 2005

Just got the KO today and took some pictures while I still had the WC bag.

This first picture just compares the sizes.
(L to R) LowePro Sealth Reporter 400, Whickey and Cox, Karachi Outpost.

Another shot of the same bags but with a Canon 10D for size reference.

Example of the rear zipper. This is actually the back, or part of the backpack that rests against your back.

Here the 10D/grip is sitting in the Whickey and Cox bag. Notice that the top prism doesn't clear the padding. I tested this with my notebook and the camera was actually resting the flash shoe aganist my computer!

Same view but with the Karachi Outpost, about 1 1/2 inches extra room.

Finally both bags side by side.

I'm going to test out the Karachi Outpost this weekend. My only complaint is it's a very big bag but nothing bad, just not used to the size.

Rob

ian408 · June 9, 2005

wxwax wrote:

Excellent display, thanks Thomas. As Nikolai said, much better than anything on the net. Can it take a Canon 70-200 attached to a body?

That looks like it will swallow a mkII and 300/f2.8 whole.

Ian

tlittleton · June 9, 2005

Seeing it now laid out like that, I'm glad I got the KO. I was going to get the Whickey and Cox or Customary Barge (Farmers Double), but I wasn't sure of the W&Cs size and I didn't like the size of the COs camera compartment.

Nikolai · June 9, 2005

Thanks Rob!
Another nice view of bag internals!
Very educational, helps alot!

larrycubs · July 16, 2007

KO Backpack
Can you send me the URL where you got such a great price!! I want one of these for a New Zealand trip.

Thanks

Larry

Livin' large at the Karachi Outpost

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