The protection of it is better than any other camera bag I’ve had and is quite spacious. I love knowing it has a place for my laptop too. I’m able to fit 3 lenses, my Canon 1DXII camera body, an emergency kit, a hard drive, 3 extra batteries (and just so you know, the 1DXII’s batteries are enormous), the Mavic Drone, it’s Remote Controller and all of the charging cables for my camera batteries and drone batteries… AS WELL AS my laptop… I literally can just pick it all up and go… wether it’s a simple product shoot at the studio, a lifestyle shoot out in the desert or I’m traveling to another country, it’s all there and still fits under the limits of carry on. It’s beauty in a camera case.
ONLY CONCERN: There have been some people note that the plastic bars holding the shoulder straps onto the pelican case broke and that DOES worry me a ton… I’ve got over $15k in equipment on my back and the last thing I want is to know I’m turning a corner or swinging it onto my back and the plastic bar breaks, the bag goes flying and smack hard pavement, leaving all of my gear in a heap of a mess. Cross my fingers that doesn’t happen, although I feel it’s kind of a pending event with how heavy it gets and how often I’ve got it suspended on my back.
I only have two suggestions; First, that Pelican would provide titanium rods or something that would prevent the shoulder straps from breaking and second would be color options for the interior and velcro inserts. I’d like to have it red, or black, or something different from the blinding yellow they chose.