Honu
lost on the mainland
a guy out with two little kids in tow has to have a bag almost
I think a single guy with a bag looks funny for sure a dad with kids I think it can blend in enough these days
Non-tacticle ccw
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a guy out with two little kids in tow has to have a bag almost
I think a single guy with a bag looks funny for sure a dad with kids I think it can blend in enough these days
Schattenjager
Expedition Leader
A lot of people carry some sort of 'purse' - dad or not. School, work and our digital lives consume space. I see a lot of folks with packs in Target and at restaurants etc.and nowadays no one really gives it a second look if it's not festooned with mole webbing and GLOCK patches. I want one thing to carry all my gear, water and a ccw when merited that will allow for my current inventory of gear and blend in. As someone said, I want a pedestrian pack and will make it work vs. advertising via a tacticool anything.
robert
Expedition Leader
5.11 makes some concealed packs too.
http://www.511tactical.com/All-Products/Bags-Backpacks/COVRT.html
http://www.511tactical.com/All-Products/Bags-Backpacks/COVRT.html
Schattenjager
Expedition Leader
The problem with 5.11 covert is every tacticool minded guy and gal (cops etc.) will know it, defeating the purpose to a degree.
I have ordered the Blade 24 and will post pics once it arrives. A lot of folks use it for ccw and it blends in with the outdoor crowd, metro casual crowd and the school crowd pretty well. Well, at least from the photos I've seen online.
I have ordered the Blade 24 and will post pics once it arrives. A lot of folks use it for ccw and it blends in with the outdoor crowd, metro casual crowd and the school crowd pretty well. Well, at least from the photos I've seen online.
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Every Miles A Memory
Expedition Leader
This question gets brought up all the time in the camera forums when folks are asking about being able to carry their expensive camera gear without telling people they're carrying it. Something I've thought about, had others say it works great and can see how indiscreet it would be would be to use a diaper bag.
No one would give it a second look even if you're not carry a kid with you. Cops would never look at it, thugs wouldn't even notice it and they come in all sizes, colors and looks. If I was going to carry one, I'd probably make it look as girly/babish as possible so people would just think "He's going to pick up his kid" when in reality I'd have my camera, my Glock and what ever else I'd be carrying with me
Go to Babies-R-Us and check out the entire isle of diaper bags
No one would give it a second look even if you're not carry a kid with you. Cops would never look at it, thugs wouldn't even notice it and they come in all sizes, colors and looks. If I was going to carry one, I'd probably make it look as girly/babish as possible so people would just think "He's going to pick up his kid" when in reality I'd have my camera, my Glock and what ever else I'd be carrying with me
Go to Babies-R-Us and check out the entire isle of diaper bags
Honu
lost on the mainland
depending on how you are using your camera gear once you pull that big white lens out of a baby bag the gig is up !!!!
if I am out street shooting (dont really do that anymore) I tend to have my camera at hand or tucked in a jacket etc...
so the guy with no kid nice camera in hand and baby bag ? I think in reality it then is OH he has gear in his baby bag
I would rather just use a normal day pack etc..
being a pro photographer and having lived in Central America and South Pacific islands like Micronesia etc.. I think just protecting your gear and carrying in what works is key
shooting with less gear or no big white lens can be more stealthy and not bringing every piece of gear is what I have done over the years of shooting
when I lived in Central America and did some street stuff since I lived their I had more local clothing I bought their so my shoes pants etc.. looked like a local white guy at least I tend to let them get dirty and I smelled kinda unshaved not clean so looked like a poor expat bum and tried to be discreet with my gear in a old beat up day bag and I traveled by public bus everywhere for a month straight doing this up through Guatemala and never got a second look the camera I used was my nikonos with 35 mm lens this was film days so small discreet camera I left my N90s and big gear at home
stealth modes can be handy though coleman coolers at the beach are a good example ! also people dont usually break in trucks to steal coolers that is one thing I used to use to drop my gear bag into !
at the beach it gives you a place to sit the sand has a long way to travel up and into the lid so your gear stays cleaner ! you can stand on it you can pose people on it if you want to do more formal sitting type shots to get above them a bit the ones with wheels actually roll on the sand and if you are taking pics and busy its big easy to see so hard for someone to grab and run with it
if I am out street shooting (dont really do that anymore) I tend to have my camera at hand or tucked in a jacket etc...
so the guy with no kid nice camera in hand and baby bag ? I think in reality it then is OH he has gear in his baby bag
I would rather just use a normal day pack etc..
being a pro photographer and having lived in Central America and South Pacific islands like Micronesia etc.. I think just protecting your gear and carrying in what works is key
shooting with less gear or no big white lens can be more stealthy and not bringing every piece of gear is what I have done over the years of shooting
when I lived in Central America and did some street stuff since I lived their I had more local clothing I bought their so my shoes pants etc.. looked like a local white guy at least
I tend to let them get dirty and I smelled kinda unshaved not clean so looked like a poor expat bum and tried to be discreet with my gear in a old beat up day bag and I traveled by public bus everywhere for a month straight doing this up through Guatemala and never got a second look the camera I used was my nikonos with 35 mm lens this was film days so small discreet camera I left my N90s and big gear at home stealth modes can be handy though
coleman coolers at the beach are a good example ! also people dont usually break in trucks to steal coolers that is one thing I used to use to drop my gear bag into ! at the beach it gives you a place to sit the sand has a long way to travel up and into the lid so your gear stays cleaner ! you can stand on it you can pose people on it if you want to do more formal sitting type shots to get above them a bit the ones with wheels actually roll on the sand and if you are taking pics and busy its big easy to see so hard for someone to grab and run with it
Dave Bennett
Adventurist
Yup, you can't get more "gray man" than that...
"The Grey Man is always invisible in plain sight.
The Grey Man is totally aware of his environs, his own capabilities or lack thereof, his weaponry and his levels of competence with that weaponry. He constantly strives to improve upon both his capabilities and competence. In public, he is always respectful, even to the point of obsequiousness if the situation calls for it. He always appears to be just a little confused by what is happening around him, while in reality he is alertly doing a tactical assessment.
The Grey Man NEVER draws attention to himself by word, dress, action, or mannerism. The Young Grey Man is dismissed as a wimp, the Older as a doddering old fool. The Grey Man derives great inner satisfaction from having this portrayal of himself accepted by all he meets, for it means he is succeeding in his disguise of his actual persona."
http://westernrifleshooters.blogspot.com/2007/05/next-steps-grey-man.html
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nwoods
Expedition Leader
Pretty nice! I enjoyed this video walking you through all the features: http://videos.511tactical.com/videos/88/covrt-18-backpack
1911
Expedition Leader
LOL, I've got that one down cold!
"Be polite, be professional, but have a plan to kill everybody you meet."
- Maj. Gen. James Mattis, as quoted in Fiasco: The American Military Adventure in Iraq (2006) by Thomas E. Ricks
Schattenjager
Expedition Leader
The Ar'teryx Blade 24 came in for me to check out today, but I did not get it. Nice bag, but rigidly made and the compartment I would use for cww was not easily accessed and printed horribly. Now looking at the much less expensive Mantis 24...
Every Miles A Memory
Expedition Leader
This thread would be so much cooler if people posted photos of what their bags looked like. I'd like to see that Ar'teryx Blade 24
Schattenjager
Expedition Leader
I didn't think about pics while I was checking out the bag. It is VERY well made per Arc'Teryx's reputation. Post #14 I included a rather good video review of the Blade. Here is is again in case you missed it!