Think Tank Urban Access 10 Sling Bag for DSLR and Mirrorless Cameras

I own several Think Tank products for my camera equipment. I purchased this one for a trip to the UK and France in July. It holds lots of items including my Canon EOS R7 with the RF 100-400mm lens and hood, and 2 additional 3rd party lenses as well as memory cards, camera batteries, charger, and lens filters. It will allow me to pack sleek and light for international travel. It appears to be durable and is very comfortable to wear and easy to use.

I've gone through a ton of bags and cases throughout the past twenty years in my line of work, and this one is perfect in every single way for a run and gun/travel sling. I like to pack perfectly for the project at hand and this is my go to minimal kit. Easily holds Sony A7RV, Sony 70-200, Sony 24-105, Card case, 4 batteries, battery charger, shoulder sling & business cards. There is some room to spare here by the way. I could likely fit another prime lens and few more small tid bits. I also like to shoot with the sling on my side to support my long lens work. Yes, I am a Think Tank fan boy but for good reason. They make high-quality bags that just don't fail. And the support from them is unreal. 100% 5 star all the way here.

An ever better camera bag designed by Thinktank. Bought to replace the Turnstyle bag that is similar. This new design looks even better and is more stylish. It's significantly more expensive but given the durability and toughness of the bag, it should last you a lifetime if you take care of it.

I recently took this bag on a trip to Europe and the following are my thoughts:1. Bag capacity is surprisingly good. I had my Nikon Z6ii with a 24-200 lense plus extra batteries filters etc…. Everything I needed.2. Love the option to use either shoulder with sling. The bottom of sling can switch sides. Sadly the strap it attaches to is a bit to long and the Velcro doesn’t hole the strap in place. That being said it naturally stays in place and Velcro is not needed.3. I didn’t use the waist strap and can’t comment on that.4. I had to store my bottle of water inside the pack as there is no bottle holder on side. I understand that the bottle would fall out when you pull it around to remove camera. So no big deal there.Overall am very happy with purchase and would recommend this bag depending on your use case.

Purchased for my son who wanted the backpack for his photography business, works great.

This is a great walk around bag for my kit -- Canon EOS RP, EF 100mm f/2.8L macro and RF 24-105 f/4L zoom.There's room for a Speedlite, too. Just great and reversible.

Stuff I like:A smallish bag that rides well on my back.Fits larger lenses that most sling style bags won't.Better than the average "adequate" padding most bags provide.Reasonably good weatherproofing plus a rain cover.Not so much:Not a lot of storage space for more than your camera and a few lenses.No place to carry a water bottle or travel mug.Tripod storage just annoying!

Although I had no intention of using this bag as it was designed, I was initially intrigued in this bag due to the dual access. In this, the bag worked mostly as I figured and I was able to set it up for my compact Canon M50 kit similar to how I set up my Peak Design Everyday Backpack for my larger Canon T3i kit: the camera kit on one side and a decent-sized tripod on the other. I personally don't like having things like a tripod hanging on the exterior of a bag. For one reason - I don't like random people to see my gear unintentionally. Another reason - I don't like bulky items haphazardly hanging outside of the bag, possibly getting damaged, lost or stolen. So, I was able to set up the Urban Access 10 Sling Bag with everything contained inside the main compartment: a Canon M50 and four lenses in one side and a Slik Sprint Mini II completely enclosed in the other side. I did use the two included larger dividers to separate the interior into two main sections. I found that the medium dividers from a Peak Design Camera Cube fit almost perfectly to organize the camera side.Now that I have the bag set up with gear, it was time to try it out. Unfortunately, some annoyances caused me to abandon this bag after only a couple of uses:1. The strap is absolutely ruined by the ridiculously low-tech "excess-strap storage", which consists of manually winding the end of the strap and fastening it to the main strap with a Velcro loop. This makes the strap a fixed length without undoing the Velcro and the wound end. A sling bag needs a quick adjustment for the strap length, which is imperative for use and a simple feature totally missing from the Urban Access Sling Bags.2. The Velcro loop used to contain the excess strap is one of three parts of the strap that cause scrapes and friction burns when turning the bag around the body. "Slinging" the Urban Access Sling Bag is not smooth and due to its lack of a quick adjustment it does not slide without a struggle.3. The zippers for the main compartment opening are not very smooth and the flap cover distorts easily and doesn't sit back in place well enough for the zipper to go all the way around the three sides accurately.4. The zippered exterior side pockets surprising hold a lot less than they seem like they would. I insert one memory card and two LP-E12 batteries and that's all that fits in one pouch. The exterior side pockets also proved ineffective at fitting any substantial round filters.5. The front pocket is intended to hold one or two legs of a tripod. Since I intend to carry a trip inside the main compartment, I thought the front pocket would be great for non-camera accessories - mostly a water bottle and/or a light jacket. Although it did work for a single water bottle, that was about all that would fit. This pocket also has a clasp with a short adjustable strap that is difficult to slide.6. I had no intention of using this bag for its main feature - which is to be able to sling the bag from one shoulder to the other to alleviate shoulder strain. To facilitate this, ThinkTank designed a goofy, sliding attachment for the bottom of the shoulder strap. It works, but it's noisy both with its metal connection and the Velcro that poorly keeps the connection in place. Seeing as though one would still need to remove the bag in order to switch shoulders, I don't think it would be any more of a hassle to switch some sort of spring clip from one fabric loop to the other instead of sliding the metal connection across two Velcro spots. It would also be quieter than the loose hardware that is already on the bag.The ThinkTank Urban Access 10 Sling Bag suffers mostly from some poorly designed and executed features which, unfortunately, detracts from its limited smart features. In the end, I've had the bag too long to return it but have only used it twice. I have a lot of camera bags and I expect a lot from them, which is why my collection leans heavily towards Peak Design bags. Occasionally, I deviate and try a different brand but always end up going back to PD. ThinkTank did not succeed in getting me to like another brand of camera bag. Hopefully, whoever ends up buying my barely-second-hand ThinkTank Urban Access 10 Sling Bag will be able to look past all of its deficiencies and enjoy it. Until then, it sits with a collection of unused gear.