The Lowepro Pro Runner 450 AW has stood up to a beating this last week. Being rained on, shoved into a tight baggage rack, trapped in tube train doors, having a fight with a 350 year old suit of armour and still comes out looking great.

I’ve had a number of shoots across London over the past 10 days and thought this would be the ideal bag to get my kit in and make it portable.

The bag has plenty of room. I can happily get two pro bodies, 5 lenses (including a 70-200 f/2.8L IS USM), 3 speedlights, 4 pocket wizards and numerous other kit.

The bag is well padded, providing a whole selection of padded dividers. There are plenty of straps around the top/front of the bag that are ideal for keeping the bag tight. That’s important. Especially on a tightly packed tube train. The size of the bag is just right for getting all the stuff you need in it. It feels heavy to hand carry, but with the well padded shoulder straps it does not feel heavy at all on your back. Because it’s so big, it does tend to get in the way of other people. I even managed to catch it on some armour at the Tower of London shoot, breaking one of the strap buckles. The build quality from Lowepro shone through though, with the buckle still being useable depsite the break.

There is a very handy small pocket at the front of the bag. I used this to put my Oyster Travelcard in, which made it very easy to get access to as well as other items such as passport.

Under the lid of the bag is a set of pockets, ideal for storing paper work, books, pens and other stuff!

I found it really handy while shooting the Skateboarders from todays shoot. I spent a decent amount of time moving around the skate park. I didn’t want to leave my stuff in a single place and the need to switch between bodies and lenses in an unknown situation/location meant this bag came into it’s own.

The bag is shown below, modeled by me and I have thrown in a few photos from todays shoot.