This was another one of my online whimsical lust for a new bag. Its disgusting. Disgusting how I cannot resist a wonderful bag when I see one. Well, yet another one of the 'Christmas gift' to myself reasons.... :)

I first laid my eyeballs on this bag via a blogsite on camera bags. This gentleman chucked a big *ss camera into it, and it fit like a glove amongst other things. It called out to me. The simple lines, tough looking zippers and fantastic colour. I always wanted a nice green bag, and this really caught my eye.

The bag is sleek, easy to use, and really more functional than a 'pretty bag'. Not that its ugly or anything, far from that I should say. It just works. That is crucial as I hit the gym, go to work, and sometimes hang out on the streets photographing anything that moves. The two zipper compartment is lined with hard as nails YKK zippers and pullers. The red straps you see on the leather 'things' are extras (you pay extra for them), and they are used to store items for example another pouch or a sleeping bag. Yup, its pretty long, so you can cut it according to your needs. Its too nice to cut it, so I'm just gonna leave it as that for the moment.

The front pocket is great for storing quick to get items such as wallets and your portable music equipment.  Its not really expandable, so maybe a regular novel would be the thickest item you would like to shove in.

Thanks to the wonderful Ricoh GRD4 macro mode, I am able to capture a close-up of the huge and rugged zippers and pullers. Rock on!

This was too sweet to pass on photgraphing it. I just had to. I love the colour combination.

This tag was awfully familiar and I know just where I saw it in my bag collection. Its on my Domke F2 canvas bag which are From my Domke camera bags which are coincidentally made in America too!

Made of 1000d Cordura material, its really nice to the touch, and gives you the assurance that its gonna last you awhile before you can say 'give up on me'. Read up more on the specifications of the bag here via Topo Designs.

I ordered mine online direct from Topo Designs as I did not have a local distributor in Singapore (Asia). Lucky me! Mark Hansen of Topo Designs shipped out this bugger of a bag within 2 days, and I got my itchy - scratchy hands on it within 1.5 weeks.

This is a cool design that allows you to shrink the bag if you dont need that wide a base length. The base when fully extended, fits my adidas running shoes comfortably. It will also sit my Nikon D3s camera, albeit without any form of cushion.

This is built to last and kick ass at the same time.

A really nice thing to have when you need to hang carabinas or some other funky stuff.

Rock on!

This image of the back of the bag when you shoulder it. The D Rings at the bottom left and right will come in handy if you need to add a waist strap to stablize the bag while trekking.

I have free stickers, and they are way cool for my Moleskin notebook for my travels :) Thank you Topo Designs! The extra zip pulls I bought for my Eastpak bag were too hard to resist...I just had to get them. 

Here we go springing into action in hot Singapore!