It’s simply too tight of a squeeze for the front of my hose. 1) Although I got the bladder to fit fine I could not make use of the H2O hose outlet as seen in the photos. There are few things to note about hydration for this pack. I had no issues putting a couple liters of water in my Camelbak bladder and getting it to fit in the hydration slot. A bladder inside the pack and thousands of dollars in gear is not a good combo. Hydration – Something I have asked for and I see is integrated in this pack is a place to put a hydration bladder that is outside of the pack with drain at bottom should it leak. I see no reason this won’t last through heavy use from the mountain trails to the urban back alley.
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My first one from them I still have from years ago and I love it because it’s bright red and in great shape but you can see the difference in materials and overall build compared to their newer packs. Soft comfortable padding between bladder and your back.īuild – Every generation of F-stop bags honestly gets better and better, this one is no exception. Compression straps also make it easy to adjust the depth for things like airline carry-on size restrictions.Zippered hydration bladder pocket with outlet for bladder hose. (By the way, F-Stop has an incredibly helpful website that displays dozens of possible configurations and provides a very good sense of what will and won’t fit in this bag: F-Stop Tilopa BC.)Īlthough I always use the large ICU that came with the Tilopa, filling it with camera gear, this is still a very versatile pack for someone who might have only a small amount of camera equipment and wants to haul other gear into the backcountry. The ICUs are available in a number of sizes, which allows some flexibility in how much space is dedicated to camera gear and how much is dedicated to other items. The F-Stop Tilopa with Large ICU (click to enlarge).į-Stop’s packs, including the Tilopa, are divided into two parts: the outer shell with its handy features (which I’ll discuss more below), and the ICU, the self-contained insert for stashing cameras, lenses, etc. No snow got in the pack, and everything was in place, thanks to the Tilopa’s well-designed Internal Camera Unit (ICU) and the stabilizing waist and shoulder straps, which kept the bag secure during my aerial display. But after a quick inspection, I saw that it was fine. (Full disclosure, I’m far from the strongest skier on the BLISTER roster.)Įmbarrassment aside, I was worried about my gear. As I barreled toward the trees, I suddenly dropped into a dip, yard-saled, flipped a few times, and found myself digging toward the surface. I dropped into two-plus feet of powder at the top of Niseko NoSawa, hoping to position myself below the riders set to charge through a birch grove.
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My first day testing the Tilopa pack was a February day in Niseko, Japan-in full whiteout. During recent shoots in the waist-deep powder of Niseko, Japan, hiking the ridge at Taos Ski Valley, and in the humid Caribbean climate of Nevis, I found the F-Stop Tilopa BC pack was exceptional in all three categories. Three things I look for to make this distinction are functionality, comfort, and weatherproofing. Any good camera pack will get your gear from A to B, but in my mind it takes a little more to make a pack great. Photographers love gear, and packs are an essential part of ensuring our equipment makes it around the world in one piece.
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(without ICU)ĭimensions (height x width x depth): 12 x 22 x 10 in.