Traveling with a bunch of expensive camera gear, lenses, laptops, and tablets can be a pain in the backside. Especially when we want to make sure it all gets to our destination intact. One way to make sure it doesn’t fall foul of careless baggage handlers is to keep it with us as hand luggage. This means we need a camera bag that matches airline carry-on rules while being portably robust with it. Think Tank has a long history of solid transport options, with its third generation Airport International V3.0 the latest camera bag/rolling case to have landed on my test slab for evaluation, even though it originally first surfaced in 2016 and has been steadily selling since.
Designed for making the lives of us jet-set photographers and videographers just that little bit easier, there are, in addition to adjustable spaces for our image-making kit, pockets for laptops, tablets, and sundry accessories, a side strap to tether a tripod or lighting stand, high-quality YKK zips, plus even the carbon steel bearing wheels at the base are replaceable if needed. The impression given is that this is something of a Rolls Royce of rolling bags/cases. But can this behemoth of portable storage, say to meet ‘most’ airline carry-on requirements, do more miles to the gallon than lower-priced, more budget-conscious alternatives?
