Photography Vest

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Originally Posted by purduephotog

I've used them and don't like them.... but that's me. When you try to fit through a door you can smack your gear into the walls- it took ALOT more training and I never got the hang of knowing where my gear was in proximity to my surroundings.

With a vest your gear is spread out and is logically placed- with the belt- unless you have suspenders- it's going to sag... plus if you ever do find yourself able to sit you aren't going to like the idea of your 70-200 2.8L smacking into the floor because it's on your left hip

BUT- get one and try it out What worked for me works for me- what works for you may / is something totally different.

Thanks for the info. The biggest issue I'm having choosing either way is the fact that I don't want to 1) figure out how to return something to a retailer I'm not familiar with or 2) find I'm stuck with $80 worth of something that won't work because the retailer won't take it back.
So while I'd love to be able to just try stuff out, there's not exactly a place in town that sells this stuff and can let me try it in store, and I'd rather not deal with #2 right now. So I guess I need to check Amazon for some of this stuff, since I'm pretty sure they'll take stuff back. But until then, I'm basing my decision on what info I can get out of everyone who's tried these already and can tell me what they liked and didn't.