Customer Reviews for Peak Design - Field Pouch V2 - Charcoal
Customer Rating
5
Great organisation
on May 11, 2022
Posted by: James
from London, UK
I picked this up as a way of organising and keeping track of the little bits and pieces that are useful when travelling with cameras. Space for batteries, a couple of rolls of film, a GaN charger for tablet, camera, phone and laptop, as well as a couple of cables and adaptors, then a nice space in the back for Apple Pencil, real pencil, passport and a small notebook. Also love the versatility of being able to slip it onto a belt, or pair it with my Slide (which I prefer to the included strap) if you want to just carry your camera and a couple of essentials rather than a full bag when actually taking photos.
Used this pouch for a few months and I am loving it. One downside is that it does not have the most secure strap if you are jumping up and down with it. But overall with you need a sleek and functional small pouch then this is for you.
Everybody talks about it, but very few do it. This bag does it. It is solid to hold yet light. It encourages use by the way the top closure works. It hold all sorts of stuff; my charging block, three kinds of charge cords, a knife and a spare mask, and sometimes a wallet and keys, sometimes a Glock. Securely with thoughtful pockets. It also has an adaptable sliding strap only Peak Design could come up with. Quite the package. Note though, it screams “Hey mister, is that a purse your toting’ or are you just a tough hombre?” I think it’s great, but then I am a sucker for great design.
This bag gets one star, due to the Velcro being so incredibly harsh. The Velcro manages to snag and damage fabrics, including the nice PD strap I had bought for the camera in the bag. So far, it’s just aesthetic damage, but a lot of the allure of PD products is the clean look. A brand new Smartwool top was also damaged by the Velcro on this bag.
It is very harsh on the skin. I pulled my camera out of the bag to upload photos and the skin on my arm still hurts a bit from the abrasion.
I was being careful about it too, so I can’t imagine what it is like for someone out in the field who is trying to pull something from the bag quickly. I’m very disappointed, because I’ve only used the bag a couple of times, but I am outside of the return window because I bought it a few weeks in advance to take on a 10 day trip, so I’m just stuck with it and hoping I can alter it in some way. I simply can not endorse a product that causes damage to other products.
Bought it a couple weeks ago to protect a Fuji X100V while traveling. Overall it's doing great! I've been in pouring rain for hours and it still managed to keep my camera dry, and the possibility to use your own belt or the provided sling makes it very versatile.
I purchased this item hoping that I could use it as a daily carry bag. Although it is as described, I was disappointed in the practicality of its use. I though that it was more flexible than it is. The build quality is excellent, but, it too stiff for my use. My goal was to use is a quick camera bag in which I could place a 50mm or 24-70mm lens along with a cleaning cloth, etc. Unfortunately the size is too small to accomadate both and swap one out for my 200mm to be stored.
Maybe not exactly as it is intended but I love this pouch to throw all of my EDC stuff into. Having ADHD, I need organization but I’m not a “everything has a place and a place for everything” person. So this pouch is perfect because I can dump my wallet, chapstick, leatherman, etc. into it with out it all falling out. I’m organized enough with it. It was also instrumental in my recent trip to Disney World (paired with the Tech Pouch) to hold blister pads, aspirin, floss, and all of the other Disney World essentials.