Customer Reviews for Peak Design - Camera Cube Large - Black
Customer Rating
5
An excellent bag for organising my camera gear
on December 21, 2020
Posted by: Andrew
I bought a small camera cube to carry my DSLR and 2 small lenses, along with some other accessories. It protects my gear while allowing me to pack it in my luggage for travelling, or carrying it with a sling when I'm outdoors.
I recently received my medium size camera cube, and love it. I started using PD stuff years ago with my Messenger Bag, and have been happy ever since. My collection of German camera bodies and lenses outgrew my small cube, and this medium one fit my requirements perfectly. In fact, the two cubes work beautifully together. Workmanship is excellent. I am a parachute rigger, and can definitely appreciate the skill and quality of the products.
Bought the small cube just for my drone. It's bigger than I though it was and it barely fits on the top portion of lowepro hiking backpack. It's very light and the velcro is strong. I wish that the side pocket was a little bigger. It does fit the Mavic Pro Drone easily (even though a rep said it wouldnt). I currently have the drone, remove, propellers plus extras, charger and a spare battery in the bag and it fits just fine! It would fit another battery if you have one!
First off, let me just say the build quality of this is top notch. The dimensions are perfect whereas many other bags were too large in one dimension or another to efficiently pack in my gear. I'm able to fit my D7100, 70-300 f/4.5-6.3, 35 f/1.8, a 10-20 f/4.5-5.6, a filter pouch, , camera strap, and a small charger in here. My only gripe would be that I'm not sure why they tapered one end of the bag, and I wish that it was on the other end of the zippered opening, as it means I can only keep my lenses at the back of the pouch, requiring me to open it all the way to reach them when I've got this stuffed vertically into a backpack.
I needed a cube to fit in my pack to go on multi-day hikes. The design and construction of the cube is excellent. The attention to detail and little inclusions like the floating pocket sets it apart from other products. The only downside is depth is just not big enough to comfortably fit a 1DX MkII, the top of the camera pokes through the top and is a bit difficult to access through the side panel. If it was just a bit deeper it would be a perfect cube.
The medium camera cube is excellent! It fits my camera and four of my lenses in it as well as my DJI drone and each devices' charging components. It fits perfectly in my travel bag and it even has loops on it that you can attach a strap to which I have done when I needed it for an on-the-go project. I'm a very happy photographer/videographer.
Purchased the small cube, and its perfect for what gear I have. The folding pieces are cool to be able to adjust based on your needs, and the anchor I think is one of its best features where you can attach a sling to it, and just carry the bag out when traveling.
This small camera cube combined with a backpack has been the solution I've been searching for. I've always been frustrated by photography backpacks, which seem to be oriented for Pros that want to take their photography gear on a hike. As opposed to hobbyist who want to go on a hike and bring some of their gear with them. Most of the time it's >75% photogear by volume with a bit left over for stuff. I needed the opposite, enough volume to carry hiking supplies along with my kids stuff, and then have a good space for some camera gear. In the end I found that the small camera cube fits well into the top of an REI Trail 40 Pack. The design of the pack allows you to open just the top and access the cube, or the side zipper to access your gear below. Unfortunately there is no way to secure the cube to the top portion of the bag so it just sits on my other gear, but that hasn't been a problem yet. I'm able to fit my D7500 with 35mm prime, a 70-300mm, a 10-20mm wide angle, and some other bits of photo gear. All in all I'm very happy with the setup.