Camera bag, found the shape and size I always wanted... but quality is kind of noble trash. Does someone know a better substitute ?

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I bought a Pullus D camera Bag. Well it costs less than a 3 month Lightroom abo, so I knew what I'm in for qualitywise.
Background:
I have plenty of bags, backpacks and troleys to carry my 1DX plus some fullsize lenses and I have the typical larger messenger bags which would carry a 80d, the and the 2.8 troika from 10 to 200mm. However this time I will travel 4 weks through Japan and China and I want to go light.

I need a messenger bag which is long but slim and not to deep. It should be able to carry the R7 with mounted 18-150, the RFS 10-18, The RF 50 1.8 and the RF 70-210 L 4.0
The bags I have fail me as the 70-200 with reverted lenshood needs some minnimum wide or height while the 50mm and the 10-18mm are very tiny and roll arround in their pockets.
Finaly the R7 with the 18-150 is compact and no very deep, in a classical messenger bag layout with one lens left, one at the right and the camera in the middle the camera lens combination almost rides on the dividers and leaves plenty of real estate unused.

The bag I found called D Pulluz is a perfect match by shape, only marginal space wasted, all lenses plus my speedbooster and the battery loader have found their place.

But....

The bag arrived today in an envelope of the size of a photo magazin. It has one large zipper which goes arrond all of 5 of the 6 walls the bag has.
The padding is well about the strength of a padded envelope, The shape of the bag is sustained more by the inside deviders than the outside shell.
The grip is made to probably hold 3 Kilo (max) The manufacturer sells the bag as waterthight up to x Atmospheres, well as I mentioned the bag has one big zipper going all arround and that zipper is of the kind you use for wallmart evening dress.

Now please have a look a the pictures I include does any one know a slim beast like that which is made from a decent quality?
 

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I bought a Pullus D camera Bag. Well it costs less than a 3 month Lightroom abo, so I knew what I'm in for qualitywise.
Background:
I have plenty of bags, backpacks and troleys to carry my 1DX plus some fullsize lenses and I have the typical larger messenger bags which would carry a 80d, the and the 2.8 troika from 10 to 200mm. However this time I will travel 4 weks through Japan and China and I want to go light.

I need a messenger bag which is long but slim and not to deep. It should be able to carry the R7 with mounted 18-150, the RFS 10-18, The RF 50 1.8 and the RF 70-210 L 4.0
The bags I have fail me as the 70-200 with reverted lenshood needs some minnimum wide or height while the 50mm and the 10-18mm are very tiny and roll arround in their pockets.
Finaly the R7 with the 18-150 is compact and no very deep, in a classical messenger bag layout with one lens left, one at the right and the camera in the middle the camera lens combination almost rides on the dividers and leaves plenty of real estate unused.

The bag I found called D Pulluz is a perfect match by shape, only marginal space wasted, all lenses plus my speedbooster and the battery loader have found their place.

But....

The bag arrived today in an envelope of the size of a photo magazin. It has one large zipper which goes arrond all of 5 of the 6 walls the bag has.
The padding is well about the strength of a padded envelope, The shape of the bag is sustained more by the inside deviders than the outside shell.
The grip is made to probably hold 3 Kilo (max) The manufacturer sells the bag as waterthight up to x Atmospheres, well as I mentioned the bag has one big zipper going all arround and that zipper is of the kind you use for wallmart evening dress.

Now please have a look a the pictures I include does any one know a slim beast like that which is made from a decent quality?

The closest thing I could find is the Gura Gear Chobe 13L. 36cm x 14xm x 23cm 0.8kg. The D Puluz is 37cm x 13cm x 20cm 0.75kg

The Chobe has the laptop sleeve, but the bag is expandable. Not really the same design philosophy. Not even Think Tank had something that matched up with the D Puluz, and they usually make everything.

For what it's worth, the Chobe is my favourite shoulder bag. I use Shimoda for roller and backpack. I am now happily done with camera bags unless one of them falls apart. I put the big white in a dedicated lens bag unless I'm flying, then it's jammed into the roller and the lens bag is checked..
 
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The bag in the pictures sort of looks similar to the Tenba BYOB line of bags. Those are intended as an inner bag to put in e.g. your larger backpack, but the messenger style ones such as the Tenba BYOB 10 also come with a strap. I have them in all sizes.

The Tenba stuff is extremely well made and available in a variety of sizes. I have personaly used the Tenba BYOB 10 with the strap as a small messenger style bag in a pinch and it stayed dry in light rain. The zipper and fabric are top notch quality-wise. The strap - while sturdy and of good quality - is rather basic and I think not as well made as a "real" messenger bag strap would be. You can easily attach your own better strap though if you want, the attachment points on the bag side are really sturdy.

Lots of camera stores seem to carry Tenba, so I recommend you just try it out for yourself.
 
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Now please have a look a the pictures I include does any one know a slim beast like that which is made from a decent quality?
They aren't quite as long as you would like, but the mirrorless movers by Think Tank are good. That is what I store my M system in.

I am also looking at the Gura Gear Chobe as a future replacement to my computer bag. So, not exclusively a messenger bag, but the middle compartment does fit your specs pretty well. While I do not currently own them, I have a Gura Gear bag that is excellently designed and manufactured. One of my favorites.

I've been using the McKinnon backpack from Nomatic but am looking for a backpack of similar quality but is deep enough to hold my R1/R3. I have yet to see one deep enough to hold a full body camera.
So much of the world has moved to mirrorless. I use two different systems when traveling with my 500 f/4 II, either of which should easily fit an R1.
I have the Firstlight 40L. Great bag, comfortable carry. Primary issue is it is basically a bit camera cube. Not much else. But, that is how I use it. Looks like they now have a 35L or 45L

I also have played with using a F-Stop XL Pro ICU. This can fit into several of their and other backpacks that fit ICUs (I use mine in a Pacsafe pack). It also fits inside my carry-on luggage.
 
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I have the medium sized one and can only get 1 full size body in it (in the top compartment) unless I sacrifice a lot of space and lay the camera on its back. If it were about 1.5” deeper it would be perfect.
What lens do you normal have mounted. If I have the lens I can mount it on the R3 and check the fit if you think it would help. The 13 is an 1.5" deeper than the 8L.
 
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length is not the issue (oh God this is going to turn into a joke) it is the depth of the camera body. If I put the camera in with it standing up, the camera body is about 1-1.5" above the top of the "cube" that it sets in and I have a bump when I zip it closed. I can put the R1 or R3 body in the top compartment and put lenses only (or my R5M2 without the battery grip) in there and be fine. I really want to carry both the R3 and R1 together with a couple of lenses but since I cannot put the body in there unless I lay it down on its back, I cannot fit all that in there.
 
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Only because I feel obligated at this point I will start with.....that's what she said....

It makes since that you want to carry both the R3 and the R1 with some lenses. That bag is decent size but it would be a stretch with those two bodies. I normally have one set up for grab and go and two extra lenses in the bag.
 
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I do have a separate camera bag that I got with my old rebel T2i that I could carry the second camera in I guess. This would work well for my XC and track shoots, now if I can find it. When I go hiking, I generally only carry my R5M2 and leave the battery grip off of it as I do not generally do a high volume of shooting on these treks, plus I am typically focusing on less weight instead of a plethora of shooting options. I would eventually like to find a backpack that is large enough to get both bodies in along with 2 lenses and consolidate into one pack, but I don't want it to be massive.
 
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