Hi all.....
I had an opportunity for a good round of handling and comparison of Safrotto, Mekko camera bags while in China. Here's some of them.
- weatherproof- Both the Mekko and Saffrotto clone material are waterproof. Water will bead off upon contact and slip off the bag. Light to meduim rain would be okay. From a cup pouring perspective.......i guess heavy rain should be no problem.
- Internal compartments: There are variations to the internal compartment setup. The Safrotto padding compartment sewing quality seem a little bad compared to the mekko. SOme models allow removal of whole compartment to allow storage of the equipment while still in this padded compartment.
-Pricing: Both the clones prices are much lower than Domke - a bang for the buck. In china, they are sold with the shoulder padding together - not as accessories. Prices in "Hong Long" Shanghai is much cheaper than the shop in Nanjing Road ....
-Weather seal: On some larger models, there is an internal zipper cover which seal up the whole camera compartment from sand,dust and rain.
-Antislip Strap: The sholder straps are interleaved on the inner side with rubber to increase surface grip if the padding is not used.
All i can say is....if you are not brand concious, then these clones are good buy!!!! Well....looks like some ppl here got the bags from TCW....
rgds,
SUlhan
I had an opportunity for a good round of handling and comparison of Safrotto, Mekko camera bags while in China. Here's some of them.
- weatherproof- Both the Mekko and Saffrotto clone material are waterproof. Water will bead off upon contact and slip off the bag. Light to meduim rain would be okay. From a cup pouring perspective.......i guess heavy rain should be no problem.
- Internal compartments: There are variations to the internal compartment setup. The Safrotto padding compartment sewing quality seem a little bad compared to the mekko. SOme models allow removal of whole compartment to allow storage of the equipment while still in this padded compartment.
-Pricing: Both the clones prices are much lower than Domke - a bang for the buck. In china, they are sold with the shoulder padding together - not as accessories. Prices in "Hong Long" Shanghai is much cheaper than the shop in Nanjing Road ....
-Weather seal: On some larger models, there is an internal zipper cover which seal up the whole camera compartment from sand,dust and rain.
-Antislip Strap: The sholder straps are interleaved on the inner side with rubber to increase surface grip if the padding is not used.
All i can say is....if you are not brand concious, then these clones are good buy!!!! Well....looks like some ppl here got the bags from TCW....
rgds,
SUlhan