Airline Stowaway Navy Canvas / Chocolate Leather Reviews

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Billingham are a family owned company, manufacturing camera bags for the world’s photographers since 1973 alongside a range of leisure and laptop bags. All bags are made in the West Midlands area of England, a region famous for manufacturing. A core reason for Billingham’s longevity is the fact that from the start, the Billingham family were determined that their products would always be made to the very highest standards from the best available materials to provide high levels of protection for their valued contents.

A notable feature of Billingham camera bags is that they are made from a distincive 3-layer waterpoof canvas that never needs reproofing. They also feature genuine top grain leather and solid brass details.

Like any premium product, the quality of materials, design and craftsmanship that goes into creating a Billingham means that it represents a significant investment. It’s important that they don’t just look beautiful, but that they do their job of protecting equipment wherever they are and whatever they’re being used for – year in and year out.

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I got the bag in the new Navy colour and it's brilliant. My first impressions were the bag has a nice quality, many pockets, but feels somewhat heavy for a small bag like this. The canvas tends to pick up some grey smudges on the top and I find myself scrubbing it way more than I thought I would. What I don't like are the noisy metal zipper ends which bang into each other while walking. I use this as a daily bag and it's fine for this purpose, but I find it overfills very easily only with the essentials - wallet, keys, phone, car key, car documents, face mask, tissues... These are all pretty small and even though the bag has several compartments I really miss an inside separation/pocket in the main compartment. While I fill the small things into the small pockets the bag swells and it's more difficult to hold, also doesn't look as good. This is why I started putting everything chaotically in the main compartment. What I want to praise is the outside back pocket which is absolutely perfect for carrying a big phone, like the one I use - iPhone Xs Max. Overall, I love the look and this is why the Airline Stowaway will be my main daily essentials bag for the time being. However, I think if the zippers are replaced with non metal ones (but still high quality) and a divider pocket is added to the main compartment, it would become almost perfect.
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