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The Airport Takeoff™ bag is the new standard in a rolling camera backpack. Think Tank Photo has designed a transportation solution that combines the portability of a backpack with the ease of a rolling suitcase.

Top Features:
  • Holds up to two pro or regular size DSLR bodies with or without lenses attached
  • Holds up to 400mm f/2.8 (tight with lens cap) and other assorted lenses
  • INTERNATIONAL and USA domestic carry on size
  • Quickly deployable/concealable backpack straps
  • Front cable & lock to secure laptops
  • Lockable zipper sliders
  • Compatible with Think Tank Artificial Intelligence 15 and 17 laptop case

Gear Profile:
  • Holds up to 400 f/2.8 (tight with lens cap) and other assorted lenses
  • Holds up to two pro or regular size DSLR bodies with or without lenses attached
  • Holds 15” laptops and some 17" laptops
  • Front cable & lock to secure laptops

Photographer Profile:
  • All photographers, from pros to serious enthusiasts.

Technical Specifications:
  • ID: 13”W x 18.5”H x 5.25 – 6.75”D (33 x 47 x 13 – 17cm)
    ED: 14”W x 21”H x 8”D (35.5 x 53 x 22cm)
  • Weight: 8.6 – 10.3 lbs (3.9 – 4.7 kg) (depending on accessories used)
  • Lifetime Warranty
Features:
Backpack Straps The backpack straps can be tucked away yet remain exposed while the Airport TakeOff™ rolls along.
Converts to a backpack When you are ready to use it as a backpack, simply collapse the extendable handle and pull out the backpack straps.
What fits The TakeOff™ can carry regular size DSLRs across the top of the bag and/or pro size DSLRs along the sides. A Nikon D90 and D3 are shown above.
Rear Panel Cover The rear panel covering can be easily zipped open or shut to hide or expose the backpack straps.
Tripod and Monopod Cup A tripod or monopod can be carried on the side of the Airport TakeOff by using the straps and tripod cup included with the bag.
Stretchable Side Pocket A monopod can be carried in the stretchable side pocket and stabilized near the top of the bag with the included monopod strap.
Front Flap The cable and lock are inside the clear pocket andunderneath the front flap on the Airport TakeOff. The Artificial Intelligence 15 fits in the front pocket.
Extandable Handle Open the zipper flap on top of the Airport TakeOff to reveal the extendable handle.
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Overall Product Rating:     

This bag is incredibly amazing! Was able to fit a good amount of gear -- 2 Nikon Bodies, 14-24, 18-200, 3 primes, 2 flashes, pixel pocket rocket, laptop, and a bunch of accessories. Owned it only for a few months now but so far so good!

I can't tell you enough about how much I LOVE this bag. I bought it to go to Vegas. I carried Canon 5D Mk2 & 1D MkIII Bodies, 70-200L, 24-105L, 85L, 15 Lens. a 580 II and other odds and ends. The thing that really makes this bag great is to be able to go from back pack to wheels. I covered a lot of ground and the bag was fantastic!! Bravo Think Tank!!

4-section handle is extremely flimsy. The dividers design is much to be desired. Very challenging to re-organize. Heavy

WOW, what an amazing bag. Great concept, great construction. A true roller bag and a true backpack all rolled into one. I can fit all my gear plus laptop and accessories in one bag. For a more detailed review visit my blog at: http://powerphotography.blogspot.com/2010/03/think-tank-airport-take-off-review.html

Great bag, well built. I travel the us every weekend and the bag serves me well I can fit all my gear plus my laptop in one bag. The interior design is a little shallow but has to be for the telescoping handle. Great bag definetly recomend.

There is alot to like about this bag but there are also some nagging issues. The dividers are VERY hard to configure and you may find that you cannot organize they way you want. I wish there was a way to remove the straps to save weight, the bottom has many ridges and bumps due to the handle being retractable. How hard would it be to add a flat bottom to cover the handle so that all the space is flat? I like the handles, wheels and the zippers and I believe this bag will suit me but I was slow to warm up to it. Once I finally got it configured (with help from Think Tank) it has been much more useable.

Just what I needed. I was carrying my gear in a Tenba backpack but it just got too heavy going through airports. This rolling bag is very convenient and I can pick it up if I need to. Holds all the gear I need; two camera, three lenses and my laptop. Great product.

great product, very useful for our needs. My wife and I use this bag for travelling. We used to bring our own cameras (canon 5D mk II each, zoom camera + 1 extra lens) so we both carry them in our own backpack. Now we can put everything in this roller back, plus laptop and once we get to the destination we can unpack in the hotel and travel light... minor issue in handle and undetachable strap. In overall its a great stuff, thanks Thinktank!!

I purchased this bag for a trip to Canada to photograph the first Gran Fondo Whistler Bike Race. I packed a Nikon D2Hs, D700, SB800 flash, 70-200mm, 14-24mm, spare batteries of every kind, a load of memory cards in the Thinktank Pixel Pocket Rocket, my Hydrophobia 70-200, a Manfrotto Monopod strapped to the side, Marmot MemBrain Rainjacket and Pants,two hats, shaving gear, extra socks and clothing and my 14 inch laptop. It was all I needed! I was in and out of the airport and through security in record time! This is my new Favorite Bag next to my Airport Security and my Streetwalker Pro. The backpack straps in this bag were very comfortable to use when I was on location and had to move quickly between photo locations.The D rings on the straps let me clip my Cameras right to the case. Excellent design! Ralph Auletta

Funny story. When we were coming back from eloping in Jackson Hole, we were in the gate area at O'Hare and I had my laptop in the outer pocket of the Airport Takeoff in a laptop sleeve. This woman was walking around the gate area tagging bags for gate-check. She came to me and I gave her the "I don't think so" look. She said, there's no way that bag is fitting in the overheads on this plane. On the outbound trip, I had taken the laptop sleeve out of the bag and it fit (albeit tight) in the same model plane's overhead bin on the way there and put the laptop under the seat in front of me. My wife and I got into it with the gate attendant and I made her call the terminal supervisor over since I wasn't about to let them toss my $15,000.00 worth of camera gear under the airplane. Unfortunately, we ended up making a big scene in the terminal and kept asking them to just let me TRY it and see if it would fit. The stubborn gate attendant kept refusing and I finally convinced the supervisor to let me try when our turn came to board. He actually went down into the plane with me and watched me try. The overhead storage bins were definitely not very big, but it just barely fit after I took the laptop out of the front pocket and I smirked and gave him the "I told you so" look and he smiled and apologized for the hassle. I'm hoping he gave that gate attendant a mouthful when he got back out to the terminal. There was also PLENTY of room in the overhead bins for my laptop and winter jacket since they made so many other people gate-check their bags.

A friend of mine originally ordered this for herself, but due to the speed she needed a roller bag for a wedding she had coming up, decided to go the Lowerpro version. Her loss. So I said I would pay the difference to have this ThinkTank. I have never liked Lowerpro's bags that I have owned in the past, and was ready for a change and shift of loyalty. I was pleasantly surprised by the Takeoff v2.0. It's well made, ease of use and fits my gear nicely and snuggly when I travel and is the right size to use as carry on luggage. The only negative I can find with the bag is the handle, if this was a lot stronger, i'd give the bag 5 stars. The handle could also be a touch longer in my opinion. I'm sure the handle will be rectified in the next model. A great bag otherwise for a good price. Thanks ThinkTank!

loved the bag..taking 2 bodies and 4 lens with 2 flash ...just awesome. cant ask anything better then this..

Just did a whirlwind trip to Tuscany for some photo/video work and chose the Airport Takeoff bag at the last minute -- it was wonderful! Multiple flights and airports were no problem (could the telescoping handle be stronger? it doesn't seem any worse than any other suitcase) and it always fit in the overhead bins. With the DSLR body, battery pack, 17-50mm, 70-200mm, 50mm, Zoom H4n, Sennheiser headphones, Rode Video mic, Sennheiser G2 wireless mics, AT897 shotgun mic, Genus Follow Focus, Z-Finder Pro, Lacie drive, 3-port power/usb strip, 5 batteries, 12 AA batteries, tripod plates, 2 litepanels, cables, MacBook Pro 17", flashlight and several Clif bars all fit inside with no problem! Sure, I had to fit my little shoulder rig into my suitcase, but for a mobile video/photo kit bag, it sure was nice to have everything in one bag. It was a bit heavy with all that gear, but nobody took notice of it. A keeper and I recommend it (as long as you get a laptop sleeve).

This is quite an unique bag, what with the stroller with straps strategy! Holds comfortably a whole lot of gear. I stuffed 2 bodies (D700 w/grip, D300s), 5 lenses including 2.8-trio (70-200 attached to D700 w/grip), all regular camera accessories and 1 SB-900, not to mention the Macbook. Couple of snags, the outer material strains under the weight of all that gear so it stretches a bit too much around the handle stitching for my taste. The factory-default padding arrangement does not work well with a pro-size dslr with 70-200 attached. Also the U-shaped cuts are not very kind to necks of most Nikon lenses I use, so had to shove the camera down into them to make it fit. Overall, a good bag for a decent price that holds a lot of gear and still disappears inside a plane overhead bin is a good bag for me.

My wife laughs at me because I have about as many ThinkTank bags as I do fleece jackets - and that's a lot. When it comes to bags though each seems to serve a different purpose. The reason I bought the TakeOff was because I've been having problems of late getting my usual ThinkTank case onto aircraft if I'm not among the first to board. The problem is the original case doesn't always fit straight up and down in the overhead, and often requires a sideways turn. That takes a lot more space than you have hope for if you board late. The International solves that, but in buying a case that's just a few inches shorter I wanted to have one additional option no other roller in the line has, and that's backpack straps. Very often in the winter, or across gravel roads, you just can't always drag behind you. Wheels are important though because on so many trips the long haul through O'Hare with only a backpack is back-breaking. Doing a lot of sports photography too, I was looking for a case that would allow me to carry the minimal required asset to shoot football: 2 bodies, 400 2.8, long zoom, and short zoom. This fit exactly that combo, although not in the configuration I expected. The case is long enough for a 400 and hood attached to a body. But the frame encasing the wheels doesn't allow a normal Mark4 or similarly sized camera to fit a the top of the bag without substantially stressing the lid. You can do it, but I don't recommend it. I did find the 400 fit well with a hood straight up and down, and where the bodies would be a long zoom sideways, and short zoom vertically fit snugly. The bodies fit better into the side well side-by-side. The long zoom hood is a problem solved by using a soft hood instead. It fits magnificently in any overhead. Aside from the price, which is a touch spendy, my major gripe is that I'd like to see the depth at the top of the bag accommodate a higher end body with motor. You won't have space to do bodies side-by-side, but by having one body top, and one on the side, enables one side slot with depth to accommodate that long zoom or another lens straight up and down. This is an outstanding bag, and I will use it as much as any other bag I own. At least, that's what I tell my wife.
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Airport TakeOff™ Rolling Camera Bag

Product: TT498
Rolling backpack with quickly deployable backpack straps.
$329.75
Customer Rating: (15 reviews)
Quantity: In Stock

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