ROADRUNNER AW 

For many years, I have been extolling the virtues of the Lowepro Roadrunner AW, the world’s largest legal carry-on.  In all of my extensive travels I have never once been told that the bag was oversized when I was traveling on a full-sized jet.  As is usually the case, many folks have been listening to what I have been saying. On most nearly everyone traveling by air is using this great bag because it allows you to maximize the amount of gear that you carry on while at the same time fully protecting your valuable photographic equipment.   You can learn more about the Roadrunner AW by clicking here:  http://www.birdsasart.com/bn84.htm.

In an effort to offer you a more complete one stop shopping experience we have added the Lowepro Roadrunner AW to our BAA Mail Order line-up:

Lowepro Roadrunner AW: $449.98 plus $20 shipping by UPS ground.  Signature required. US only. Florida residents please add 7% sales tax to the cost of the Roadrunner only.  Overseas customers please e-mail for shipping options.

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PACKING THE ROADRUNNER AW 

For as long as I can remember, folks have been asking to see photos depicting exactly how I pack my Roadrunner AW.  Well, I have finally gotten around to it.  Here goes:

This is the empty Roadrunner with all of the harnesses removed and all of the straps cut off.

First I remove the hood (which will go in a checked bag) and then place the 99 cent  Corning Ware plastic cover over the front of the lens. 

Then I wrap the lens strap around the foot and place the 500mm f/4L IS lens in the case as show.

Then I place each of my camera bodies (an EOS-1Ds Mark II and an EOS 1D Mark II N) in double watch caps for protection and place them in the case as shown.

I find it easiest to place the bottom of the cameras on the bottom of the bag.

Next I place two intermediate telephoto lenses in their own watch caps and place them in the case as shown. 
In this image the 70-200 f/2.8L IS lens is on the upper right and the 400mm f/5.6L lens is on the lower right.

Next I place the 24-105 IS L zoom lens (front element down) in the lower left hand corner of the case (in its own light grey watch cap) as shown. 

Then a set of stacked teleconverters (a 1.4X II and a 2X II) is placed in the empty spot at near the end of the 500 IS. 

The 1.4X TC that I use with my 70-220 (lower center in a black watch cap) is placed atop the near-end of the lens barrel

while my 580 flash, also in its own black watch cap is laid in the slot atop the 70-200 lens.

A set of three extension tubes (two 25mm and one 12mm tube stacked, in the brown watch cap) is put into place

next to the lens foot and plate that has been shifted to the left as shown.  Lastly, an extra battery (in the green cap, upper center) is placed in the case as shown.

The image above shows exactly how I pack my Roadrunner AW for a typical trip.   (On different trips I will often take a different combination of intermediate telephoto lenses.)  On most trips I pack my Gitzo CF 1325 tripod, my V-2 Wimberley head, and an extra camera battery or two in my checked bags and also include an extra set of stacked teleconverters.  The Roadrunner AW as shown above weighed just a shade under 40 pounds (which is the legal limit for carry-ons in the US).  I could have squeezed in my flash cords, a flash bracket, and an extra camera battery or two but I did not want to go over the 40 pound limit in case the TSA was watching...