I want to get a TT belt system. Just need some personal experience advice as I will have to have it shipped from the manufacturer.
Please excuse me while I think outload

I want to be able to take with me

2x canon flashes
70-200 2.8 (have to be able to stash it with the hood attached)
300f4
17-40
ebay triggers, MKII batteries, CF card pouch, AA batteries etc etc

My thoughts are if I get
skin 50 for the 17-40
skin double wall for 70-200 and 300f4
chimp change for everything else.

Would that work? Anyone with similar needs who got some TT products?

If you're going to wear all of that on a Think Tank belt, I'd definitely consider getting the Pixel Racing Harness and the Steroid Speed Belt. The folks at Think Tank are super at customer service, so if you shot them off an e-mail, I'm quite sure that you'll get good recommendations.

On a Pro Modulus belt I carry a Digital Holster (DH) 20 for my 5D with strap, tripod plate and whatever lens I am primarily using that day, up to the 70-200 f/2.8. The expanding bottom is great so if I am not carrying the 70-200, I can shorten it.

Additionally, I have the Bum Bag on the back, Speed Changer on the front, and Lens Changer (LC)75 - holds 70-200 alone, 24-70, or 35L and 50 1.8 (or 100 f/2) - on the other hip. Finally I carry the Lightening Fast when necessary.

Other pieces I will swap out with are the LC 35 and the R U Thirsty, depending upon what I am doing.

One piece of advice would to be follow their counsel on belt size. This setup does sit on your hips and not on your waist, and you don't want to wear it too tight. Think about the pants you will be wearing, belt (if any), shirts, etc. In the winter I wear it under my clothing except for a shirt. I wear a 33/34" (85cm) waist pant, but wear the Large Pro Mod belt, not quite extended all the way out. The XL when tightened all the way down just was too loose and the extra belt material was too much.

Finally the Chimp Cage is geared more to using for a body, while the Speed Changer is for all the stuff you carry. Not that you can't use the the Chimp that way ...

Thanks
I have sent them an email asking a few things and will heed the advise re the belt. I was going the smaller speed belt but with the extra weight I might up it to the steroid belt. I will be using it for weddings also so I dont want something that looks like a weight lifting belt around me!
I shoot cycling and triathlon from the back of a motorbike (facing forwards) and cant carry a back pack. I have a Lowepro Orion pack at the moment but it doesnt fit everything I need it to and having to take the hood on and off ALL of the time REALLY annoys me.

I use the TT Seriod Speed Belt system and here's the componants I use:

1. Lens Changer 35 for my 28-135 IS, TC's, or a water bottle if I need one.
2. Lens Changer 75 to use with my 70-200 and/or my 100-400 IS
3. Lightning Fast for my 580EX
4. Speed Changer bag for everything else.
5. Pixel Racing Harnes to keep the Steriod Speed Belt from falling around my knees.

I guess you could add the Lens Changer 300 for you 300mm lens, but that may be getting a bit over loaded. Maybe not

The Seroid Speed Belt is very comfortable and the componants slide around on the rail very easily. I'm totally satisfied with my purchase.

Rocketball wrote:
2. Lens Changer 75 to use with my 70-200 and/or my 100-400 IS

I guess you could add the Lens Changer 300 for you 300mm lens, but that may be getting a bit over loaded. Maybe not

Scott - Andrew says he is using the 300 f/4 so the LC 75 will work for that also. That LC 300 does seem to be a bit of a beast.

Andrew - I personally didn't care for the large belt on the Speed Freak and it was hard to downsize if I needed less on a shoot. But it or the smaller Speed Demon may work for you on the shooting from a bike scenario.

You might consider a TT ChangeUP with a Speed Changer and a Lens Changer 75. The CU will easily hold your 2 flashes in the outside stretch pockets, 70-200 with hood reversed, 17-40 with hood and some of your accessories. The Speed Changer can hold all your accessories. The Lens Changer 75 is for the 300. You won't need a belt because the CU has a belt and straps.

Jim

I wish they had an Aussie distributer so I could actually try them out

Would the Skin Chimp Cage hold a 300 f4 and a 70-200 2.8 with the hood ON (not reversed)

jim- I need to have the hood stay on as it takes too much fiddling to take it on and off all the time but will have a look at the other things you have suggested.

Andrew, you should go to their website and send them an email. With no retailer near you they would probably be willing to work with you.

They are a realitivley new company and I have found them very easy to work with, and they are very responsive in responing to my emails.

Scott

Have been emailing lots with a staff member at TT and he has been really awesome with what sounds like lots of personal experience with the equipment. They will be getting my business just as soon as I figure out what lenses I am buying lol

andrew81 wrote:
SNIP!
I will be using it for weddings also so I dont want something that looks like a weight lifting belt around me!
SNIP!

I don't know dude . . . weddings are pretty heavy lifting!

My findings are that once you have sufficient gear to warrant a pixel racing harness, the harness fixings occupy some of the belt real estate, get in the way and prevent some bag mobility, which you will need in order to access them without undue body twist. The exception is when carrying, say, two large, heavy lenses that can remain static and which you would benefit from the weight transfer.

Perhaps put your gear on table near a mirror and visualize it surrounding you. The gear you mentioned could well wrap your body almost twice over.

Think about what you will be carrying as opposed to what will remain in bag much of the time, swapping out and the like.