Is Ortlieb worth the money?

I finally bought a decent camera and want to protect it in a waterproof handlebar bag. To me, worth the money means: lasts a long time; really, truly is waterproof; and is well-designed.

Also, I've never used a handlebar bag that fits onto a mount on the handlebars. Is that type of bag easy and quick to remove? Since I'm usually in the city, I have to take everything off the bike even to use the restroom.

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Originally Posted by PamNY

To me, worth the money means: lasts a long time; really, truly is waterproof; and is well-designed.

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Yup, that's Ortlieb. I've got the panniers. They do keep everything dry, even in Seattle. The design is quite clever and simple, and the materials are tough.

I don't have the handlebar bag, but was considering it at one point.

i have the medium ortlied bar bag and love it. the mount seems hard to figure out but is very intuitive once you "get it". I have also taken the mount off and reinstalled it several times.

the bag kept my stuff dry during downpours.

I've joined the bike rack/bag crew. :cool:

Knott got me a Wald rear mounted folding basket. I love it! No bag needed or can just toss a bag of groceries in or even the dozen eggs themselves.

If I was hauling precious cargo such as a camera in rainy conditions I'd get a waterproof case like Lowepro's all season pack.

Ortlieb's are sexy but I like it that I don't need to have the bag to carry stuff.

I'm a photographer and I use my own equipment at work, which means I commute with it often. I'm a messenger bag user (looked at Ortlieb messenger packs, but I'm very small and they are quite large and heavy). My solution was to get a small thin kayaker's dry bag. I have a second one for my clothes. It's kept my stuff dry and happy in some absolute downpours.

Dh has one and he loves it. He picked it up when he found out the mount for his Arkel handlebar bag wasn't compatible with the stem/handlebar on his BigDummy. Here's his write-up of it:

http://suburbancargobike.blogspot.co...hat-works.html
(scroll to about a third of the way down)

i'm a cheapskate.... I ended up getting Ortlieb too. Nothing else compared..

I have a waterproof camera that I use for kayaking and biking. I can keep it handy and actually take pictures with it. But then if you're kayaking in salt water, you don't have much leeway with your electronics.

I do keep my dslr in a pelican case lashed to my kayak if I'm going on a long trip or something especially scenic - but I've got to be completely confident in the situation before taking the camera out especially in salt water.

For the bike, I've got the detours zoom camera handlebar bag - it does have a rain fly that comes out to cover it up. For everyday use, I've got a lowepro slingshot 200 aw. For hiking I end up putting lenses in lens cases that are attached to the hip or chest belt of my camera bag and then I just have a holster style bag that I attach to the hip belt.

But anyways - I've notice the harder it is to get to my camera, the less likely I am to actually use my camera.

Seattle Sports Panniers are great. Waterproof like Ortliebs but much, much cheaper. I don't know if they make handlebar bags though. www.seattlesportsco.com
:)

No input on a bag but I don't carry my dslr in any bag that's not attached to me. I do carry my little p&s in a handlebar bag.