Is Ortlieb worth the money?

[PamNY]

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.

[KnottedYet]

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

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.

[maillotpois]

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.

[Trek420]

I've joined the bike rack/bag crew.

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.

[Eden]

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.

[sgtiger]

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)