F-stop’s photo backpacks for adventurers have something of a legendary status amongst serious adventure photographers.

But they’ve also received some bad press for company troubles. We recently spent some time testing the mid-range F-Stop Lotus backpack, and found it to be one of the best, most versatile photographer’s backpacks ever invented. I have a lot of bags, of nearly every color, size and brand. Nearly all of them have failed me in some situation or the other.