THere are so many choices when it comes to buying a backpack for your camera gear, and the prices start under $50 and go well up into the hundreds. We’ve used many different types of backpacks and carrying cases for our cameras, and some of them are very inexpensive. One of my my used camera backpacks was bought from Amazon for under $40 a few years ago and I still use it quite often today. So we decided to search out every camera backpack we could find and bring you our top three favorites for today’s category: Best Cheap Camera Backpack 2017.
Read on to see our top 3 choices for: Best Cheap Camera Backpack 2017.
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Our Top Pick ★★★★★
This backpack from Amazon has everything you need to bring your camera gear with you, and the price is awesome.
Coming in at under $30, our first choice today is the Amazon Basics camera backpack. Priced well within the range of “Cheap”,the backpack is extremely usable and durable. I’ve taken one of these with me on many trips with my camera gear stashed inside.
Inside the main part of the bag you will find padded dividers with Velcro at each end. You can adjust it to fit any type of camera gear you want to bring with you. You can fit one or two DSLR cameras with maybe 3 to 4 lenses. Of course it depends on what type of gear you have.
Adjusting the backpack is easy with the fully adjustable straps. Also part of the design are additional straps that you can connect in front of you around your waist and chest. It’s a great design and very comfortable.
There are over 5,000 reviews on Amazon with a 4.5 star average rating, so you can see that a lot of people have bought one of these and like it.
For the price and the features this one made it to the top of our best cheap camera backpack 2017 list. Buy one here.
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Compact and easy to carry, and of course super cheap.
The Altura sling backpack is pretty cool. We like the sling style backpack for bringing smaller amounts of camera gear with us. With a compact design, this backpack doesn’t take up too much space but will still fit all of your essential camera gear.
You can find one of these for about $35, which we feels puts it well within our category of best cheap camera backpack 2017.
Inside this backpack you will find padded adjustable dividers, mesh pockets for smaller accessories, tripod/monopod holder and quick access side doors. 8.5″ X 5.5″ X 16″ (LxWxH)
If you want a comfortable and compact camera backapack we think you’ll love this one. For these reasons we put this on our list of best cheap camera backpack 2017. You can buy one here.
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All the features of the top pick, plus extra space to store your laptop.
We would have put this backpack at the top of the list, except for the fact it is the most expensive of our top three choices. It is still cheap with a price tag of around $40. So it’s worthy of being on our list of best cheap camera backpacks.
Look at the features of the first backpack on this list and then add space for a laptop. That basically sums up this backpack. I guess there’s not much more to say about it. Did you like the first choice but need to bring a laptop with you? Then we suggest spending a few extra dollars to pick up this one.
A great cheap camera backpack that also has space to store a laptop. The third choice on our list Best Cheap Camera Backpack 2017. You can buy one here.