Suggest a Changing Bag Please

[OldBikerPete]

I got to get a new dark bag as the one my brother lent me is on its last legs. Everyone I look at seems to be made in China. So I might just settle for the Paterson one, hopefully they give them an English check over ?

I've had two Patterson changing bags for decades a large and a small, both good.
I also recently bought a large Harrison changing tent for loading LF film into Jobo tanks. That's great too but expensive.

 

[cmo]

After using a small el-cheapo changing bag and finding out the hard way that infrared light thinks that the bag is transparent, I am looking for an alternative. I often use 35mm Efke IR film, and though I like the results of this film a lot I dislike that is has a serious light piping problem because the base is a sort of polyester-something, it needs to be loaded in very, very subdued ligh. Quite often, when travelling by bike, I find that the weather is perfect for infrared photography but that means there is no dark place to go and no space for a ready-to-go changing tent.

So, travelling by bike means, I am looking for a small, lightweight changing bag or tent that I can setup quickly. I would prefer a tent, in fact, but they are big. How much time does it take to setup a Photoflex or Harrison tent?

 

[mablo]

+1 for Roger Luo changing bags.

 

[Andrew K]

Photoflex is easy - takes me all of 10 seconds to set up..

 

[rulnacco]

I've also been well happy with the bag I got from Roger Luo. I've got the medium size bag, and it's perfect for loading up a small JOBO tank. It gets just a tiny bit awkward with the 4-roll tank, and for loading LF holders it would be a bit problematic, too. I'm sure the large one he offers would be better for those needs.

But the quality of the bag is superb, and the price is very reasonable indeed.

 

[edp]

This Chinese copy of the medium-sized Harrison tent is pretty good, and probably big enough to sleep in.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=110511188941

 

[cmo]

I have three bags from Roger Luo. Good quality heavy cotton, no static, no clammy/sweaty hands and machine washable. I use the largest for re-spooling 400ft cans of Double-X on to 100ft cores comfortably.

Today I received a Roger Luo changing bag - this one is really good. Very well-crafted, good material and worth the money.

Thanks for the hint, this was a very good buy.

 

[cluttered]

Today I received a Roger Luo changing bag - this one is really good. Very well-crafted, good material and worth the money.

Like others in this thread, I'm very happy with my Roger Luo bag. The only issue is that I've recently started with 4x5, so I might need to buy another (bigger) bag for that kind of thing.

Although I haven't yet been game to wash my first one, I suppose it should be safe.

To be fair, I haven't yet tried one of the numerous no-name Chinese ones on eBay, they might be a bargain.

 

[cmo]

Like others in this thread, I'm very happy with my Roger Luo bag. The only issue is that I've recently started with 4x5, so I might need to buy another (bigger) bag for that kind of thing.

Although I haven't yet been game to wash my first one, I suppose it should be safe.

To be fair, I haven't yet tried one of the numerous no-name Chinese ones on eBay, they might be a bargain.

Cheaper Chinese ripoff changing bags, that sounds to me like a "bargain light seal"

The Roger Luo bags are not expensive at all for what they are. I had a no-name changing bag, it was not much cheaper, but it was shlock and useless for IR film.