Gura Gear

By Michael Reichmann and Nick Devlin

Gura Gear
Back in 2008 I reviewed the original Kiboko bag from Gura Gear. It instantly became my favourite bag for when doing travel shoots, and has remained so for the past few years. The reason is that it is extremely light-weight and carries a huge amount of equipment for its size.
Part of the reason for Gura Gear's success with the Kiboko is that it was designed by a photographer, not just someone in the bag business. And Andy Bigg's concept of what he wanted a camera bag to be isn't founded on theory. It's based on the fact that Andy leads photographic workshops in Africa, Antarctica, and elsewhere around the world. He flies internationally on shoots as often a once a month and has been doing so for years. His bag designs are therefore based on literally hundreds of thousands of air miles, and countless days on the trail, on foot, Land Rovers, and every other means of transportation you can imagine.
Gura Gear doesn't design its bags to a pric...