When comparing Tamrac Anvil 23 vs MindShift BackLight 26L, the Slant community recommends MindShift BackLight 26L for most people. In the question“What are the best backpacks for camera gear?” MindShift BackLight 26L is ranked 2nd while Tamrac Anvil 23 is ranked 4th. The most important reason people chose MindShift BackLight 26L is:
The bag can hold about 1 to 3 days worth of gear while remaining relatively compact.
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Pros
Pro Environment-friendly
Built without PVC.
Pro Strikes a good balance between compactness and space
The bag can hold about 1 to 3 days worth of gear while remaining relatively compact.
Pro Very spacious side pockets
Sidepockets are almost half the height of the bag allowing you to carry items such as larger water bottles without worry of them falling out and a strap that goes across the top of the side of the bag can be used to secure items like tripods in place.
Pro Comes bundled with an all-weather cover
Cons
Con Strap design makes it uncomfortable to carry around for extended periods of time
While the strap is seemingly wide enough for comfortable use the inner liner is thin and the so the force is not distributed across the whole width of the strap. That in addition to the placement of straps being slightly further apart than usual makes the bag uncomfortable after a couple of hours of use.
Con All-weather cover could be better
There's no good way of tightening the cover.