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Looking for a new camera bag

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I am looking for a new camera bag. I recently picked up a 70-200 f2.8 mkII. I also have 2 other lenses and want to pickup a speedlite, have room for batteries for both the cam and speedlite, hold my small charger, cables,filters, and carry my tripod, basically, something where I put my gear in it, and when I want to go, its all there.

I have these units now:
http://www.amazon.com/Canon-2400-SL...5WZM/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1310167345&sr=8-1
This holds everything fine. Not really something I want to carry around in public as the strap isn't comfortable. The bag will not hold my lenses.
http://www.amazon.com/Canon-1000-Re...E7K9/ref=sr_1_6?ie=UTF8&qid=1310167457&sr=8-6
This one is great for a walk-around bag. Kind of bulky for what it can hold, the waist strap is useless.
http://www.amazon.com/Tamrac-Compac...s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1310167600&sr=1-155
I am borrowing this one. This is by far my favoriet out of the 3 and is the best walk around bag. It is tight with the t2i and the 17-85, but works.

I am trying to find something where I could have my longer lens on and have it in a bag. I have been looking on amazon. A few that look like potential:
http://www.amazon.com/Backpack-Smal...r_1_16?s=photo&ie=UTF8&qid=1310093571&sr=1-16
It holds up to a 14" laptop, that is the only negative as I have a 15.4" unit. The construction looks great.

I think I would rather have a backpack style, however a lot of them look like dork boxes with straps. The sling bags/murse doesn't do it for me.

Any other brands I should check out? Ideally, if I could fit 2 cameras in there, that would be ace.
 
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I recently picked up ThinkTank Airport Addicted V2.0 and couldn't be happier.

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Pictured: 1 camera body, 70-200 and 4 additional lenses, strobe, bracket, cables, filters, and more.

It doesn't look like a dork box either. It does however, come at a premium price.

I also have a Tamrac Expedition 4 backpack. The material quality is good; it's a really rugged backpack that I'm not afraid to abuse when I'm out shooting. It's not as comfortable as the ThinkTank, but it gets the job done. Kata brand back packs are also highly recommended, but I've never used one.
 
I went with the ape bag mainly because it held the most/protected the gear the best for the money. It is pretty large and so far holds everything nice. I would like to get something a little smaller down the road, like if I wanted to go out for a day at the park.
 
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