Messenger / Courier Bags List

Gosh, now there's a reply. Cheers James. I love those kata bags.

I'm really more after a day bag as it's going to have all my day to day shi.. in, as well as a few cameras, so more of a casual messenger than an actual camera bag. I reckon the way forward is a sturdy, waterproof padded messenger with some domke inserts or similar.

Ideally I'd like both but recession and all that.

How much stuff do you need to carry casually lol?!

I've got to the point in my life where I don't really carry proper cameras for fun unless its a special occasion, like a holiday or something, but thats just me...jaded by the job haha, I might invest in one of those nice new Canon compacts soon though, they look lovely, and possibly a compact 35mm camera, but I have too many other things I "need" first.
The problem with a messenger bag is, I haven't seen a single one that offers the same level of protection as a decent KATA bag, Domke inserts or no Domke inserts, you might be better off buying individual cases for things, so you can just throw the whole lot into a messenger bag and then take out whatever you need in its case when you need it.
I would recommend thinktanks modular system for this, because you then have cases that can mount to their belt system if needed which is very handy depending on the type of shooting you are doing.
More expensive but you get what you pay for and you throw whatever you need into any bag, knowing that it has adequate protection, I do that with my stuff when I don't need much kit for a job, and just throw it all into my Archies Theo bag, its like a black hole and just swallows up whatever I chuck in, this approach works well for me.
My personal favourites are their digital holsters, and the speedchanger (love love love this thing!).