When you walk on a street with umbrella, the occasional rain drops/splashes will hit the bag, this is where the rain protection comes in handy (the zippers are not water proof). It also adds protection from sand on a windy beach.

Glad you found the review useful.

I did use one of the small spacers to separate two of my smaller lenses. The main problem with them is that they don’t go all the way to the top, which does limit their usefulness in my view.

The rain cover however continues to mystify me. I think they were just adding another bullet point – it’s one of those things that looks great in a brochure, but in practice is rarely (if ever) useful. I just use it to pad the bottom of the bag – it gives me a bit more piece of mind when I put the camera in there with a lens on it face down!

Regards,
Alex

I share your doubts about the utility of the rain cover, that yields impossible to use the strap.
I was unable to find on the web any suggestion about how to carry the bag when the rain cover is applied. Did you find out any hint?

Also, I’m curious about your arrangement of the spacers. I use only the bigger ones, because the little spacers seem to me too flimsy to protect valuable gear.

Best wishes, Antonello

It’s been very helpful making my buying decision