It's time to get a new bag!

More specifically, a backpack.

I'm usually a shoulder bag guy because I usually walk with the camera in sleep mode in the bag and only bring it out to shoot when I want to. It's much easier to reach for the camera with a shoulder bag. But I'm planning to go on a 2 week family holiday in June and we'll be hitting many cities. With 2 young kids in tow, I decided that I'll get a backpack to help unburden the missus of some of the kids' stuff she usually lugs around.

Awwwww... so nice right? It's for sanity sake to be honest (just kidding, hon!).

So now I'm in the market for a backpack that has a camera compartment. Here's my list of must haves:

1. Room for my full body 5DIII + 24-105mm f4 lens.
2. Room for at least 2-3 more lenses, 1 being the 70-200mm f2.8 (though I'm not planning to bring this one to the trip). Anyway, at least 2 lenses plus a body.
3. External room for my Benro tripod and/or water bottle.
4. A compartment to put the kids' stuff in. This includes: change of clothes, milk bottles, snacks and diapers.
5. Miscellaneous photography stuff like flash, memory cards, lenspen etc. Heck even my wallet probably.
6. A laptop compartment for my 13 inch Macbook Pro.
7. The bag that shouldn't look like a camera bag.
8. It needs to at least have some semblance of security.
9. Preferably not too bulky so I won't look like a Ninja Turtle.
10. Doesn't weigh a ton.
11. Easy access to the camera if possible but this isn't that important.

Yeah... about a dozen requirements. So I spent about 3 days browsing around forums and websites and narrowed down my choices to (L to R): Benro Journo 200, Kata DR-467i and the Tamrac Aero Speed Pack 85.

They all fulfill a majority of my requirements but not all of them. I'll need to take a good look at them in the stores when I get the chance. In the meantime, it's always good to have options so I'm still looking around for other backpacks. :)