John Harrington - AssignmentConstruct - What We Use

Here is a video segment on the Nikon kit that we use. Below you will find the transcript of the Video.

Transcript:

Hi, I'm John Harrington and we're going to break out and break down the wide variety of equipment we use to deliver images to our clients. Next we are going to show you one of the equipment kits we use when we are traveling on assignment. Each kit is different and has a very specific purpose. So lets take a look.

This kit is our Nikon kit. It houses our D3, a D2X; a primary and a backup. We use a 12mm-24mm DX lens, 70-200 2.8, 24-70mm 2.8, 17-55 DX 2.8, 2X teleconverter. We've got a Speedlight SB-800; it's got the tungsten gel on the front. The reason we use the tungsten gel or a fluorescent gel is to mask the color temperature in the room we're working in. These are obviously interchangeable, so we can use them depending on the situation we're in. We use a tungsten or a fluorescent gel.

We have extra double A batteries. We have three think tank cardholders. We really like these think tank cardholders because we can hold a large number of cards; and we can put our unused cards at the top and our used cards reversed on the bottom. What we do with our cards when we're done shooting them is instead of having them in upwards; we have them in upside down. That's an indicator to us that we've shot on the card and this card needs to be downloaded.

Underneath, we have 17-35 2.8, and we have a 300 2.8. In addition on the 300 2.8, we have a 1.4 teleconverter as well. So between the 2X teleconverter and the 1.4 teleconverter, along with the 300 2.8, we can get a long distance shot and get in real tight if we need to.

We have an off camera sync cord for the strobes, several extra batteries, battery charger, more double A's, and of course business cards in this kit as well. So that's our Nikon kit unpacked. We really like the ThinkTanks Airport Security Bag, which is the name of the bag. We think it works really well; it really does a good job of protecting the equipment.

So that's our Nikon kit as we pack it in the ThinkTanks Airport Security Traveling Case. One of the things that we do is travel light quite often. We travel light with our Canons; we travel light with our Nikons. When we're traveling in a motorcade following the President, you can't be burdened with a big rolling case. You have to travel light, and travel fast.

So this equipment gets turned into two smaller cases, and we shoulder the equipment. The D3 will come out, the lens mounted on it. The D2X will come out with another lens on it. Our 70-200 2.8, our wide 12mm-24mm DX, our teleconverters, our off camera, batteries will slip into a side pouch, and extra batteries will slip into the other side pouch. Both of these bags are small Domke bags.

The think tank cardholders will go in there. The strobes will either go on the cameras or in the bags. So one on one shoulder, one on the other. The 300 2.8 will not travel with us, unless we need to and then we shoulder it separately. One camera on one side, one camera on the other side. And this is traveling light with a pair of Nikons.

Here is a video segment on the Nikon kit that we use. Below you will find the transcript of the Video.

Transcript:

Hi, I'm John Harrington and we're going to break out and break down the wide variety of equipment we use to deliver images to our clients. Next we are going to show you one of the equipment kits we use when we are traveling on assignment. Each kit is different and has a very specific purpose. So lets take a look.

This kit is our Nikon kit. It houses our D3, a D2X; a primary and a backup. We use a 12mm-24mm DX lens, 70-200 2.8, 24-70mm 2.8, 17-55 DX 2.8, 2X teleconverter. We've got a Speedlight SB-800; it's got the tungsten gel on the front. The reason we use the tungsten gel or a fluorescent gel is to mask the color temperature in the room we're working in. These are obviously interchangeable, so we can use them depending on the situation we're in. We use a tungsten or a fluorescent gel.

We have extra double A batteries. We have three think tank cardholders. We really like these think tank cardholders because we can hold a large number of cards; and we can put our unused cards at the top and our used cards reversed on the bottom. What we do with our cards when we're done shooting them is instead of having them in upwards; we have them in upside down. That's an indicator to us that we've shot on the card and this card needs to be downloaded.

Underneath, we have 17-35 2.8, and we have a 300 2.8. In addition on the 300 2.8, we have a 1.4 teleconverter as well. So between the 2X teleconverter and the 1.4 teleconverter, along with the 300 2.8, we can get a long distance shot and get in real tight if we need to.

We have an off camera sync cord for the strobes, several extra batteries, battery charger, more double A's, and of course business cards in this kit as well. So that's our Nikon kit unpacked. We really like the ThinkTanks Airport Security Bag, which is the name of the bag. We think it works really well; it really does a good job of protecting the equipment.

So that's our Nikon kit as we pack it in the ThinkTanks Airport Security Traveling Case. One of the things that we do is travel light quite often. We travel light with our Canons; we travel light with our Nikons. When we're traveling in a motorcade following the President, you can't be burdened with a big rolling case. You have to travel light, and travel fast.

So this equipment gets turned into two smaller cases, and we shoulder the equipment. The D3 will come out, the lens mounted on it. The D2X will come out with another lens on it. Our 70-200 2.8, our wide 12mm-24mm DX, our teleconverters, our off camera, batteries will slip into a side pouch, and extra batteries will slip into the other side pouch. Both of these bags are small Domke bags.

The think tank cardholders will go in there. The strobes will either go on the cameras or in the bags. So one on one shoulder, one on the other. The 300 2.8 will not travel with us, unless we need to and then we shoulder it separately. One camera on one side, one camera on the other side. And this is traveling light with a pair of Nikons.

Here is a video segment on the Canon Kit that we use. Below you will find the transcript of the Video.

Transcript:

Hi, I'm John Harrington and we're going to break out and break down the wide variety of equipment we use to deliver images to our clients. Next we are going to show you one of the equipment kits we use when we are traveling on assignment. Each kit is different and has a very specific purpose. So lets take a look.

First things first, its obvious that every shoot requires a camera. Back in the day we used to use Hasselblad for a lot of the assignments that we do. But with digital the way it is right now, we haven't shot a roll of film in three years. This is our Canon kit, we'll take a look at the Canon kit first and Nikon kit second.

In our Canon kit, we definitely keep of our software right in case we need to do a reinstall when we're on the road. We have a 1 DS Mark 3, 1 DS Mark 2, 17-40mm, 24-105mm which we use a lot when we're going out and just need an all purpose lens. We have 85mm, 135mm/F2, and 35mm/F1.4. This is an 85mm/1.8 and a 50mm/1.4.

One of the things we like to do is stack lenses together with a stacking cap. By stacking it up, it just allows us to store them easier in the bag and they're not bouncing around as much. The reason we have an 85mm/1.8 and an 85mm/1.2 is the 85mm/1.8 is the lens we have to use when we're using the blimp, which we'll talk about in a little bit. We also have a 70-200mm.

We have three strobes 580-EX, another 580-EX; we have the new 580-EX2. We have a jackrabbit cord so we can plug it into an external battery pack for the flashes. We have an off camera cord so we can take the strobe off axis. And we have a 24-70mm/F2.8. We also obviously carry some business cards in case we need to. This is just an extra pouch if we need to put some extra accessories in. So that's the Canon kit.

And I want to tell you one thing about the equipment that we're using here in the ThinkTank. We don't always need to keep it in the ThinkTank case, instead what we might do is transfer to some of these smaller Domke bags that we have.

So let me show you, which lenses go where, and how we work with the Domkes and the smaller bags. All of our fast glass that would be all of our prime lenses are going to go in one bag. The 135mm F2, our 50mm/1.4, and our 85mm/1.8, and our 35mm/1.4 all go in the bag. We then take the camera and we may mount that camera with another fast glass like the 85mm/1.8.

That's when we're working in a really low light situation, a lot of time we're doing this with concert performances, rock'n'roll, other things where we need to be down at F2 and F1.8.

These other bags are our more travel light standard bags. In that bag is going to go the 17-40mm, the 24-105mm, and over here is going to be the 24-70mm. We'll drop one of the strobes into this one, a backup strobe into here. We'll also take an extra battery and drop that in, our extra travel cords, our off camera cord and our jackrabbit. We'll take the other body and mount one of the lenses on there. And we're ready to go.

One of the other points I want to make about these flashes is a lot of times we will put a CTO or a green gel in front of that so we can use the strobe and match the strobe to the color temperature of the environment we're in, whether it's in a tungsten color temperature or a fluorescent environment.

Using these different gels allows us to match the strobe to the room color temperature. So that's how we work when we are not using the ThinkTanks airport security equipment, and instead we want to travel light. We'll take and get rid of this. So this is how we travel light and this is how we shoulder the equipment.

Our strobes and zoom and extra battery go on one shoulder. The other zooms, the other strobe closes up goes on the other shoulder.

Here is a video segment on the Canon Kit that we use. Below you will find the transcript of the Video.

Transcript:

Hi, I'm John Harrington and we're going to break out and break down the wide variety of equipment we use to deliver images to our clients. Next we are going to show you one of the equipment kits we use when we are traveling on assignment. Each kit is different and has a very specific purpose. So lets take a look.

First things first, its obvious that every shoot requires a camera. Back in the day we used to use Hasselblad for a lot of the assignments that we do. But with digital the way it is right now, we haven't shot a roll of film in three years. This is our Canon kit, we'll take a look at the Canon kit first and Nikon kit second.

In our Canon kit, we definitely keep of our software right in case we need to do a reinstall when we're on the road. We have a 1 DS Mark 3, 1 DS Mark 2, 17-40mm, 24-105mm which we use a lot when we're going out and just need an all purpose lens. We have 85mm, 135mm/F2, and 35mm/F1.4. This is an 85mm/1.8 and a 50mm/1.4.

One of the things we like to do is stack lenses together with a stacking cap. By stacking it up, it just allows us to store them easier in the bag and they're not bouncing around as much. The reason we have an 85mm/1.8 and an 85mm/1.2 is the 85mm/1.8 is the lens we have to use when we're using the blimp, which we'll talk about in a little bit. We also have a 70-200mm.

We have three strobes 580-EX, another 580-EX; we have the new 580-EX2. We have a jackrabbit cord so we can plug it into an external battery pack for the flashes. We have an off camera cord so we can take the strobe off axis. And we have a 24-70mm/F2.8. We also obviously carry some business cards in case we need to. This is just an extra pouch if we need to put some extra accessories in. So that's the Canon kit.

And I want to tell you one thing about the equipment that we're using here in the ThinkTank. We don't always need to keep it in the ThinkTank case, instead what we might do is transfer to some of these smaller Domke bags that we have.

So let me show you, which lenses go where, and how we work with the Domkes and the smaller bags. All of our fast glass that would be all of our prime lenses are going to go in one bag. The 135mm F2, our 50mm/1.4, and our 85mm/1.8, and our 35mm/1.4 all go in the bag. We then take the camera and we may mount that camera with another fast glass like the 85mm/1.8.

That's when we're working in a really low light situation, a lot of time we're doing this with concert performances, rock'n'roll, other things where we need to be down at F2 and F1.8.

These other bags are our more travel light standard bags. In that bag is going to go the 17-40mm, the 24-105mm, and over here is going to be the 24-70mm. We'll drop one of the strobes into this one, a backup strobe into here. We'll also take an extra battery and drop that in, our extra travel cords, our off camera cord and our jackrabbit. We'll take the other body and mount one of the lenses on there. And we're ready to go.

One of the other points I want to make about these flashes is a lot of times we will put a CTO or a green gel in front of that so we can use the strobe and match the strobe to the color temperature of the environment we're in, whether it's in a tungsten color temperature or a fluorescent environment.

Using these different gels allows us to match the strobe to the room color temperature. So that's how we work when we are not using the ThinkTanks airport security equipment, and instead we want to travel light. We'll take and get rid of this. So this is how we travel light and this is how we shoulder the equipment.

Our strobes and zoom and extra battery go on one shoulder. The other zooms, the other strobe closes up goes on the other shoulder.

Here is a video segment on the Rololight stands that we use. Below you will find the transcript of the Video.

Transcript:

Hi, I'm John Harrington and we're going to break out and break down the wide variety of equipment we use to deliver images to our clients. Next we are going to show you one of the equipment kits we use when we are traveling on assignment. Each kit is different and has a very specific purpose. So lets take a look.

Along with the Rololight lights, we also have a dedicated Rololight stand kit. The Rololight stand kit consists of a number of stands that we have set aside just to work with the Rololight. We have it in a Kata bag; it's a Hex Bag 3. We've just chosen it really for the Rololight. Inside, we have our background stands here.

It's a Photek background stand. We recently bought a brand new Photek stand after 15 years on the job. We felt it was time to retire them; they had just got to the end of their useful lives. But, boy those Photek background stands… top notch.

This is a knuckle already on the stand; these stands and knuckles work together to hold the Rololight. We have other stands in here, various sizes. This stand, the Bogen Mini Avenger will hold the background light. In addition in here we've got something to hold our Amvona 1, it's a Flex Fill holder, the flexible tips here will hold the Flex Fill light.

All of this packs neatly together, all in this Kata Hex Bag 3. One of the other nice things about this Hex Bag 3 is that it's on wheels. Further, in addition to being on wheels, one of the other nice things about this Hex Bag is that it carries almost like a golf bag would. So when you're going through a lobby in a building that doesn't want to you to take your equipment in be cause its on a cart, simply shouldering it allows you to get into that building without a problem. So that is the Rololight Stand kit.

Here is a video segment on the Rololight stands that we use. Below you will find the transcript of the Video.

Transcript:

Hi, I'm John Harrington and we're going to break out and break down the wide variety of equipment we use to deliver images to our clients. Next we are going to show you one of the equipment kits we use when we are traveling on assignment. Each kit is different and has a very specific purpose. So lets take a look.

Along with the Rololight lights, we also have a dedicated Rololight stand kit. The Rololight stand kit consists of a number of stands that we have set aside just to work with the Rololight. We have it in a Kata bag; it's a Hex Bag 3. We've just chosen it really for the Rololight. Inside, we have our background stands here.

It's a Photek background stand. We recently bought a brand new Photek stand after 15 years on the job. We felt it was time to retire them; they had just got to the end of their useful lives. But, boy those Photek background stands… top notch.

This is a knuckle already on the stand; these stands and knuckles work together to hold the Rololight. We have other stands in here, various sizes. This stand, the Bogen Mini Avenger will hold the background light. In addition in here we've got something to hold our Amvona 1, it's a Flex Fill holder, the flexible tips here will hold the Flex Fill light.

All of this packs neatly together, all in this Kata Hex Bag 3. One of the other nice things about this Hex Bag 3 is that it's on wheels. Further, in addition to being on wheels, one of the other nice things about this Hex Bag is that it carries almost like a golf bag would. So when you're going through a lobby in a building that doesn't want to you to take your equipment in be cause its on a cart, simply shouldering it allows you to get into that building without a problem. So that is the Rololight Stand kit.

Here is a video segment on the Rololights that we use. Below you will find the transcript of the Video.

Transcript:

Hi, I'm John Harrington and we're going to break out and break down the wide variety of equipment we use to deliver images to our clients. Next we are going to show you one of the equipment kits we use when we are traveling on assignment. Each kit is different and has a very specific purpose. So lets take a look.

The Rololights are a continuous light source that we're using a great deal. We really like them, because they don't have to pop, especially when we're doing subject portraits, where they're not used to having their portraits taken.

Let me show you inside a Rololights kit. It's a nice little traveling case, Rololights end unzips. We have put in here two pouches; a standard pouch and a backup pouch. In addition, in here are our light tools; we'll show you that in a second.

The Rololights comes out of this travel tube, and it's all balled up nice and tight. These are also for the light tools, we'll show you that in a second. But the Rololights very easily and very quickly comes together. Working back and forth, the silver bar goes through the top first, notch locks on one side, work it tight all the way across, again working across , the notches catch on either side.

All of a sudden you have a very, very thin rigid panel. The panel is easy and light weight, easy to work with. You can put it up over your head, down underneath, at a side. This is a really versatile panel. What's really great about this panel, as thin as it is, is that the panel can actually go up above a subject in an office environment, where you only have a seven-foot ceiling. Meaning that you can only get an overhead hair or rim light on your subject, to separate your subject from the background.

Now one of the other really cool things about this is that you can put a set of light tools on here. Take the adapter that you get with light tools, the top adapter goes on. Put it on the other end of the other wand. Now I have four points, one on each corner for the light tools grid to attach to. Here's the light tools grid, designed specifically for this. It goes over one side. Now you can see the grid's on.

What's really amazing is still how thin it is. It's still extremely thin. And now what I'm going to do is give you a demonstration when we plug this in, of why I really like these lights, especially with these light tools on. We have totally directional light, which is really amazing, because you have full control of the light all the way around. But it goes only where you want it, and nowhere else.

Now one of the other things to point out about the light tools is that each of these units is individually ballasted. I can actually take and unplug and jump from one connector to the next specific lights and turn them off. And now you'll see that a couple of the tubes aren't lit, meaning that I can minimize exactly where the light is going and make it do exactly what I want it to do.

In addition with the Rololights, we go ahead and take off this grid. What's great about this grid is that it's flexible. It folds right up onto itself, and let's you store it really easily, so it fits nicely and tightly in the case.

Now as I take this grid off, you saw earlier that these light tool pieces go on and these silver wands go in. What's really amazing is that if I wanted to, and I do want to from time to time, when I take this apart, I could actually split this entire unit up into four pieces. Right here by taking out this little white strip, and all of the sudden we now have two completely separate light tools, each of them individually powerable.

Further the kit comes with separate wands, so I can put a wand in here and a wand in here and make each of these much smaller rigid panels.

Here is a video segment on the Rololights that we use. Below you will find the transcript of the Video.

Transcript:

Hi, I'm John Harrington and we're going to break out and break down the wide variety of equipment we use to deliver images to our clients. Next we are going to show you one of the equipment kits we use when we are traveling on assignment. Each kit is different and has a very specific purpose. So lets take a look.

The Rololights are a continuous light source that we're using a great deal. We really like them, because they don't have to pop, especially when we're doing subject portraits, where they're not used to having their portraits taken.

Let me show you inside a Rololights kit. It's a nice little traveling case, Rololights end unzips. We have put in here two pouches; a standard pouch and a backup pouch. In addition, in here are our light tools; we'll show you that in a second.

The Rololights comes out of this travel tube, and it's all balled up nice and tight. These are also for the light tools, we'll show you that in a second. But the Rololights very easily and very quickly comes together. Working back and forth, the silver bar goes through the top first, notch locks on one side, work it tight all the way across, again working across , the notches catch on either side.

All of a sudden you have a very, very thin rigid panel. The panel is easy and light weight, easy to work with. You can put it up over your head, down underneath, at a side. This is a really versatile panel. What's really great about this panel, as thin as it is, is that the panel can actually go up above a subject in an office environment, where you only have a seven-foot ceiling. Meaning that you can only get an overhead hair or rim light on your subject, to separate your subject from the background.

Now one of the other really cool things about this is that you can put a set of light tools on here. Take the adapter that you get with light tools, the top adapter goes on. Put it on the other end of the other wand. Now I have four points, one on each corner for the light tools grid to attach to. Here's the light tools grid, designed specifically for this. It goes over one side. Now you can see the grid's on.

What's really amazing is still how thin it is. It's still extremely thin. And now what I'm going to do is give you a demonstration when we plug this in, of why I really like these lights, especially with these light tools on. We have totally directional light, which is really amazing, because you have full control of the light all the way around. But it goes only where you want it, and nowhere else.

Now one of the other things to point out about the light tools is that each of these units is individually ballasted. I can actually take and unplug and jump from one connector to the next specific lights and turn them off. And now you'll see that a couple of the tubes aren't lit, meaning that I can minimize exactly where the light is going and make it do exactly what I want it to do.

In addition with the Rololights, we go ahead and take off this grid. What's great about this grid is that it's flexible. It folds right up onto itself, and let's you store it really easily, so it fits nicely and tightly in the case.

Now as I take this grid off, you saw earlier that these light tool pieces go on and these silver wands go in. What's really amazing is that if I wanted to, and I do want to from time to time, when I take this apart, I could actually split this entire unit up into four pieces. Right here by taking out this little white strip, and all of the sudden we now have two completely separate light tools, each of them individually powerable.

Further the kit comes with separate wands, so I can put a wand in here and a wand in here and make each of these much smaller rigid panels.

Here is a video segment on the Hensel Velas that we use. Below you will find the transcript of the Video.

Transcript:

Hi, I'm John Harrington and we're going to break out and break down the wide variety of equipment we use to deliver images to our clients. Next we are going to show you one of the equipment kits we use when we are traveling on assignment. Each kit is different and has a very specific purpose. So lets take a look.

This case is one of our primary workhorse cases; it goes practically everywhere we go. In the case, we have three Velas 1500 watt /second packs. We have a little bit of gaffer's tape. We have five heads.

Each of the heads is individually labeled with a number, and our contact information if God forbid a heads get left somewhere. Three power cords, several reflectors, and an extension cord. If we need to go beyond where this extension cord will get us, we actually take separate cord kits that are individually packed sets of power cords and extension cords and power strips.

This kit is spec'd out so that it weighs one hundred pounds and no more. One of the nice things about this is what we also do in addition is we label the front of it on a white piece of tape the actual dimensions of it and we'll write on there what the weight is we are working with. So that the airline person does not come out after the fact and say to us that this is too big or this weighs too much.

So let's look at each one of these Vela packs. One of the things that I really like about the Velas is that you can put three heads in it. Each one of these heads is plugged into the pack, and then is adjustable in tenth of a stop increments. From anywhere within the 500 watts/seconds to 125 watt/second range, all the way up to 1500.

Because these are 3000 watt/second heads, they're interchangeable at all of those power settings. So we have three of these, all identical. If one of our packs was to go down, not a problem, we can actually go and use one of the packs or put more than one head on a pack if we have to. That's the value of redundancy in these packs.

Each one of these heads is an EHT-3000 head, which means it's a 3000 watt/second head. We put our contact information on it. From all sides, when you're looking at the head, you can tell which head you have. And you can make individual adjustments, because we've labeled it also with this label at the other end of the cord so that when you're at the pack you know which one you're adjusting. So when you're looking at the head, you know that this is head 7, and this is the power for head 7. When you make an adjustment on the pack to adjust the power of the head, you know which head you are adjusting.

One of the nice things about the Versa-Flex cases is they have these handles on the top, to allow you to lift the whole case up yourself. In addition, they have handles on either end. These handles allow two people to carry the pack, rather than just one. You can, of course, carry it from the top as well from these bars. One of the other really nice things, if you look here on the Hensel is this little pouch right here. This little pouch carries the wheels and the wheel bar that this pack rolls on.

This Versa-Flex case is really well thought out, from the handles on the top and on the sides to the wheel bar, which we can actually insert wheels into the bottom. A wheel on either side and they screw together. So the wheels will spin on the cases. What's great about it is if you're going through an airport and one person is on this case, it's not a problem to do because of these wheels. But the great thing about it is that these wheels will come off, come apart, and they go into the pouch on the front of the pack. So you aren't breaking these wheels off when you're traveling.

Here is a video segment on the Hensel Velas that we use. Below you will find the transcript of the Video.

Transcript:

Hi, I'm John Harrington and we're going to break out and break down the wide variety of equipment we use to deliver images to our clients. Next we are going to show you one of the equipment kits we use when we are traveling on assignment. Each kit is different and has a very specific purpose. So lets take a look.

This case is one of our primary workhorse cases; it goes practically everywhere we go. In the case, we have three Velas 1500 watt /second packs. We have a little bit of gaffer's tape. We have five heads.

Each of the heads is individually labeled with a number, and our contact information if God forbid a heads get left somewhere. Three power cords, several reflectors, and an extension cord. If we need to go beyond where this extension cord will get us, we actually take separate cord kits that are individually packed sets of power cords and extension cords and power strips.

This kit is spec'd out so that it weighs one hundred pounds and no more. One of the nice things about this is what we also do in addition is we label the front of it on a white piece of tape the actual dimensions of it and we'll write on there what the weight is we are working with. So that the airline person does not come out after the fact and say to us that this is too big or this weighs too much.

So let's look at each one of these Vela packs. One of the things that I really like about the Velas is that you can put three heads in it. Each one of these heads is plugged into the pack, and then is adjustable in tenth of a stop increments. From anywhere within the 500 watts/seconds to 125 watt/second range, all the way up to 1500.

Because these are 3000 watt/second heads, they're interchangeable at all of those power settings. So we have three of these, all identical. If one of our packs was to go down, not a problem, we can actually go and use one of the packs or put more than one head on a pack if we have to. That's the value of redundancy in these packs.

Each one of these heads is an EHT-3000 head, which means it's a 3000 watt/second head. We put our contact information on it. From all sides, when you're looking at the head, you can tell which head you have. And you can make individual adjustments, because we've labeled it also with this label at the other end of the cord so that when you're at the pack you know which one you're adjusting. So when you're looking at the head, you know that this is head 7, and this is the power for head 7. When you make an adjustment on the pack to adjust the power of the head, you know which head you are adjusting.

One of the nice things about the Versa-Flex cases is they have these handles on the top, to allow you to lift the whole case up yourself. In addition, they have handles on either end. These handles allow two people to carry the pack, rather than just one. You can, of course, carry it from the top as well from these bars. One of the other really nice things, if you look here on the Hensel is this little pouch right here. This little pouch carries the wheels and the wheel bar that this pack rolls on.

This Versa-Flex case is really well thought out, from the handles on the top and on the sides to the wheel bar, which we can actually insert wheels into the bottom. A wheel on either side and they screw together. So the wheels will spin on the cases. What's great about it is if you're going through an airport and one person is on this case, it's not a problem to do because of these wheels. But the great thing about it is that these wheels will come off, come apart, and they go into the pouch on the front of the pack. So you aren't breaking these wheels off when you're traveling.