Custom SLR Air Strap: Padded Camera Shoulder Sling Strap for DSLR, Micro Four Thirds, Mirrorless, Compact Cameras

Unlike many customers, I don't have a big fat heavy DSLR that's in desperate need of support: I ditched my DSLRs several years ago and converted to lighter-weight, smaller mirrorless micro 4/3 cameras. I bought this strap for a particular purpose: I often go bicycling, and wanted a comfortable strap for one of my smaller mu-43/Micro Four Thirds cameras (a Panasonic Lumix GX1, with a 14mm 'pancake' Panasonic lens mounted on it, all in all quite a small camera/lens combo). The goal: to be able to wear the camera slung around my back in a relatively tight (but comfortable) fit for biking - but also to have an instantly-adjustable strap so that, if I want to stop and take a picture of anything, I yank yank on the strap and it'll 'extend' for photographing - but then yank on it again (in the other direction, obviiously) and have it 'cinch up' back to a comfortable/tighter fit for biking.And guess what? CustomSLR's 'Air Strap' does exactly that.It also does it in a comfortable, clever, and ingenious fashion.I'm not going to bore whoever's reading this with details about how it works. You can read them in the product description - or on CustomSLR's website - or see the strap 'in action' on several excellent YouTube videos - or read Mike Pasini's thorough and excellent review of it on his website (which I did before buying, and helped me decide on this strap). But, basically, the strap does what it's supposed to - provide a comfortable but tighter fit for walking/biking/running/x-CSkiing/Whatever - but then loosening at a simple tug to give the user/photographer plenty of room to take pictures.It's such a cool product I decided to write this review - and I pretty much never write reviews. That alone should tell you that this is far better than most of the straps I've used. But most importantly - it works. The fact that it does it for a fair and totally affordable price is another feather in the cap of the folks at CustomSLR - who make good and great products, and reasonable prices.Hope this helps someone trying to make a similar decision to the one I had to make.

True rating is 4.5 stars as Amazon does not allow 1/2 star increments.The Custom SLR Camera Air Strap is a very versatile strap that performs well above it's inexpensive price point. The shoulder mesh portion has round edges to minimize/eliminate friction with the neck. It is very light, breathable and flexible --- I have gone on a multitude of day-long shooting events without encountering any comfort problems.The strap itself performs as described - I like that there's an option to either attach directly to the side rings of my camera (Sony a6000) or attach to their Custom SLR C-Loop Camera Strap Mount Solution - Silver (not included). In either case, the camera and strap felt very secure. If I needed to quickly move to another location, a short tug on the shoulder loop was all that was needed to brace the camera to my body/back. The circular connections were very handy as it allowed for some side-to-side travel from the camera without disturbing the shoulder mesh. The connections felt very secure and I highly doubt they would come loose on their own.I am probably nit-picking but I have to take away 1/2 star because the strap isn't quite perfect. Unlike its related-sibling (Custom SLR's Glide Strap), the shoulder mesh of the Air Strap does not stay in place when you bring the camera up to take a photograph. It will fall behind your back until you bring the camera back down to your hip after taking the shot. This means that you might have to re-seat the strap on your shoulder if it does not land at the optimum *rest* position. Also, there is some slight friction on your clothing with the constant up-and-down nature of the strap. This was not a problem on my t-shirts and tight-woven jackets but there was some pilling forming on my sweaters.Overall, I more than satisfied with this product and will getting another when we purchase my wife's new camera in the near future.

Based on the shoulder straps I have for my laptop bags, I'm sure these are high quality.I looked at the first wrong shipment and I received, and it seems the same quality.Unfortunately, what I need is a neck strap for my camera, not two arm slings - the first wrong one, replaced by the second wrong one.

Great strap, super comfortable.

This strap is easy to use with my Sony a6500. Much better than the strap the comes with the camera. The Air Strap makes it easy to wear the camera on your hip/side. The top of the strap is extra wide to provide comfort on your shoulder but if you want to carry the camera with the strap on the back of your neck the strap isn't very comfortable. Easy to release the strap so you can slide the camera away from your side in order to take pictures.

This is the best neckstrap I've ever used with my DSLR and I've been a professional photographer for over a decade.To give you an idea, I went to Vegas in 114 degree weather and this strap didn't make me sweat extra which is a feat considering the temperature and I was in direct sun for hours.Also, I went hiking through the Grand Canyon with it and it was so light (which matters a lot when you're going up and down hills and dodging tree branches) and it didn't chafe my neck, collar bones, nor shoulders at all.I would HIGHLY recommend giving this one a shot.

The strap is a little bit bulky but comfortable nonetheless. My biggest gripe is that I wish that the clips were further up the strap, closer to the camera body. When unclipped the straps tethered to the camera body had too much slack no matter how they were adjusted and would just flail around.