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Stowed Safely, to Shooting Freely
Go from having your camera securely cinched up, for easy mobility — to slung low, for unhindered portrait and landscape shooting — just by pulling the F1’s adjustment tab.
Instead of tacking-on over-engineered hardware, it’s made from the same strong, flexible, lightweight fabric as the strap — plus a simple yet secure sliplok that won’t budge under load, no matter how heavy your camera.
One Strap That’s Up for Anything
To be clear, the F1 functions beautifully as a neck strap, but it’s much more versatile than that.
Quickly lengthen the F1 to use as a cross-body/sling strap, or loop the webbing through the D-rings to make a wrist strap — all without carrying (or remembering to carry) extra stuff.
We’ve heard tales of photographers literally tying their F1’s onto things, and attaching the D-rings or adjustment tab to carabiners for peace-of-mind. Use your imagination — F1 can take it!
Light, Strong & Built Tough in USA
A lot of camera straps are stuck in the past … unnecessarily bulky, made from traditional low-tech materials and metal hardware.
We take a different approach, using materials found in modern expedition gear, where strength-to-weight ratio is critical, and exposure to the elements is a given.
If you’re looking for a faux-heirloom made of leather and steel, you’ll have to look elsewhere — because we won’t make camera straps that rust, rot or crack after a downpour (especially for today’s weather-sealed cameras).
Sleek Where it Matters Most
Not all cameras are the same, so we’ve got two optimized mounting options, reducing bulk around the hand when possible.
For cameras that require a “traditional” flat mount, we use hardware developed by aerospace engineers, for cameras being sent to … you guessed it … space. And to tidy up the loose ends, we developed a streamlined installation method.
The barely-there lug mount version (shown here) comes with our proprietary Standard Split Rings, made from a steel and magnesium alloy that’s 25% stronger than stainless steel. It’s almost like holding a naked camera — but much more secure.
David S. –
I prefer minimalist straps, and this is it. I don’t want it getting in the way, and not taking up much room in my bag. I never remove neck straps, so the lack of a quick release is not an issue for me. I have 4 various Sony A6000 series cameras, all fitted with Simplr straps. I go way back with Nikon cameras from the 70’s, when thin straps were the norm, so that’s not a problem for me. With heavier gear, of course wider straps are more practical. If you are using compact cameras, it is worth taking a look at Simplr straps.
The quick adjust strap, with a quick conversion to a wrist strap, are wonderful bonuses. I am so spoiled now, that I definitely couldn’t go back to a strap without a quick adjust buckle.
I also love the color selection. Always a sucker for black, olive green & gray. I was surprised when I ordered the limited edition brown. I ordered it to have a different color strap. Not normally into brown, but really loved this color.
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Malcolm –
Pentax K1000
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Topher –
I’m using this on an Olympus omd e-m10 with a 40-150mm lense. So not a huge camera. I don’t know why it’s so hard to find simple things that just work. This strap just works. Adjusting it is super easy I wear it either cross body or as a neck strap. It’s comfortable, lightweight and unobtrusive. I wear it hiking or just around and it’s perfect. Honestly it dose t sound like much to just say ya it’s a camera strap. But apparently that’s really hard for people to do. I like it more than my peak design straps and more than normal fixed length straps. I guess for a heavier camera it’d be nice if they made a 2″ strap but not my problem! I love this strap.
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David Hall Yancey –
Using the strap with my fav Fuji X10. Its a perfect fit. Its like it was made for that camera. Goes everywhere all the time. Best strap i ever had.
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Mike –
Great strap! Just what I was looking for — simple, understated, well made, and functional — on my Ricoh KR-5.
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Thornburn Parker –
Fujifilm x-t30, Fujifilm 35mm
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Lez Hall –
Using with Fuji E-X3 and it’s pretty well perfect. One star off for the split ring connector. I have a PD strap with their large quick releases and, although the QR works well, those disc things can get in the way when you grasp the camera.
The F1 strap is invisible in use and doesn’t get in the way when you hold the camera. Good colour, I got the castor gray.
After I put the strap on I discovered I had put the adjust tab on my left side, when I would have preferred the right side, but because I find those split-rings a PITA I couldn’t be bothered changing it. Maybe when the snows come I will spend another hour fart-arsing around with them. 🙂
Oh, and great price.
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Don –
The strap itself feels great but the lug style rings are a pain in the ass to get on to the camera. You guys need to change to larger rings or a more flexible steel
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Simplr –
Thanks for sharing your thoughts and suggestions. Following our installation instructions here, we think you’ll find the size and strength of the rings to be really well-considered. Larger rings can prematurely wear the finish on your camera, due to more exposed metal and greater leverage exerted (Remember Physics 101? A bigger ring is essentially a longer “lever”). Also, there are similarly-sized split rings that are more flexible — but we would never use them, because they have about one-third the strength of the ones we make. (Most similar split rings fail catastrophically at around 20 lbs. Ours may deform a little at around 60 lbs, but won’t pull completely apart like those flexible/weak super-easy-to-install rings.)
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André –
After reading and watching too many camera strap reviews to count, I almost gave up. Then I searched “simple camera strap” as a last resort. I ended up here. I bought the green F1. I’ve used it for a month. It is everything I wanted.
If you’re in search of a simple strap, buy this and stop your search. If you’re thinking, but I want a strap that has quick-release dongles that attach to the camera, and awkwardly stick out when the strap is removed, then you probably don’t want a strap that looks good on your camera. Also, most all straps use metal, which seems less than ideal around LCD displays and glass. In one month of use I have worn the F1 on several-mile hikes, converted it to a loose wrist strap, and easily attached my camera to tripods. It’s always worked.
One note: I use a Fujifilm X-T4 and the lug mounts sit near the top edge of the camera. This means the metal split rings will make contact with the camera. To counteract that, I used small rubber O-rings — a standard #83 ring (found a local hardware store) fits so well it looks like they came with the camera.
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Jared Harrison –
These straps are just so great. Work perfectly and are light and comfortable. I have two F1 straps now and thoroughly recommend.
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