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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.
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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MS –
Super light and easy to adjust, great design. That being said I am not currently using it for my x100v. Even though it can be configured to use as wrist strap it’s a bit loose and bulky for me. I prefer my dedicated wrist strap. But this does not mean I will not switch back at some point! And It’s great knowing that I have a super nice lightweight, easy to adjust strap at the ready for when I want to change things up.
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Phil Vernon –
I purchased this strap to fit on my Leica M monochrome and although shipping to the UK made it a little costly due to import fees I thought the design concept suited my needs. I have absolutely 100% faith with my new strap and would recommend this to anyone as your camera feels safe. This strap is strong in design and comfortable around the neck. 1st rate product
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Simplr –
Rigu is our UK distributor, and they’re truly excellent! If you’d like to save on VAT and shipping, order from here.
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Brandon –
This strap is minimal, light, strong, and very functional. I can’t overstate how much I enjoy the connection point being so much smaller than my previous Peak Design straps (no hate towards PD, still love them). I’d love to see more available colors and maybe a version with a slightly more premium feeling strap material at some point.
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Scott –
So happy I took the plunge and ordered the Simplr F1 for my Fuji x100v. I contemplated between the F1 and F1ultralight for a while but decided on the F1 since I don’t consider the x100v to be an ultralight camera like it is touted to be. I actually don’t think you could go wrong with either. The F1 is already ultralight as far as I’m concerned and does not get in the way. Out of curiosity I might have to pick up the F1ultralight as well. Pricing is completely fair for such well designed and meticulously crafted strap that looks amazing on any camera.
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Dominik –
Clever adjustment. A small protection (removable) on the back of the neck could be useful for heavier DSLRs.
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