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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.
TC –
Great strap that is efficient and made simple. For street and travel it packs great, can be slung, hung, and wristed, and has no unnecessary hardware to damage you camera. Great idea and easy to use… very satisfied. None of the drama from clamp adjustment on Peak Designs, or ensuring the metal isn’t rubbing your nice camera in the bag… this does the same thing with less bling.
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Joseph McD –
I absolutely love this strap! Flat-mount fits my Konica Hexar af perfectly and provides light yet super strong support for one of my favorite point and shoot cameras! I prefer the longer sling style position and this strap adjusts to that position easily! I have the other Simplr straps as well…all work beautifully!
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Robm –
If you’re in the market for a totally functional camera strap, not some over-designed toy, the F1 is just about perfect! Purchased for my Leica Q2, a solid lump of a camera, it feels secure, balanced and most importantly doesn’t get the way !!
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Seidler Photography –
My F1 is everything I wanted tor my Fuji xt30. I first ordered a Simplr wrist strap a year or so ago…what a terrific strap for street photography no bulk at all and extremely comfortable. When hiking I needed 2 hands free for safety measures. That’s when I researched shoulder straps. Simplr made it to the top of my list.
I wanted a strap that was light weight, adjustable and most of all and not to get in the way of my camera controls.
Now I have the perfect strap.
I am a professional photographer shooting events, weddings, sports , and family portraits for over 35 years. I don’t take my professional Canon cameras for travel or street shoots. I feel it’s too risky for breakdowns and too bulky.
Love my Fuji xt30.
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Tyler –
Loving how swiftly one can extend this strap from the sling position to take photos unhindered. A fast pull-tab makes this thing fun to use. This strap is great for ditching the gear bag and throwing the camera over your shoulder for a short adventure/hike/bike/ whatever.
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Charles –
Really enjoying this strap. Love the versatility of having a sling, neck, or wrist strap. I’ve been using the wrist strap setup lately and it is really great.
Great colors and well made. I had a tech issue ordering and customer service was awesome and responded very quickly. Shipping was fast.
Great product. Great company!
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Marcus –
The strap is wonderful for all the reasons others have mentioned: simple functional design, no bulky hardware, tasteful aesthetics, quality materials. However, I want to elaborate on my experience with the clever quick adjustability feature, since that was the primary reason I was willing to pay the premium price.
I typically keep the strap diagonally across my chest with the camera tucked against my back above the hip. The F1 design lets me keep the strap short and then pull the loop to lengthen it for easier shooting, but in my experience the loop is usually behind my shoulder, which can be slightly awkward to reach (I’m a skinny 5′ 10″ male, so I like to tighten the strap almost all the way). Once I do grab the loop it’s very easy to lengthen the strap. However, it’s somewhat difficult to quickly tighten the strap to get the camera tucked away securely again. I can’t easily use the loop to tighten the strap because of how the camera’s weight pulls though the strap hardware. Instead, I need to find the “inner” layer of the strap to pull through the hardware, let the weight of the camera pull the strap through the D-ring to “reset” the strap, and repeat once or twice more.
I want to emphasize that the strap is wonderful and it’s far superior to any other I’ve used. If you don’t plan on constantly adjusting the strap length like I do, then these nitpicks won’t be an issue at all. Even though the adjustment feature isn’t quite as effortless as I had hoped, I’ve adapted quickly and find myself adjusting the length on the fly. The wrist strap feature is great too, especially to keep things tidy in the camera bag. I have no regrets about buying the F1, I’ve recommended it to friends, and I intend to use it until a new version comes out.
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Jada M. –
It’s exactly what I was looking for in a camera strap. I didn’t know if I’d ever find a functional, but cute 3-in-1, but I did and I’m so glad I bought it!
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Ry –
Here’s why this strap really works for me: I love bike photography. By that I don’t mean I like taking photos of bikes (although that would also be true…) What I mean is that I’m often shooting while riding my bike or stopping to put a foot down and take a shot. I like on-the-move photography, and I take my camera EVERYWHERE. So, I needed a sling strap to ride with the camera securely slung around my back. I needed it to quickly adjust to a longer strap so I could put the camera to my eye without taking the strap off. I also needed to it be comfortable and not give me rope burn while riding. The F1 strap does all of those things really well. I doubt I’ll ever use a different type of strap.
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Jeff –
I really wanted to like this strap. The craftsmanship and buying experience was great. I had a few issues with the design though. The material used was rougher and more coarse than seat belt material which feels and slides across your body better. When ordering, I was drawn to the use of one adjustment point instead of 2. In practice, I had it’s flaws. I found it somewhat difficult to shorten the strap. Also, the adjustment point would often fall behind my shoulder making it difficult to adjust further. It’s location also constantly caught on a backpack I was wearing while hiking. Last, the implementation of the hand strap fell just short. It’s a GREAT idea. It did work well in practice too. Was surprised me was the sizing of the D rings that you feed the strap through for this configuration. They were smaller enough than the strap that it wasn’t seamless to slide it through. The strap had to be folded over ever so slightly to fit. I found this difficult to do while holding my camera with the other hand. All of these complaints are rather minor but for a $45 piece of nylon, they should have been tested and considered. That said, there are clearly plenty of people that didn’t have such issues so maybe it’s just me.
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