Lumbar Packs

Anyone got advice on lumbar packs for day use, what type if any do you use, what do you like?? I am put off a by Loweproe's prices so maybe a regular commercial pack might be OK, it needs to have room for water, protect a couple of lenses, and misc stuff like batteries and memory, but I don't need the camera in the pack.
I find that day backpacks don't work well for me.

Thoughts?

I can't do much about Lowepro's prices, but I use a Lowepro Off Road and love it. Sure, I usually carry a backpack, but if I can get away with it, I use the Off Road. In the main body of the pack, I carry my camera with a lens, and some accessories. In the side cases, I will carry 2 lenses or 2 water bottles, or one of each. In the front pouch, I carry various extras like my GND set, business cards, extra batteries, extra flash cards, etc. If needed, you can also strap a coat or something underneath it. It works great for me.

The other benefits are:
- being able to swing it around to access everything without removing the pack
- and being able to carry a tripod on a shoulder sling.
- I like to stuff this inside my big backpack for long trips. So, when I get to camp, I can pull it out and I'm ready to shoot.

The downside is that you can't carry more. Sometimes, I feel like I need to sacrifice some camera equipment to bring water or food. But I think that would be true of almost all beltpacks. If you needed to carry more stuff on a particular trip, you'll just have to switch to the backpack instead.

Thanks Brent, sounds like a good pack, it's about $100 I think. I'm happy to carry my camera on the tripod with the strap fixed for safety (or round my neck) and I have a TLZ pack (and backpack) if I am mostly hiking and taking infrequent pics. I like the easy access of the beltpacks.

Thinktank Airport Antidote bears looking at. I use it to carry gear but for any hikes, I use a real daypack. For example today, I hiked to Chasm Lake for sunrise, had a nice Arcteryx 40 liter pack that had camera, lens, miscellaneous stuff. Worked great.

If it makes any difference, there are places to get Lowepro gear at good prices. My favorite is a seller on eBay:
http://stores.ebay.com/Sell-N-Send_W0QQssPageNameZstrkQ3amefsQ3amesstQQtZkm

He's in the Denver area, free shipping - I usually receive my purchase the next day, and for much cheaper than the stores.

Just a thought.

I use a LowePro Specialist 85AW and love its versatility and capacity, it comes with a shoulder strap as well to better even the load between shoulder and hips. It holds a 1ds3,100-400(hood reversed), 17-40, 24-105, couple of grad filters, polaraizer, batteries, flash cards.

Great advice thanks a lot y'all.