over the shoulder strap

In my opinion, the best shoulder strap on the market is the Tom Bihn Absolute Shoulder Strap.

It's pricey at $30 but well worth it. I've tried the Eagle Creek strap and the RS one....both are okay......but the Tom Bihn Absolute strap is heaven.

The claw shoulder strap on this website: http://www.redoxx.com/ Look under luggage accessories.

Their luggage is fantastic as well.

sidney,

If your main criteria is "inexpensive", I'm not sure you'll be able to get a good quality shoulder strap, and more importantly one that's comfortable in the long term.

The Tom Bihn and Red Oxx shoulder straps are both excellent so you might have a close look at those to begin with.

I've also tried the Eagle Creek shoulder strap and it's very good quality but tends to "slip" off the shoulder, so I tend to use it only very occasionally.

I've just bought an Air Boss (manufactured by Red Oxx) and the "Claw" strap supplied with that seems excellent but I haven't had an occasion to actually take it out for a "field test" yet (must plan a trip somewhere/anywhere very soon!).

Good luck and happy travels!

You might consider something very different from the others. I have bought a couple Orthotote strap pads, found here: http://www.orthotote.com/ So far, so good, the test will be on an upcoming trip.

PS

I went with the Orthtote strap pads. I already have a decent strap but I end up carrying my wifes bag as well. On our last trip she brought a strap that had no pad at all and it was torture.

Thanks for the info

I will second the Tom Bihn Shoulder strap must be the best I have ever used