Zoom CBF-1LP Padded Carrying Bag for F1-LP Field Recorder
Padded shell carrying bag made by Zoom for the F1-LP, the two-track recorder supplied with a lavalier microphone. It protects the recorder from shock and scratches and carries the small parts that go with it.
- Padded shell case: holds its shape and takes the knock rather than passing it to the recorder inside.
- Shock and scratch protection: the two things a small field recorder tends to pick up in transit.
- Room for the lavalier mic: the microphone bundled with the F1-LP stows alongside the recorder.
- Space for a windscreen: so the foam stays with the microphone it belongs to.
- Spare AAA battery: carry a fresh cell instead of hunting for one on location.
- microSD card: keeps your media with the machine that records it.
- One item to grab: the F1 and its accessories travel as a single package.
Made specifically for the F1-LP rather than adapted from a generic pouch, so the recorder and its accessories have a fixed home.
The CBF-1LP is Zoom's own carrying bag for the F1-LP, the two-track recorder that comes bundled with a lavalier microphone. It is a padded shell case, so it keeps its shape in a bag and absorbs the knock instead of passing it through to the recorder.
A shell, not a sleeve
Zoom describes the CBF-1LP as a padded shell case that protects the F1 from shock and from scratches. Those are the two things that go wrong with a small recorder in transit. Hard items sharing the same bag scuff the screen and the body, and a drop or a heavy set-down travels straight through thin fabric. A padded shell deals with both at once.
Carries the whole F1 kit
The case is sized so the F1 travels with the parts it needs rather than on its own. Zoom lists a lavalier mic, a windscreen, a AAA battery and a microSD card as the kind of accessories that fit alongside the recorder. In practice that is the microphone that came with the F1-LP, the foam that keeps wind noise off it, a spare cell and the card you are recording to, all in one place instead of scattered through a backpack.
Who it suits
Useful if your F1-LP goes out for interviews, run-and-gun video, lectures or rehearsal capture, because the whole rig becomes one item to pick up. It also earns its place when the recorder shares a bag with camera gear, where zips, chargers and lens caps do most of the scratching. Note that this bag is made for the F1-LP specifically, so check your recorder model before ordering.