What do you use to store your stuff in?

Brick - I have no problems with tight manouvers with panniers. I still run the same tight gaps as I used to with a backpack and can twitch in and out of spaces as well as anyone else I've seen on the road. I think it has a lot to do with what you're used to doing.

As for the inconvenience. I just lift the bag off and hang it from my shoulder from a strap, much like one might do with a messenger bag. I'm not sure how this is more inconvenient than a messenger bag. I guess you do have to lift the bag up a bit to get it on the shoulder but that kind of effort barely seems worth mentioning.

Sorry Seldom Killer I prob came across a bit too negative. They clearly do work for some people. As for the maneuvering, the rear of your bike always cuts a corner so when going through a gap on a corner that it when I most often find them catching. Plus I can't bunny hop a bike with panniers, but as you say it depends what you do bla bla bla.

It's all gone a bit c+ init?

Speaking of which my Mum bought me a c+ for Christmas. They even had a red light debate in the magazine. Keeping it real.