Have a gripped T3I and I agree that a battery grip isn't the answer if you need more real estate for your hands.

Quote Originally Posted by FastGass View Post
If you have big hands (mine are average) I would spring for the 60D, I use it and I had a rebel XTi before. I can tell you from experience that I would rather have the 60D without a grip than a rebel with one, the grip is wider and deeper than the rebel grip and is more comfortable for me. Besides that the top LCD is more usefull than you might think (I abesolutely love it!), weather sealing and other tweaks make it a very nice upgrade. If your hands are huge then the rebel would be out of the question for me and the 60D with a grip would be minimum, 1-series would be best.... For what it's worth the 7D is a tiny bit bigger than the 60D.

Just my two cents,
John.