Nice review. I have this bag and I contacted peak design to ask to purchase an extra shoulder strap that they put on the smaller duffle. They sent me one and it is great to use as a shoulder carry.
have this bag. love it. it's my go-to bag for road trips, camping, or any time I need extra space. much better product than most duffles at this price. I don't normally use it on the airplane, but as long as I under pack it a little bit, I've had no problem getting into the overhead.
I love your reviews. I'm been watching them lately and more so since I had to evacuate for Hurricane Ida (down in Louisiana). I've been trying to figure out a giant bag to get the hell out of town with. I ended up being packed into two backpacks, one carry on suit case, one small hard case, and a sling.... to basically jam my life into. I took up far too much room in my trunk as I had to evacuate my parents and my brother. I was digging the monarc, but this big boy..... I'm torn! I've been swapping around bags for years. Started with BOOQ (RIP!), moved to nomatic, and now I'm about to give the Alpaka Bravo Sling Max a try. I've never put much thought into larger bags to basically bug-out or evac with. Keep up with the options! I have (hopefully) a few months till next hurricane season.
As a Florida native who dealt with his fair share of hurricanes I feel your pain dude. Hoping everything turned out OK for you and thanks so much for your support for the channel!
so... If you have the 35l duffel as well you can borrow the strap from that 😉... so we have this bag ... used it for a car trip to lego land and Cornwall... Great bag with all the families "stuff" in it for daddy to lug. we purchased it for a planned bus trip to London to see King tut... where I would have to drag all the stuff around for 5 hours in London before the return leg. we also planned to use it on the eurostar trip to Disney land Paris... both didn't happen due to covid 😭... but still have the bag and it will cover off many more trips of this type... probably not a bad.. "I'm going back to uni now" bag as well... thinking forward here for the kids... so I'm summary we see it as a car, train, coach type travel pack (not air) where there is a need to lug stuff around before checking in etc.
Hi, I am subscribing because I cannot listen to anything slower than 1.25 and the "Aaron speaks clearly, you can set it to 1.5 speed" tip validated me and I'm here for it. also, great view and I liked the beat and energy of the review. Very useful! Looking forward to get this bag.
Enjoyed this review. As an overly-opinioned end user, this duffel absolutely DOES NOT NEED a single shoulder strap! Additionally, I might argue that carrying the duffel via the dual shoulder strap handles is superfluous, especially when there are already two perfectly good handles on either side of the bag. The mod I would make: an easily-placed criss-crossed bungie cord might be more effective for carrying things on the outside of the bag (you had a yoga mat), rather two straps attached in a cross-wise manner. I like the materials and attention to detail of this pack, but hate when pack manufacturers try to invent problems to solves rather than pursuing absolute simplicity. KISS!
Love all your vids, of course, but I'm picturing you doing this behind the counter of an upscale luggage store in your tank with all the ink: priceless! 😎😱👍
I ended up getting the 35l peak duffel and I already have the 45l travel backpack from them. I considered the 65l but it feels more backpack than duffel to me and I was looking for a duffel. Also, the 35l duffel seems much larger than 35l, more like 45l so it fits everything I need.
This has many great features, but somehow, they all end up looking awkward altogether. This is more of a backpack than a duffel. This is especially obvious when carrying it as a duffel.
i've been thinking of a duffel for road trips, no air travel. large enough to throw all my luxuries into a bag. backpackable would be nice, but secondary. i def need something more than 40L as my current farpoint hasn't been cutting it for that purpose. this might work since it's a 45L expandable to 65L duffel to adapt to what i need. is this the only duffel that does something like that? or maybe are there other good alternatives in this size range, not necessarily expandable, as i probably won't fill it to 65L, probably.
Same needs as you, have you found one or perhaps bought this? Okej to carry for a whole day in a city? (Have an North Face Router 40L today and need a bigger one, i am 189cm tall)
I owned this bag…and I literally threw it away. I hated this thing and I own almost everything Peak offers. The handles are a pain and are really tight. Carrying by the handles is a weird uncomfortable experience. This bag is also UGLY. It’s not aesthetically pleasing to the eye. Stick with the Peak travel backpack or if you need a bigger bag, look at Wandrd’s duffle bags.
I will, haha. I'm not a driver so I got no car and travel with trains or busses. For the last 2 years I can travel a lot and I have a lot of gear and don't have any normal duffel for clothes and such (even if they are minimal) I'm not even carrying my gimble because I don't have place for it. Not to mention I'm workout addict and wherever I go there are no blenders. So... i carry my own blender and as small as it is it needs space. What gonna say about the egg boiler or the multicooker when I was living in a wood cabin for a month :D :D I won't always feed the transport companies to carry around my stuff so now the 65l will be in great help. I just hope I'll be able to carry it alongside with the Manfrotto Cinema backpack :D
