Great Travel Bag, Ideal Carry-on

I bought the 50l duffel in Eclipse to pair with the everyday tote in the same colour. The tote I use every day, while this is just for travel, and it does a superb job. The size is perfect for a large carry-on item on European airlines. Build quality is good, style is great. Best features: Sturdy, stylish, great size. Lots of useful pockets. Thoughtfully and practically designed. I really like how the straps can be easily unclipped and reconfigured depending how you're carrying it. Negatives: Very few. My only real complaint is that the shoulder strap pad is very slippy and regularly slips off my shoulder, it could do with being rubberised or otherwise grippier to prevent this. This is despite the fact that I have broad, level shoulders; someone with narrower or more sloped shoulders than me would likely struggle even more than I did. Also, the fittings on the shoulder strap that came with this bag are not as sturdy as on the everyday tote, even though it initially looked like the exact same strap - on the tote the buckles are metallic, matching colour and thick, but here they're black plastic and weaker looking, which is odd given that this is a larger bag that will need to hold almost triple the weight.

Great Duffel. Terrible Luggage.

I love Peak. I have many other of their travel items which I LOVE. But the 35L duffel is a struggle. It's a fantastic duffle bag (if you don't use the cross body strap) but it makes terrible "luggage" in the "roll it on your spinner through the airport and through a train station" kind of way. I have the Coyote fabric, which I also have in their wash and tech pouches, and it's amazing. I have seen the 35L in other fabrics, but they have a thick, rubberized panel on both sides vs. the coyote that doesn't. I prefer the coyote for this reason. You might get one that says it has magnetized handles in the hang tag; none of them have these anymore but the tag persists. The handles are now a snap closure. Everyone in the reviews hates the magnets, so, fine. As luggage, it has two major flaws: PD says you can use it over the top of a rolling suitcase handle, but you're literally just draping the carry straps over the handle. There is no dedicated slip-through panel. This results in a fully off-vertical arrangement, and since it's a duffle i.e. it's squat and wide not tall and narrow, its bottom slips off the top of the spinner and the entire thing falls over. And the cross body strap's padded area is sewn on, so in order to move it to be on your shoulder, you have to make one side of the strap longer and one side shorter. But the design of that system leaves excess fabric on one side and takes a long time to get just right. I assume PD folks read these, since they replaced the magnets everyone hated. Add a real way to put this on a spinner, and make the cross body strap cushion moveable. If you just need a great duffel bag and don't plan to use it with the cross body strap or over a spinner handle, this is your golden ticket. The 50L is *huge* and only for a specific type of travel/traveler.

Great Bag For Travel, Sports And Work

Fantastic duffle bag! Love that I could use it for travel, work and sport! Works well with the the other peak design organisers I have too

Awesome!

The size (50L, for Gym) was just right for me, and the material was as excellent as I’d expected. I did my research thoroughly on the official website and YouTube before buying, and I’m glad I got exactly what I was looking for. It’s very reassuring that PeakDesign offers a lifetime warranty. I don’t even know how much I’ve spent on PeakDesign products over the years, but even items that have broken after years of heavy use are covered by the warranty, so they’ll replace them with the latest model right away. That makes me so happy that I end up buying another new product. In the end, PeakDesign makes a profit, lol. Please continue to create many great products while respecting your customers' needs!

My Favorite For Shorter Trips.

I have two travel duffel bags, this is easily my favorite. The design is perfect for shorter trips, whether carry on or tossing it in the tack room of the horse trailer. I love x-pac, and this coyote x-pac looks great and doesn’t show trailer and truck bed dust/dirt like a black color bag. With the regular (larger) size wash kit and tech pouch in the same coyote x-pac color it’s the perfect kit for shorter duration trips.

Nice Looking But Heavily Flawed

I have two big issues with the duffel. One the handles are odd and I don't find them comfortable. The other issue is the conversion of the handle to the backpack strap. The tension to remove the hook from the loop feels the a huge point of failure. This also true moving the strap from traditional to cross body. It's innovations is its flaw.

Perfection With The New Handles

First up - they fixed the handles. They now have snaps and feel very comfortable in the hand. Everything about this bag oozes excellence and quality. I couldn't find any manufacturing flaws at all. Whatever process they use to build these things, they have definitely mastered it. I love everything about this bag and it is a real pleasure to take a trip with this in hand. Also, I can't recommend the packing cubes enough - they really complement the bag and result in a great packing experience. Congratulations to Peak Design for crafting this gem.

I Was Expecting Magnets, Not Buttons

I bought this a weak ago and I only did so they promoted magnetic handels, I was very disappointed they didn't have this option in the colour chose. I bought the purple/red looking one but no magnets and no leather feel for the handels

Thoughtful Design. Stylish Looks.

I used this bag for a Central Asia trip of two weeks. Held all my stuff great. I have never really traveled with a duffle before this bag. I thought the bottom grips my hand naturally went to when slinging over one arm was brilliant design. Zippers were great. Storage was great. If there was one thing that I would suggest is stronger magnets on the 35L handles so they stayed together easier. Airplane overhead space was easy. I anticipate this bag to last many years on many trips.

Travel Duffel

Great for packing all the essential for a week or so trip. Lots of options for storage, practicality and very light.

Spacious, Functional And Stylish

This is the 4th Peak Designs different bag I’ve bought and the quality, functionality and style are always exceptional. It’s mainly been camera bags before but the bag is for weekend travel and the gym. Love it

Perfect For Carry On

Spent hours researching for a large travel bag that was carry on capable. Landed on this one and no regrets so far. Great looking bag and very functional.

Does exactly what it should with amazing Peak design like normal. Same complaint as everyone else that the magnets should be stronger but not a deal breaker.

Beware Internal Metal Structure!

This bag (50L Sage Duffel) serves my purposes for travel. However beware that there is internal structure that cannot be removed from the length of the bag and so it will not compress beyond 15in.~ at length. I worry that this hardware may eventually break or wear through the fabric with no easy access to remove it. Overall good materials with room to improve the design in minor ways, a four star product with 3 star storefront info.

“The” Carry-on Bag

If you are on the fence about this please give it a try. Was waiting to finish a trip to Argentina. Was concerned about space and carry on dimensions since was travelling 1 bag carry-on for 20 days and was in a budget airline. Needless to say it performed admirably, so many carry options and fits perfectly on overhead bins. No troubles at all, incredible zippers. Thank you PD!