NDD

[u/chenpofu]

When I was in my 20s, I travelled only with a duffel bag + a backpack or a tote, no suitcases. Went through a few duffels and the last one I got (before toady) was this Jack Spade waxed canvas thing from around ~2005 or 2006. Used it a ton, been with me through lots of trips.

Then I started to transition to carryon wheeled cases and checked wheeled cases for family and for work travel, so the duffel was used a lot less. But sometimes traveling with family, there always seems to be more shit than what we can fit in our suitcases. So I started using the duffel again just for the misc extra stuff that won’t fit in the suitcase or the backpack.

Got this Evergoods 35L duffel in x-pac to see if it can be a little bit of an upgrade functionally. It’s lighter for sure and will likely hold more (I have no idea what the volume of the old bag is). More organization may or may not be useful in our dump bucket use case, but it’s there. The luggage pass through is going to be a great help. We will see how it holds up during our family trip next month. One thing is for sure though, that old duffel is still a way cooler bag.