Customer Reviews for Peak Design - Wash Pouch - Coyote
Customer Rating
5
Perfect
on February 1, 2019
Posted by: Anonymous
This bag has to be best I've ever bought you open it and the upright compartment keep things easily visible The side zippered pocket is perfect for my insulin Well worth the money Even in with Canadian exchange
This bag is exactly what I needed! The bag almost has too much space but for me that's a good thing. We travel a lot as a family and the space I don't use gives me room for medicines and toothbrushes for the kids. When I travel alone I feel like I can squish it down in my bag and it doesn't take up any extra room. This is the perfect toiletry bag for all travelers
The build quality, size and feature set of this bag are all fantastically realised. It's obvious a lot of consideration went into the design. The best features for me are the magnetic toothbrush pocket which is easy to keep clean and the fact that the bag can either stand or hang where other bags only do one of those two things well. The only thing keeping this bag from being perfect for me is the hook itself or more specifically the webbing attaching it to the bag. It's way too short which makes the hook hard to get out and put away and also means you can't hang the bag on horizontal rails as the bag tries to twist around or the hook pops off the rail.
A good pouch, not as good as the tech pouch. Several shortcomings. Like the Tech Pouch, I'd like to see it thinner and taller. As it is, the internal pockets have difficulty holding travel bottles. I'd move the three internal pockets with dimension to the middle of the inside instead of the outer edge. When on the outer edge the bottles poke out of the bottom and top. If they were in the middle they'd fit better and you could use taller bottles--a 4 oz Opti-free saline solution just doesn't fit well when the pouch is closed. I'd like to see a few more zippered pockets both inside and out. My biggest problem is with the hang hook. It barely holds on to shower rods and it's leash is very, very short. I really like the tooth brush pocket and the razor pocket, but I feel like their shallow depth robs you of some very valuable real estate. Pouch doesn't come with a mirror, so I borrowed my sea to summit mirror which fits well. It's the first travel pouch in this price range that I'v ever purchased that does not have one. The insides sometimes (often) interfere with the zipper path.
Writing a review about a toiletry bag seems a little crazy, but Peak Design stuff just makes you want to brag about it. I came from two LL Bean toiletry bags, and although they were fine, the wash pouch from PD is superior is so many ways. Funny that some people think this thing is too big, as the LL Bean ones and others I have seen in the past are almost twice as big. My wife even said "that thing is pretty small, isn't it?". But after a few uses, I find it to be the perfect size. Love the compartments, origami style opening, and the ability to hang and store when not needed. Highly recommend!
I've got a lot of Dopp bags. Some from brand names, some not; some canvas, some nylon, some leather, some TSA-approved plastic. But this is the one I keep handy and always bring with me. All Dopp bags hold stuff, this one holds stuff in place, making it quicker and easier to use, and the design allows for bulky stuff that other organization-focused Dopp bags can't accommodate. The ability for it to open as much as it does means lots of light gets in for finding things, and I can get my stuff out without scraping my knuckles on the zipper--which is good when I've already scraped up my knuckles someplace else and would like them to heal up.
I love this toiletry kit! I don't usually care too much about toiletry kits but this one worked flawlessly on my trip to Antarctica. For the last couple of years I've used the Eagle Creek Pack-It toiletry kit because of how small it is and I can keep everything in there. But it's limited in that I can't really hang it up very well. For my Antarctica kit, I'm glad I jumped up to this larger bag because of the hanger hook on it alone. On the ship there wasn't any counter space and I had to hang it on one of the handles in the bathroom. Even going over high swells on the Drake Passage I could keep the toiletry kit open and nothing fell out.
I was able to keep 3 weeks worth of stuff in there. I used the Matador FlatPak for my shampoo and the Nalgene 2oz bottles for everything else. It's like Peak Design designed around these perfectly. Well done Peak! I like that I could hang it or just as comfortably lay it out on the bathroom counter. I didn't think having a separate pocket for my razor would be that big of deal but I found that I really do like that. It's so easy to grab what I need and not have to dig for it. The toothbrush location is also super convenient since it's right in the middle of the bag.
The toiletry bag is on the larger side when it comes to toiletry bags. My preference would be to have a smaller version. It worked for my three week trip, I might have second thoughts on it for a weekend to a week-long trip.