Picked up 35L duffle and have been really impressed with how well it works: lightweight, looks great and has excellent organisation making it a lot better for living out of.
As everyone says though, the magnetic handles are really bad: uncomfortable and don’t stay together.
I will say, I liked the 35L enough that I bought the 65L which doesn’t come with magnetic handles but a wrap around hand grip that makes the handles comfortable and keeps them together.
Peak - please can you make this standard on the 35L and make the handles with the wrap available to folk who want to upgrade their 35L! It’s so much better and I’m sure a lot of folk would want it.
I've been using their backpack for years now and have been blown away by the durability so I decided to get the duffel as well. The build quality on this is even better. I love that it's made of recycled materials and that this company quite literally checks every box for what a company should be doing.
The bag looks really nice, and the materials all feel good. The handle magnets are a cool touch, though they could be a bit stronger. The side pockets are convenient, but I wouldn't mind them being a big roomier. Overall, I really like it. If it holds up as well as the backpack, I expect to be using this for quite a while.
I got this bag right before heading to Europe… had been searching for a duffel and this one is pretty sweet. Very well made and is also not trying to be too much. Just a duffel, not a hybrid duffel / backpack. The only thing that isn’t ideal is that when it’s really full the outer side pockets aren’t really so useful and the inside little side pockets are honestly a bit too small for what I wanted to put in them.
I bought this bag because the PD travel backpack was too heavy and unwieldy for travel, especially at airports. I love everything about it which make its flaws particularly pronounced, especially as it's otherwise so well-designed. THE HANDLES: I just don't get it, it's a well- documented complaint, the magnets just don't work. It's too weak. Why have they not replace the magnets with something stronger? It's so frustrating. All over bag magnets are weak too, not just the handles but the latter is the most interacted feature. The whole uncomfortable awkward design is not worth it if the magnets don't work. Fix this and the bag would be sublime.
Clever locking system in bag is very nice, made with good sturdy material, loads of pockets for just about anything, packs really well when using packing cubes
Bought for travel duffel that would stand up to a beating - totally delivers. On ask is to make a version with a separate shoe compartment. I have the shoe cube, but would prefer a built in zipper