Customer reviews from Peak Design
Peak Design - Outdoor Sling 2L - Cloud
Average customer rating
4
(90 Reviews)
Rating breakdown 90 reviews
5 Stars
48
4 Stars
18
3 Stars
9
2 Stars
8
1 Star
7
70%of customers recommend this product.
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46 out of
66)
Customer Reviews for Peak Design - Outdoor Sling 2L - Cloud
Customer Rating
5
Exactly what I was looking for
on June 14, 2025
Posted by: RB
from Minneapolis
I was looking for a sling that wasn’t too bulky, looked nice, and held enough stuff to lighten my pockets. This is it! Love the material, the strap is top rate. Love this little bag!
I would recommend this to a friend!
Written by a customer while visiting Peak Design
Customer Rating
5
Minimalist Travel Companion
on June 7, 2025
Posted by: EricB
I purchased this sling for a two-week trip to Croatia, and it turned out to be the perfect travel companion. I needed something compact and packable that could still fit my Nikon Zf w/ 40mm Prime paired with the Camera Cube V2 XS (which deserves its own glowing review). This sling delivered.
With the Camera Cube tucked inside, I still had room in the front pocket for essentials like keys and coins. The interior organization made it easy to store small items such as a lens cleaner, a travel-sized sunscreen, my wallet, and phone. While it was a snug fit, I developed a great system, tucking the top of the Camera Cube under itself and adjusting the dividers to hold my camera strap and other accessories. I ended up keeping my wallet inside the main compartment for quick access and used the rear pocket for my phone.
If you’re looking to travel light and are willing to put a little thought into your setup, I highly recommend this bag. I only brought one lens, but with a few tweaks to the Camera Cube layout, I could have easily fit a second. A fantastic solution for minimalist travel photography.
Written by a customer while visiting Peak Design
Customer Rating
3
great, but for one major flaw
on June 6, 2025
Posted by: good and fine
from switzerland
bought it and as soon as I saw the buckle packed it up and returned it. reading all the other comments confirmed my suspicion that the buckle will easily open by mistake and leave you picking up your broken camera from the ground. otherwise everything seems great. if they fix the buckle design i'll definitely buy it again!
No, I would not recommend this to a friend.
Written by a customer while visiting Peak Design
Customer Rating
3
2 L black bag
on June 3, 2025
Posted by: Anonymous
from Lisbon
Love peak design products, and bought this 2L new style in kickstarter, aspect a little bigger and with more space and po pockets to store stuff
Now you are selling the new 4 L and I would love in green like you have in the bags
Keep the great work
Now you are selling the new 4 L and I would love in green like you have in the bags
Keep the great work
I would recommend this to a friend!
Written by a customer while visiting Peak Design
Customer Rating
4
Great sling except for buckle and compartments
on May 31, 2025
Posted by: PD_user
I found a workable solution to fix the accidental buckle release issue.
I used a silicone cable strap to thread through the slit and the bottom hole of the buckle (see pictures). The thickness of the strap makes it much harder to press and release the buckle unless you intentionally press it really hard. Use a black color silicone strap and you can't really notice it's there so it won't affect the aesthetics. Also, you won't need to untie the silicone strap at all. Leave it there , it is just there to make it much harder to press the buckle release , but you can still press it when you intentionally want to.
If Peak Design is reading this, I think they should recall this strap buckle and replace it with a secure one for all current users (or at least offer a discount for a replacement that would fix this issue).
If Peak Design is reading this, I think they should recall this strap buckle and replace it with a secure one for all current users (or at least offer a discount for a replacement that would fix this issue).
Now to the review of the sling bag:
I like PD products. This outdoor sling is a great lightweight sling.
I like PD products. This outdoor sling is a great lightweight sling.
The best thing about it is that it can be collapsed or expanded easily. The drawcord system last you expand or tighten the thickness of the bag. When tightened, it can be flat and contour to your body which is a great plus .
The weight is very light compared to another of my favorite brand bell - roy . However, the downside is the internal compartments organization. In the outer compartment, it is a bit too shallow and there is no internal partitions or pockets, it's only good for keys and ChapStick. In the main compartment, all the zippered and elastic pockets are concentrated on the inner side (the side close to your body). It would be better if there are some small pockets distributed on the other side of the bag. The issue is, after filling the small compartments INSIDE the zipper compartment, it's hard to fill the small compartments slots on the outside of the zipper compartment as they are all concentrated on one side.
The "stash pocket" is a good feature to store quick access items like your phone. It fits the biggest phone on the market right now and it doesn't fall out easily with the magnetic closure.
The strap is of high quality. And yes, I can see how the release button can be pressed by accident, so I would not use it for camera gear. See above for my personal solution to fix this accidental release issue. Technically, you could replace it with other PD straps using their anchor links system if you need a super secure strap.
The inclusion of multiple strap hooks are great for mounting other accessories and it's very flexible.
Overall, this is still an excellent sling. It's light weight and expandability offsets its shortcoming of less than idea compartments organization. Recommended.
Written by a customer while visiting Peak Design
Customer Rating
1
Terrible design flaw
on May 31, 2025
Posted by: chein48
At first, I really liked the bag, until I accidentally touched the strap clasp, which opened and the bag fell to the floor with my camera. How could anyone make such a design flaw in the manufacture of a bag?!
Written by a customer while visiting Peak Design
Customer Rating
4
Useful design but with drawbacks
on May 29, 2025
Posted by: Frosty
from Birmingham UK
Have had the 2l bag for a few weeks and like the design but if it were 2.5l - just a bit bigger it would be ideal. It will take a small camera easily but the mobile phone pocket at rear needs to be a bit bigger - will only take an iPhone 16 or Samsung Galaxy S23 or 25 upright and not sideways so not possible to close the flap. Also the shoulder strap has a locking clasp which is a mistake (as others have mentioned) as its possible to accidentally open it, and it puts you at risk of theft as anyone can open the clasp at the back. To prevent this I have glued tbe clasp in the locked position. Peak design need to fit a shoulder strap WITHOUT an opening clasp!
No, I would not recommend this to a friend.
Written by a customer while visiting Peak Design
Customer Rating
5
Amazingly deep love in spite of two big flaws
on May 27, 2025
Posted by: Mickey Tango
from Vermont
The 7 liter arrived just in time for a two week trip to Spain. I previously reviewed the 2 liter. There are flaws but I am ecstatic about this bag. It feels so perfect and is so adaptable. It has become my daily bag because you can cinch it down so it is very slim, or expand it. And then you can add still more by strapping a jacket or water bottle on the bottom. In the front pocket I have a PD one liter cube with all the small things I need plus keys and ear pods. The main pocket has wallet, passport, a note book, sunglass case, magazine or book plus a light rain parka. The sling is very light weight and comfortable and zippers work well. It could fit my mirrorless camera maybe with an extra lens if I delete most of the other stuff. Even stuffed I didn't have to check it in museums. Amazingly, it just becomes part of your body and I found I could, when slung across front, very comfortably wear my PD every day back pack while still having quick access to necessities. As I noted in my 2 liter review, the magnetic latch pocket for the phone is a joke. If you turn it upside down, the phone immediately falls out--beware! And when we got caught ion the rain, the phone started getting wet. But if you don't turn it upside down it is pretty convenient to pull the phone in and out. The other flaw: I've been reading the reviews about the latch accidentally opening and the bag dropping to the ground, not really believing it. And then it happened to me....twice. Luckily, I'm not carrying a camera. I wonder if PD will take responsibility for this - the way Volkswagen did with my diesel - and send us better straps. In spite of these flaws, I am so totally in to this bag!
I would recommend this to a friend!
Written by a customer while visiting Peak Design