bummer bag.

By Rowan Heather Dorland Ranked #128 - Duffel Bags July 5, 2011

I was pretty amped when I received this bag about six months ago, until the outside pocket delaminated from the zipper closure on its first trip; the zipper still zips, but it doesn't close the pocket! Since the straps are great, it looks awesome, and is the perfect size for traveling, I figured I'd just pretend that pocket didn't exist and use this duffel for bailout bag (clothes/ toiletries rather than gear), which I have, on perhaps five or six trips where the bag is tossed in the Jeep, tossed out of the Jeep, tossed in the tent, and then repacked and brought home... certainly not qualifying as heavy use, let alone abuse. So far, the coating on my zipper is flaking off like a gnarly healing sunburn, making the zipper repeatedly get stuck and my toothpaste tore a hole in the wimpy mesh interior pocket.

Oh, and the zipper is pretty leak-happy. Don't spill anything on it, much less leave it where rain can get it.

"Welded" duffel sounded pretty tough, but tough this bag is definitely not.

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