What 90-100ltr holdall/travel bag?

Looking for a hodall/bag thats approx. 90-100 ltrs in volume.

Needs to be tough enough to cope with being thrown on and off a plane but not rigid as will need to be squashed into a car. Not bothered about having wheels on it but straps so that the bag could be used as a ruck sack would be good.

Seen Snugpak and Overboard bags but has anyone used these or any others?

We’ve had Berghaus Mules for years now (actually bought 8 years ago, still going after lots of abuse).

You might think you don’t want wheels, but when you’re wife has seemingly packed something with the density of an imploding star, you’ll find them useful.

Looks good perchy but i did ask for no wheels!!

We got a couple of the north face 100l soft bags, seem to be ok, also looked at the Patagonia version but wife preferred the colour of the north face one

I would go for one with wheels and rucksack harness – best of both worlds.

The Osprey Sojourn 80 looks good if a little spendy

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Berghaus Mule 110 litre

Alpkit 50 here and impressed, decent shape and solid pretty sure the do a bigger version. Been to a few holidays and survived unscathed

Edit

Drydock one is what I have though it is currently in eastern Europe on a trip mountain biking g
Yes the do a 100

Standard mountain equipment holdalls are good. Simple and last for years. I’ve got a couple at 12 years old and going strong. Also got a monster 130l coleman one, but that’s starting to fail after about 10 years of use.

I replaced my old Animal roller bag with a 100L Mountain Equipment wet & dry Kit bag when I went to the Alps snowboarding, seems very sturdy and a decent price at Cotswolds atm…
http://www.cotswoldoutdoor.com/mountain-equipment-wet-dry-kit-bag-100l-e1512038?id_colour=2009

Edit; Beaten to it^ 😉

Rab expedition bags are good

If you want bombproof and UK made, look at Aiguille Alpine[/url] in Staveley

Yup ^ those are the ones in swavis’s link. Well worth the price.

Montrose Rope and Sail

It’s what the offshore industry use for kit bag. Very good, will last and not too pricey

North Face duffel fan here, I have two of them – one in a medium and one in a large

I bought them for outdoorsy stuff, but they get used quite a bit for family things like weekend trips etc. My wife seems to be able to fill 90 litres on her own with boxes of shoes etc

Massive, easy to carry on your shoulder or like a backpack. Big fan

Cheers all. Plenty to look at and glad that you’ve had some real life experience with them.

Mule isn’t on the list as need the bag to bend so the rigid handles won’t allow.

OP – the North Face duffels are very good but they do kind of scream “look at me! I contain expensive stuff worth nicking!” to every naughty person in baggage handling.

Another option is a 2nd hand expedition bag from an Exodus type holiday/adventure company. They are robust and look pretty uninspiring to most thieves.
No doubt someone will come along and recommend an old army kitbag but they’re a pain as the cigar shape with top opener is useless for easy access to stuff

I’ve got something similar to (but cheaper than) this:
vango-dry-holdall-90litre-electric-blue

“look at me! I contain expensive stuff worth nicking!

my 3 been all over
no problems
nothing worth nicking inside

No rucksack straps, but the Mountain Warehouse holdalls are really tough & have the sewn in waterproof pocket for stashing grubby grundies in.

I’ve had mine for years & it has no damage or noticeable wear to it.

They are quite hard to lug around when full, as there’s no wheels & no rucksack straps, so it does end up bashing against your thigh when using the shoulder strap.

I’ve got a North Face bag that is a holdall along with some rucksack straps.

Great bit of kit and available in different sizes.

I have one of the north face base camp ones, it does feel a bit lifestyle bellendy tbh and there’s no real internal storage compartmentalisation, even some mechs pockets on the ends would be good. But it seems to be indestructible, and that’s the main thing.

Oh, I got the yellow one, to make it easier to spot in baggage carousels and other piles of bags. So did absolutely everyone else.

North Face Base Camp duffel. Had one for years and years and still going strong. Wouldn’t really buy anything else as the backpack straps are so comfortable. Have tried other cheaper ones and they have just fallen apart.

The only issue with the massive ones is when full they are really heavy.

Oh, I got the yellow one, to make it easier to spot in baggage carousels and other piles of bags. So did absolutely everyone else.

Orange is the new Yellow.

“my 3 been all over
no problems
nothing worth nicking inside”

get stolen with alarming regularity on entry into certain west african countries…..

Also you find your self on the way to outsized baggage at many airports due to all the straps.

I bought an eagle creek one with no massive logos emblazoned across it for this purpose. It has easily removable straps for guaranteed smooth airport progress.

Used to fly with a RAB bag similar to the northface one – it was a pain in the arse.

I always pack the straps in the top of my North Face bag then just attach them after the flight when I need to use it in rucksack mode again.

You can get some different brands that have straps that pack away and all sorts but that adds bulk and more zips etc.

Waterproof too.

https://www.bikeinn.com/bike/polaris-bikewear-aquanought-wheelie-110l-bag/135907595/p

I’ve got the 90l Overboard bag. It is superb. Have had the usual ME bags in the past, this feels better made than them and would happily recommend it. (Also have a LOMO but that’s 60 l but superb for the cost !)

http://www.ewetsuits.com/acatalog/dry-bag-holdalls-60L.html

I have a 100l Mule from before they put wheels on them, it’s a good bag, but bloody heavy when full so I’d say wheels are a good idea.

I have one of those huge Animal wheeled holdalls, 120l I think. It’s just sitting in the loft doing nowt. I just use it for loft storage now as it’s soft sided and I prefer hard cases. I fyou can still get them they are bombproof.

I think that sport website have Dakine on sale at the moment.