Luggage Bags and Packs
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Carryology and Evergoods have collaborated on another pack, the Kludde.
It's based on the Evergoods MPL22, but it's made from ULTRA 200TX, all the hardware is aluminium, and the buckles are Cobra knockoffs. There is also a matching sling and tech pouch.
Of course, there's an overly verbose design article for your perusal, and it will be released on Wednesday at 10 am EST.
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Please help me. I think I need a duffle bag that's (a) wheeled, (b) can also be worn as a rucksack and (c) has a volume of more than 50l.
Any suggestions? I know @Giles will suggest Ortliebs, which are great, and I'm atm tending towards the Patagonia Black Hole Wheeld Duffel, but I wonder if there are alternatives, and possibly cheaper options.
si tacuisses
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@endo I’ve been using the Black Hole wheeled duffels for a while now and love them. The airline bent/broke one of the wheels and Patagonia replaced it for free. Other than that, they have been issue free.
The wheeled bag can not be worn as a rucksack though…I do have the non-wheeled version and they work pretty well. The issue is that you can make them very heavy quickly and to carry it could be uncomfortable.
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@Aetas Osprey was not on my radar, will check. With the Eagle Creaks I'd have doubts about it's durabilty. Do you have other experience with them?
@goosehd the black holes are awesome. Mine has gone through rough trips and is absolutely intact. It's a bummer the wheeled ones don't have shoulder straps. I thought they did.
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The most stylish bag at the gym today
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@Anesthetist said in Luggage Bags and Packs:
Trakke has a black friday sample sale on site today for anyone interested
But note that they did close down, and re-opened recently under new ownership. So not sure we are talking 100% the same quality etc...
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@Tobi I thought they closed, but then saw the sale. That’s good to know.
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@Anesthetist I heard somewhere that production of the new Trakke bags had moved overseas, but I don't know for certain.
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figured i'd cross-post this here to you bag experts https://forum.ironheart.co.uk//post/930162
Anyone have something they'd recommend?
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I liked the look of the Bedouin Poacher since its inception but the bright colors they chose for the mesh turned me off. The black however is perfection!Small enough to be unobtrusive but large enough for my Ipad Air and essentials, I’m in love with this bag.
Also, has anyone see the upcoming Carryology x Rofmia lottery? Looks to be their leather-dyneema in brown. It looks amazing but I’m sure it will be reassuringly expensive.
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I saw they went to Rofmia but hadn’t heard why. I’m sure it’ll be nice. I’ll just have to live with my bags and accessories
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Carryology has posted their feature on the Rofima collaboration bag.
https://www.carryology.com/projects/carryology-x-rofmia-daypack-an-ode-to-tradition-and-tomorrow/
There are sixteen bags, spread across three colourways. They cost ¥260,000, about $1,670, if you're lucky enough to win the lottery.
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@Graeme beautiful bags. But they’re taking a step back in terms of the practical simplicity that makes Rofmia great.
For example, they use a very nice stretch material in the pockets built into the interior of the clamshell lid. I love the up cycled Japanese workwear garment fabric in theory, but for practical purposes that pocket will be more rigid and less adaptable to ebb and flow capacity with a stretch material that can “borrow” volume from the main compartment.
The other step back is having rigid leather bonded dyneema water bottle pockets. The sort of stretchy neoprene like material with a band at the top for support that is being replaced is literally the best water bottle pocket I have experienced. It will firmly hold small and very large bottles equally well. I can’t see this matching that.
That said, beautiful bags. But I have no fomo.
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@mclaincausey the asking price was enough to cure any FOMO that I might have had about not getting one!
I'm not a fan of the pass-through strap on the collaboration. All the Carryology followers on Facebook are obsessed by them, but here it looks like an afterthought. That's probably because I hate rolling luggage, so it's a feature I would never use.
I didn't realise that rofmia is two people in an old house in Japan. I could see myself going very deep down that particular rabbit hole.
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@Graeme their products are absolutely works of art. Something about them just feels really special.
As for luggage pass through, the best one I’ve seen is on my ULA Dragonfly, where it’s just back padding decoupled from the back of the bag and hard to notice unless you’re looking for it, and it comes with a nice hidden, quite spacious pocket for passports and such. You can customize Rofmia bags and ask them to add the pass through and I didn’t do so on either of mine.
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@mclaincausey unfortunately (or fortunately for my bank balance) I don't have a need for another bag right now. I got a lovely backpack from Loyal Stricklin last year, and I've probably only used it a dozen times.
The ULA packs look great. I've been tempted by an Ultra Node as a lightweight travel pack.
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@Graeme those look fantastic and are gorgeous!
I’m glad I got my Rofmia bags, accessories, and wallet when I could. The Carryology hype will make that really hard and I don’t see them scaling the operation to the increased demand. I find myself reaching for the ULA more than the Backpack V2 for > Daypack use cases. The clamshell and slightly larger volume win out in terms of functionality. But darn the Backback is a sexy bag. Kind of a “safe queen” now with the Dragonfly
