Choosing the Right Peak Design Travel Bag

 To check them before I tell you, if you believe it's true, let's do it. Hey guys, Lawrence here at the Peak Design headquarters. Today, I will help you choose which Peak Design travel bag or bags to add to your collection. So before I tell you what's different between these bags, you should know what's the same. All three of them work with our packing tools system. All three of them are water resistant. All three of them have a lifetime guarantee. All three come in sage and black so the travel duffel can hold up to 35 liters of gear. 

When it's got three cubes of Peak Design packing tools inside, it's about maxed out. There's only a little room for other stuff in there. The travel backpack can hold up to 45 liters of gear, so you can easily fit the three cubes of Peak Design packing tools. And then there's a little room at the top or bottom for another pouch or a small jacket, and you get 10 liters of expansion on the front. The duffel pack can hold up to 65 liters of gear, so you can easily accommodate cubes of Peak Design packing tools.

 And in that unexpanded mode, it's about 45 liters of carry; then, you can open up the front expansion and take it up to 65. So you have 20 liters of unused space if you've got it even maxed out with four cubes, so if carry on is an absolute must for you when you're flying, the travel duffel and the travel backpack will be your best bet, both bags meet international standards for carry on size bags. When filled out, the travel duffel bag will exceed carry-on sizes. One quick caveat is that I would not keep any electronics or camera gear in these or any bags when I check them.

 I'd carry those on the plane. All straps on the duffel can be removed using the cord hook system and stowed inside the shoulder straps and waist belt on both travel backpacks. A duffel pack can stow away and be out of sight in travel. The backpack-style carry-on duffel is more of a short-term and lighter-load option. Meanwhile, backpack-style carries with the backpack and duffel pack are intended to be long-term and carry heavy gear. The backpack and the duffel pack have super burly harnesses, padded shoulder straps, and a robust waist belt.

 Now, if you're going to carry the bags at your side, all three can accommodate that the duffel has hand straps and quick grab straps on the top and the bottom. The travel backpack has a super robust handle on the back panel, and it has quick grab straps on all four of these sides. The travel duffel pack has built-in hand carry-on shoulder straps and short grab handles on all four sides. Sling style or over-the-shoulder carry is exclusively available on the duffel with its included shoulder strap. Now, the travel backpack stands alone if it's a question of features. 

The duffel pack and duffel are designed for straightforward gear hauling and to be vessels for our packing tools. The travel backpack is our most full-featured and versatile of these three bags. The duffel and the pack feature a single big zip as your main weigh-in and out of the volume. The travel backpack has primary access via this ample use of the back, access to the main compartment via the front organization panel, and access via the side panels. 

So when do you need a duffel? No bag collection is complete without one. It's a great companion bag, especially with these two other bags. It's an excellent gym bag. It's super suitable for weekend trips. And with our packing tools, you can still carry a lot of camera gear if needed. So why would I get the travel backpack? Well, like we said earlier, it's the most versatile of our bags. And if you're using multiple bags, this one would likely be the centerpiece of your whole setup. 

You can compress it down if you want to use it as a day back or expand it out if you have unexpected more things to bring along or take home. It's the only one with a dedicated laptop storage solution and the only one with on-body access. So why would you get the duffel pack, to put it simply? Because you have a lot of things to bring along. It's called the best-in-class harness for a bag of this capacity. And we like to talk about it as our monster gear hauler, not hauling gear for monsters but a monstrous amount of gear.

 For a more in-depth look at any of these bags, check out our articles. If you've any questions, contact our customer service team, and we'll see you out there losing it; it's shutting down, man.