Rab Expedition Kitbag 80

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The main opening is huge, so you can access kit easily without having to rummage around or fling items out and there’s loads of well paced padding that makes this comfortable even when you’re carrying around heavy loads. A traditional canvas holdall, available in two colour ways and holding an impressive 72 litres of stuff. It’s made from a very hard-wearing and water-resistant fabric, making sure your belongings stay safe and dry no matter how they’re squeezed into luggage compartments or thrown around by luggage handlers! If that’s what you’re after, read all about my favourite safari duffel bags right here: Rufiji Canvas Duffel Bag

It’s a matter of personal preference, but I don’t find this bag to be particularly stylish. It’s a bog-standard style only available in a couple of muted colourways, so it doesn’t spark joy as much for me as other brightly coloured choices!That’s why we’ve pulled together this list of key factors for Rab Kit Bag II 80L below, to help you choose if it’s the right product for you and your budget.

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This is another duffel bag that impressed us for its eco credential, so much so that we decided to include it in our prestigious Green Gear Guide this year.

To give that price some context we then looked at all of the products available from Cotswold Outdoor in the duffel bags category. We found 24 items in total. What’s the price of duffel bags? There’s so much information available online when we’re shopping now, that it’s easy to find lots of detail about products like Rab Kit Bag II 80L. This is of course really helpful, but there’s almost too much information available, so it’s important to know exactly what you’re looking for. That got us thinking though, that we’re looking at every possible item from Rab so it would be good to narrow our search down even further and only look at Rab branded products within the duffel bags category. The cost of Rab duffel bags Another factor that can be a great indication of product quality is the brand. Brands like Rab are of course extremely well known, especially for duffel bags. I’ve been using the older version of this duffel bag about twice a month for almost ten years now and it’s served me excellently. It’s come with many on countless flights and road trips and actually doesn’t even have that many scars from the mileage.Despite the bag’s soft material, it is one of the most structured bags, particularly due to the plastic high road chassis that holds the wheels. That means it won’t be as flexible or as easy to squeeze into luggage compartments and you may get some disapproving looks from the pilot when loading. But the bag’s manoeuvrability is a worthy trade-off if your airline will allow it.

We’re really pleased to have scored Rab Kit Bag II 80L so highly, givimg it 8.2 out of 10, making it well above the average for all duffel bags. There are however some methods that you can use to determine a product’s quality without needing to physically have it. The material the product is made from is often a sign of the quality for duffel bags. Take a look at the product details over at Cotswold Outdoor to get a feel for this. One aspect we really liked during our tests was the amount of adjustment. You can really cinch this in if you’re carrying a light loads, or loosen things up if you’ve got a lot to lug around with you. The downside to buying online is that you can’t actually get hold of the product to try it out first.The 40L interior won’t be big enough for long trips but is ideal if you’re committed to travelling with hand luggage only. Plus, many safari lodges offer laundry facilities so you can afford to take less with you.