If you’re like us here at WoWasis, you always seem to be bringing back items from your travels. And you probably have the same problem we do: you buy from everywhere, so you have multiple items that all have to be somehow packed together for the flight home. We’ve found the durable, lightweight extra-large cargo duffel bag from Eagle Creek to be indispensable, for a whole lotta reasons: 

1) We don’t want to buy yet another large travel bag (that we’ll never use again) every trip when we pack our stuff for the plane ride home
2) We want a bag that we can stash at our “home” hotel, pack it with things we’ve bought, and leave it there until we return from side trips
3) We want it big, so it can hold large items, and durable, because sometimes the things we buy have pointed surfaces (e.g. cardboard boxes with breakable items that are well-packed)
4) When empty, we want it to pack flat, to fit into the TUMI roller bag we always use
5) We want really good locks and zippers, which keeps the hotel staff hones when we leave it in the hotel’s storage room 

Our cargo bag has been with us all over the world, and it’s really taken a beating. It’s brought back a 100 lb stone sculpture from Thailand, ceramic figurines from Vietnam, books, you name it. On the way back, I usually pack my dirty laundry around everything, so things don’t shift around too much. I cinch the two compression straps down, lock the zipper to one of the two D-bolts, and take it to the airport. The heavy 1000D HP Cordura from which the bag is made never reps, and the YKK zipper is built like army tank treads. When not loaded, it folds down neatly into a 12”x12”x2” package. It comes in a number of colors, but we like black, because it looks unobtrusive. 

Here are the specs: 

• Capacity: 8100 cu. in. / 133 L  
• Dimensions: 36 x 15 x 14″ / 91 x 38 x 36 cm   
• Weight: 2 lbs. 9 oz. / 1.16 kg   
• Fabric: 500 x 420D Double Box, 420D Nylon HT Ripstop, 1000D HP Cordura®
• Storm flap protected, main compartment opens with beefy #10 two-way, lockable YKK® zippers
• Top external compression straps secure and stabilize the load
• Removable padded shoulder strap adjusts for a comfortable carry
• Hypalon® top carry handle and super durable three inch webbing straps for an easy hand carry
• Front exterior zip pocket for quick access items
• Reusable “stuff” pouch stores duffel and works as an internal packing accessory for shoes and gear 

If you’re planning to carry stuff around the world, then back home, this is a bag you’ll use for years. In fact, Eagle Creek warrants it, as follows: “If your bag is damaged – even by the airlines – Eagle Creek will fix it, No Matter What.” Highly recommended, and our guess is you’ll neither replace it nor need to have it fixed. Buy it now at the WoWasis estore, powered by Amazon.