For short trips, travel light. The duffle — aka a carryall or weekender bag — is designed to hold enough clothes to keep you looking fresh, whatever grooming products you require (within reason) and a few other daily essentials (e.g. laptop, reading materials, headphones). When deciding on the best duffle bag for your lifestyle, first analyze function, then hone in on an aesthetic.
Do you need a bag for professional business trips? What about a weekend at the lake with your friends? Maybe you’ll be on the slopes for 48 hours? No matter the type of excursion, one of these weekenders will keep your necessities organized and compact, all without compromising classic styling.
our pick
Daybreak Weekender Bag
Dubbed the Away of Australia (by me, I did that), July makes a generously sized, perfectly generic bag for quick jaunts — ones where a carrying a suitcase is too much. This bag comes in three colors, taupe, black and navy, and has a padded base with metal feet so it always sits upright.
an upgrade
Mission Duffel Bag
Sease balances luxury and technicality for a bag that’s as good-looking as it is good at keeping your contents dry. It’s burgundy and black, built from waterproof material and has several zippered compartments.
an affordable alternative
Work Hard, Play Hard Duffel
Boarding Pass NYC
From Brooklyn-based brand Boarding Pass NYC, the Work Hard, Play Hard Duffel does everything you need a mid-sized bag to do. It’s durable, comes with enough room for all your essentials and proves easy to carry.
Waxed Canvas Duffel Bag
Readywares
Light packer? Readywares entry is perfect for you. It has a capacity of just 26L, meaning just a few shirts, maybe one pair of pants and probably no shoes — besides the ones on your feet. But, for $50 bucks I can’t help but want one myself.
Explorer Embark Duffle
Troubadour
Troubadour does a good job of not prescribing a specific function to the Embark Duffle. It doesn’t matter whether you carry it to work like a gym-bag-briefcase hybrid or haul it on weekend trips to the woods, it works all the same. There is a shoe cabin at the bottom, a zipped and padded pocket for a 16-inch laptop and a detachable strap that helps you sling it over your shoulder. Without it, it fits, because there’s a built-in sleeve, well over your suitcase handle.
Go-Bag Small (40L)
With Bamboo’s Go-Bags you’re guaranteed to never lose sight of your luggage. They come in a bunch of bright ass colors, including this alarming orange edition, but yellow, blue, purple, black, green and teal, too.
Travel Duffle
Peak Design
A part of Peak’s bigger travel collection, the Travel Duffle does the work of a suitcase while being significantly smaller. It’s a simple black color and, in my experience, seems to expand along with whatever you stuff inside it. Sure, it has its limit, but I never reached it; and I pack too much every single time.
Luis Weekender
This Waxed Cotton Canvas Weekender bag is water-resistant. Plus, considering its removable crossbody strap and its simple cotton interior, it’s quite versatile, too.
Novel Duffle
Looking for the most basic bag you can find — and at a cost that won’t eat into your trip funds? Herschel’s Novel Duffle doesn’t have a ton of bells and whistles, but it’s built with a shoe cabin, a mesh storage sleeve, removable shoulder straps and a waterproof zipping system.
Weekend Duffle
Loyal Stricklin
If you’ve come here looking for something more classic? Maybe you’re a romantic that refuses to use a rolling suitcase. Who knows. This waxed twill canvas Weekend Duffle is just the right size for long weekends out of town or short weeks away.
Duffle Bag
Montblanc x Public School NY
A collaboration between Public School NY and Montblanc, this Econyl-made Duffle Bag emphasizes sustainability through its construction. The fabric is a regenerated nylon from waste, while the accents are made from CO2 neutrally-tanned leather.
Layover Duffel
Tanner Goods
Ripstop waxed canvas and bridled leather accents comprise this bag’s exterior, while the inside boasts six storage compartments and two visible zipper pockets for valuables.
Small Duffle Bag
Made in the USA, this small duffle from Filson is made from rugged canvas, includes bridle leather straps and features brass hardware. Its two-pocket interior is unlined.
Duffel Bag
This minimalist waterproof bag by Danish brand Rains is excellent for any weekend getaway with inclement weather. The main compartment fastens with a two-way sealed zip to keep your clothing and accessories safe and dry.
Hair-on-Hide Overnight Bag
No two RRL Hair-on-Hide Overnight Bags look the same, because each is made from Italian haircalf and vegetable-tanned tumbled suede. The design references luggage from the 19th century, so the inside is pretty straightforward. But, I mean, wow. I’ve never looked at a piece of luggage and thought piece of art.
Weekender Holdall
Bennett Winch
This canvas weekender is made in England and holds about 40 liters. It has two top handles, an internal zip pocket, a padded tablet sleeve, a waterproof shoe compartment and leather accents.
Base Camp Duffel Bag
The North Face
A few years ago, I couldn’t get over how cool glossy outdoor-first bags like Patagonia’s Black Hole Bag or The North Face’s Base Camp Duffel looked. They definitely still are, but you see the usual color ways at every airport. And, like classic songs appearing on the radio, in perpetuity, too. Pick one you don’t see as often, like black on black on black.
Okavanga Duffel
Amundsen’s Okavanga Duffel has a “weekend away at camp” look about it, but it’s actually named after — and inspired by — adventurer Roald Amundsen, the first person to succeed in surveying and surviving of the South Pole (in 1911).
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