Overboard Duffel Bag

Roomy water-resistant duffel bag for wet situations

Product

Overboard Adventure Duffel bag

Promise

Roomy duffel bag designed for soggy situations

Performance

Overboard really are the dry-bag providers of excellence. The range just keeps on expanding: this is an updated version of their 90l duffel bag that now comes with lockable zips and removable backpack straps.

It’s easy to see why they’ve found it necessary to provide these small extras, because they make a real difference to how you use the bag. With 90l of storage in a bag like this, you’re likely to be carrying some very heavy gear around. Sailing, canoeing and long journeys are all pretty safe bets: the backpack straps just make carrying that much easier, so you’re far more likely to use the bag to full capacity. Being able to lock up the zipper is a neat move for travellers too, making this just as practical for the airport carousel or hostel floor as it is the stowage of a sailboat.

Made from the same hard-wearing PVC tarp as its forebears, with an extra-thick reinforced base, the duffel bag is listed as water resistant rather than proof: in effect, it’s not submersible and you wouldn’t risk your valuables in it during a storm, but it’s protective enough for gear and clothes.

Verdict

A great and roomy bag for whole weeks away that’s reliable under some pretty harsh conditions. Don’t throw away your smaller dry bags just yet though; they’ll make a useful supplement to this as your main luggage.