High Sierra Colossus 26" Cross-Sport Duffel

This bag is a very good bag. It has many nice compartments for all your workout and or gym needs. It fits well in most lockers and has MEGA room for all your towels and other needs. There is even a bottom compartment (under the main compartment) accessed by another zipper area, that you can have dress clothes that is NOT in contact with your gym stuff so you will be ready to head back to work with no need to head home. It does take a little getting used to walking with it on your shoulder (bumping into stuff because of it's size), but all in all a well made and top quality bag for an active lifestyle. I recommend it.

This bag has been a solid workout bag for me for a few months now. Here are some of its highlights:

1. lots of pockets

2. large flat pocket on bottom will fit a rolled up yoga mat

3. all pockets are well-lined and can contain after-run clothes or toiletry bottle leaks without dirtying the rest of the bag contents

4. it is HUGE, but still fits upright in the lockers at my gym ("half-size" lockers, just tall enough to hang a shirt in)

The only things that I have seen wrong are:

1. the backpack straps in the back just don't position the bag comfortably on my back, and then drag on the ground if you pick the bag up like a shoulder bag I just leave those straps hidden, but you could also likely shorten them if you are handy with sewing

2. the zipper pulls have all frayed, that is that the "flag" that attaches to the zipper handle to help make it easier to pull are all now frayed. The zipper itself is well constructed, but this is one minor annoyance of the bag

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I use this bag for swimming and it gives me the space I need for everything. I wish the side pocket had netted dividers for bottles, as it is I just had a roll-up shower tote I use separately. Great features though and appears to be very good construction.

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This bag is big and keeps everything I need for the gym at hand. I thought when I bought it that I would use the separate wet pockets at either side of the bag, but I've just ended up throwing everything in the middle. The reason is when I put my shoes in the wet pocket, they protrude so far into the bag that I can't get my into it to access anything else easily. The pocket on the bottom also seemed like a great idea, until I found myself using it only to store my flip-flops, which would have fit better into a mesh side sleeve or something. Overall it works, but I could have done without the side pockets to give me more room, and could have forgone the entire bottom pocket to make the bad slightly smaller. I still use it daily for the gym, but I may keep looking for my perfect gym bag.

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I have been looking for a duffel to use as a combination gym bag and overnight bag for short trips. This bag does a great job for both purposes.

Pros:

+Large bag

+Lots of pockets

+Straps to use as backpack

Cons:

-Feels a little cheap

-Second side pocket shoe holder is unnecessary and adds clutter

Overall, great bag. Wish it were a little tougher to handle some abuse, but it should be fine for a few years. The large size and multitude of pockets ensure you'll have room for plenty of stuff. The straps to wear as a backpack is a nice addition also. For the price, it would be difficult to find a better bag with more features, despite the few setbacks.