Osprey Transporter 40L Travel Duffel Bag

Family of four traveling SouthEast Asia

We are a family of four traveling Southeast Asia (4 months). We first bought one Transporter 40L and one Fairview 40L to travel and hold all of our gear for the 4 months of travel. Before leaving the states we returned the Fairview and bought another Transporter 40L. We are two months into our travel across Vietnam and the Transporter has held up very well and is extra tough. I'm very surprised this pack is not mentioned more in top rated packs for long term travel. It actually has more packi...ng space than the Fairview and Farpoint.

Solid travel bag

Of the bags available in NZ that I could find, this has the best match to the features I wanted, which was: a durable travel bag capable of taking 3-4 days of clothes for a business trip, carry on ability (which it seems to manage, though it looks big), capacity between 35-40ish litres; good handles, backpack straps, good zips, some form of compression and a couple of pockets. It looks smart, I got the black one and for business trips it doesn't look out of place at all, in fact with the s...houlder straps hidden it looks very clean. I'd be happy I think carrying a weeks worth of clothing in this for business as it has the room, although I pack light. If I could change anything it would be the following (none of these are deal breakers for me they are just tweaks I'd like): - inside mess pocket its at the bottom of the bag when using as a backpack, I'd have put it at the top near the shoulder straps so there is no risk of compressing what in it if you but the bag end down. - the shoulder strap clips diagonally across the top of the bag, I'd prefer it diagonally across the side, which is less wide and would sit better, when carrying while giving you direct access to a side handle when taking the bag on or off your shoulder. - inside retention/compression straps, which are OK, but a bit fiddly...you have to fish about for them, They do however work well. I think I'd prefer external side compression straps on the bag like TNF do...wouldn't be as tidy though. - lastly the rucsac harness straps could do with end clips to stop them flapping about in a breeze (but really not a big issue)