Duplo Deluxe Roll Bag

I can hold all my thing in it - even for a two-week trainings camp... And I love its design - I have bought a tartan-patterned one, which is very nice, I think. And I can put my dirty, soaking clothes to the carry bag, if I want, but most of the time I do not take it with me.

I've had my rollbag for about three years now, and I'm pretty happy with it. It's the old model so the style's not fantatsic and the material feels a little cheap, but it's STRONG.



Things I like:

- It's BIG. I carried enough stuff to live abroad for eight months, including all my fencing kit, in this bag and a small sports holdall. You can just keep on stuffing it until the zips are nearly bursting, then strap it down tight. I could barely lift it (I'm 6'2" and not skinny)



- It's dirt cheap. I got mine from the PBT shop in Budapest for about £70, when the comparable Allstar/Uhlmann bag (in the UK) is £120. The design is practically identical.



- It's nearly indestructible. Mine fell off the side of a baggage truck at the airport and was run over by the truck wheels, crushing the mask that was inside it and flattening the wheel assembly, crushing one of the wheels.

I bent it back into shape, and nearly 2 years later it's still rolling!





Problems I've had:

- My foil handles have worn a couple of holes in the end of the bag, and the constant pressure has slightly detached the zip.



- The zip on the middle outside patch pocket is prone to jamming, but is easily unjammed.



- The stitching's starting to come away on one of the straps, and the velcro on the carry-handle isn't big enough to hold the 2 straps together.

I bought this bag second hand. The previous ownner took excellent care of it in the many years he had it. The seams are in great shape and the wheels roll true. I have yet to stuff this bag to full capacity. So far I can easily put in three epees, two sabres, a foil, two masks, my uniform, two pairs of shoes, sabre lame, repair kit, first aid kit, small bag of clean clothes, two water bottles.... and I still have room. The detachable bag is handy for a variety of things. I use it for keeping the uniform seperate.



I suggest getting a seperate small bag for containing clean/dirty clothes. I have one that fits in the fencing bag. If you throw a dry pair of skivies in the fencing bag, you might pull them out on a sabre tip!