TNF Duffle Lands Award

The classic The North Face Base Camp Duffle has been awarded the prestigious Editor’s Choice Gold Award by Backpacker magazine. The award celebrates enduring kit that has remained largely unchanged for five years or more.


Unbelievably the bombproof expedition duffle was first introduced back in 1979 making it an improbable 30 years old. Made from Phthalate-free TPR fabric laminate and designed for travel and hauling, the Duffle is a firm OM favourite.

Ours has been everywhere from Nepal to the Andes with a lot in between. The tough fabric is almost unmarked, despite the best efforts of baggage handlers, rocks and burros and the odd close encounter with mountain bike chainrings.

Detachable alpine-cut shoulder straps make it easy to lug through airports and between cars, hotels, hostels and bunk houses. The massive, tough, YKK zips around the huge panel opening seem nigh on indestructible despite endless overloading, locking zippers give airport peace of mind and compression straps keep everything packed down when needed. And the reinforced base copes nicely with dragging across rocky terrain.

In short it's absolutely bomber and like part of the family - a familiar and reliable companion on every trip in recent years. The Duffle is available in five sizes from Mini to XL and just in case it's not clear, we're big fans.

More information at www.thenorthface.com