The North Face

The North Face’s Base Camp Duffel is built specifically to survive being set down on wet ground, gravel and rough surfaces — a reinforced base panel is the detail that separates it from a basic canvas duffel, since the base is where a bag like this fails first under repeated rough handling.

Its stowable backpack straps are a genuine functional feature, converting the duffel to a two-shoulder carry for the stretch between transport and a destination where wheeling isn’t practical.