REI Co-op Stuff Travel Tote Review

For a recent extended backpacking vacation in Italy, we wanted something we could use for quick jaunts to a market, laundry, and for keeping snacks in while riding on trains.  This REI "Stuff Travel Tote" turned out to be perfect.  It compress down into a very small attached pouch for packing but expands plenty big enough to put a couple days worth of food in at a market.  It also has an exterior stretchable pocket that nearly doubles the capacity. We used this bag in a drenching downpour and the contents in the interior pocket stayed dry.  It comes with both hand-held handles and also a fully adjustable shoulder strap which the wife used almost exclusively.  This bag weighs very little when packed in the back pack and is very much worth the price at REI.

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