Les meilleurs sacs week-end pour votre prochain voyage, testés par nos soins

When you don’t want to cram your belongings in a backpack or lug around a big suitcase, a weekender bag is the happy medium you’re looking for. The compact, lightweight, and durable bag comfortably stores must-have travel items, and it looks nice, too. It’s perfect for short trips and can even be used as a carry on, gym bag, or beach tote.

To help find a weekender bag that can withstand your travel schedule, we put 31 bags up against one another in our NYC lab. We packed them full of items, pushed them off countertops, and carried them around, vetting their design, capacity, organization, portability, durability, and overall value. For expert advice, we interviewed Luigi Auricchio, vice president of design at Away, Angie Rice, co-founder of Boutique Travel Advisers, Jen Perrone, travel adviser at Jen Perrone Travel, and Lindsay Myers, lifestyle and travel expert.

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  • It’s spacious, durable, and never feels bulky or heavy, even when filled to the brim.

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  • Its shoulder strap attaches to plastic clips, which feel flimsier than the rest of the bag.

Balancing size and weight is the central challenge of buying a weekender bag. You want something that’s big enough to hold your stuff but not too heavy or bulky to comfortably carry. Bellroy’s Classic Weekender perfectly threads the needle. 

This 45-liter weekender bag housed our four-day packing list with room to spare, and its wide mouth allowed for easy packing. The bag has four storage compartments—fewer than other weekenders but enough to keep things organized. Even when filled to the brim, it proved comfortable to carry. The bag has two rolled-edge handles, a padded crossbody strap you can adjust or remove, and a unique barrel shape that keeps it from feeling bulky. It’s also made of polyester, so it weighs a mere 2.2 pounds when empty.

Though lightweight, the bag is deceptively sturdy. It showed no signs of wear during our durability tests, and its zippers moved smoothly, even when the bag was packed full. The bag comes in four colors, and it’s available in a smaller (35-liter) size for those who pack light. Our only qualm? The bag’s crossbody strap connects to plastic clips, which feel flimsier and of a lower quality than the rest of the bag. 

Dimensions: 25.6 by 15 by 15.7 inches | Matériel: Polyester | Poids: 2,2 livres

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