Volume55 L
Weight1,180 g
Dimensions58 × 33.8 × 24.1 cm
Triplong weekend or a neatly packed trip
Patagonia · Black Hole Duffel 55L
Black Hole Duffel 55L: the Patagonia duffel bag for the long weekend, in a fabric that shrugs off baggage carousels.
The Black Hole Duffel 55L is a 55-litre Patagonia duffel bag, for a long weekend or a longer trip if you pack neatly. At 6 pm on Friday it goes in the car boot; on Sunday evening it waits on the wet platform, and its shoulder straps put it on your back when the walk to the cottage drags on. Its 900-denier fabric, laminated with a recycled film, takes the hold and hurried baggage handlers in its stride.
Weekend · Car · Hold luggage
The car boot, the platform, the mountain hut on Friday night.


What fits inside
55L
Three packing cubes, and room to spare.
It takes roughly three 14-litre Black Hole Cubes (sold separately), with room left around them. Two storage spots in all: a mesh pocket under the lid for papers, and a zipped side pocket that also opens into the inside, handy for grabbing a jumper, though a padlock on the lid then doesn't lock the whole bag.
- Three 14 L cubes, sold separately
- A mesh pocket under the lid
- A zipped side pocket that also opens into the main compartment
- The empty bag packs into its own side pocket
- Daisy chains outside, for a jacket
Ways to carry
On your back for the walk, in your hand for the car boot.







Colours
Five colours, including a caramel you can spot from far off on the carousel.
Berry Fig
A deep plum with a cream logo: colour on your back, without shouting.
Sastrugi Summit Blue
A tone-on-tone marbled steel blue, sky-blue straps, yellow logo.
Cinnamon Brown
A golden caramel with orange straps: easy to spot from far off on the baggage carousel.
Black
Matt black, grey logo: the one that shows scuffs from the hold least.
Birch White
An off-white with blue straps and a green logo: the brightest, photographed here without a wearer.
The range
40, 55 or 70 litres?

Black Hole Duffel 40L
40 L · 1,045 g · 50 × 31.7 × 21.6 cm
Light loads and long weekends. The only one of the three that's cabin size on most airlines.
See the Black Hole Duffel 40L
Black Hole Duffel 55L
55 L · 1,180 g · 58 × 33.8 × 24.1 cm
The long weekend, or a longer trip if you pack neatly. In the hold.
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Black Hole Duffel 70L
70 L · 1,365 g · 66 × 36 × 28 cm
Enough for a week at least, or the bulky gear. In the hold.
See the Black Hole Duffel 70LPhotos to the same scale: 50, 58 and 66 cm long.
900denier, the thickness of the yarn
The fabric
900 denier: three times the fabric of the MLC.
- 100% recycled polyester ripstop, laminated with a recycled TPU film (a flexible plastic) with a matt finish.
- Padded base. It protects the contents when the bag is set down on hard ground or gravel.
- Factory. In Vietnam, in a Fair Trade Certified™ factory. The lining is bluesign® certified.
In the rain
Set down on a wet platform, it holds off a shower.
Light rain
Water-repellent fabric
PU coating and a durable water repellent (DWR) finish: water beads up, then eventually gets through at the seams and zips.
Shower
Laminated fabric
Fabric covered with a TPU film (a flexible plastic) that stands up to the weather. The seams aren't taped.
This bag
Proper rain
Rain cover
A removable cover goes over the whole bag. Without it, the coated fabric eventually lets water through.
The seams aren't taped: in a thunderstorm, put anything that mustn't get wet into a dry bag inside.
Patagonia
A brand that guarantees what it makes, and repairs it.
“We guarantee everything we make”: repair, replacement or refund if a product doesn't satisfy you (Ironclad Guarantee). Your claim goes through Eiken, and we pass it on to Patagonia.
Its products are designed to be repaired: the Worn Wear programme, and more than 100 repair guides written with iFixit.
Founded in Ventura, California. A certified B Corp and founding member of 1% for the Planet; since 2022, Earth has been its only shareholder.
Eiken's take
- Why we chose it
- The heaviest fabric in the Black Hole range, on a size that stays manageable: you throw it in a car boot or the hold without a second thought, and walk with it when you have to.
- Worth knowing
- Two storage spots in all, the mesh pocket in the lid and the side pocket: to keep your things sorted, bring cubes or pouches.
- Who it's for
- Anyone off for three or four days by car, by train or with a bag in the hold, carrying things that don't all fold flat: hiking boots, a thick jacket.
Baptiste, Eiken
Specifications
- Volume55 L
- Weight1,180 g
- Dimensions58 × 33.8 × 24.1 cm
- Carrybackpack (removable shoulder straps), by hand
- Storagemesh pocket under the lid, zipped side pocket that also opens into the inside
- Fabricrecycled 900 D polyester ripstop, matt recycled TPU film
- Liningrecycled 200 D polyester, PU coating, bluesign®
- Packed awaypacks into its side pocket
- CertificationsFair Trade Certified™ sewn
- Made inVietnam
- Patagonia style number49343
Specifications: Patagonia data; dimensions converted from inches.
Questions
What are the dimensions and weight of the Duffel 55L?
58 × 33.8 × 24.1 cm and 1,180 g empty, for 55 litres: roughly three 14-litre cubes, enough for a long weekend, or longer if you pack neatly.
Is the Duffel 55L waterproof?
It handles a shower without being waterproof: the fabric is laminated with a TPU film, but the seams aren't taped. In a thunderstorm, get it under cover.
Does the Duffel 55L fit in the cabin on easyJet, Ryanair or Air France?
No, it's made for the hold: 58 cm long, 3 cm more than the Ryanair and Air France cabin bag limit (55 cm), 2 cm more than easyJet's large cabin bag (56 cm). For the cabin, the Duffel 40L, 50 cm long. Check with your airline.
Does the Duffel 55L have a shoulder strap?
No: it carries on your back, with its removable padded shoulder straps, or by hand with its reinforced handles. For a bag that also goes over the shoulder, the Black Hole MLC 45L, whose hip belt turns into a shoulder strap.




