{"id":6916,"date":"2012-09-14T09:27:28","date_gmt":"2012-09-14T16:27:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/?p=6916"},"modified":"2012-09-14T09:27:28","modified_gmt":"2012-09-14T16:27:28","slug":"mec-duffle-bag","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/mec-duffle-bag\/","title":{"rendered":"MEC Duffle Bag"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The MEC Duffle Bag is simple, inexpensive, light-weight and very well made.<\/p>\n<p>Compared to suitcases and rolling duffels, these bags are light-weight, and useful for flying if you need to transport a lot of &#8220;stuff&#8221; (particularly if the stuff is only accompanying you in one direction). \u00a0The bags collapse, and can be stuffed away when not needed for storage or transport.<\/p>\n<p>I have used the extra large model for a variety of journeys over a couple of years. \u00a0There are handles on top and at the ends for easy grabbing, and a removable shoulder strap is included. The carrying handles are serviceable as backpack straps, if needed. \u00a0The zippers are solid (YKK), and haven&#8217;t caused me any problems. \u00a0Heavy duty nylon and webbing is used for the sides and the straps, and though not waterproof, the materials are highly resistant to tears and pulls&#8230; and washable.<\/p>\n<p>In Vancouver, Mountain Equipment Co-op is legendary for high quality, inexpensive outdoor and active gear (see Turtle Light, previous Cool Tool) and they have started expanding across Canada.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Simple, straightforward duffle<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[86],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6916"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6916"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6916\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6995,"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6916\/revisions\/6995"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6916"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6916"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6916"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}