This Rugged Bag Can Haul a Ton of Gear and Practically Disappears When You Don’t Need It

Perfect for camping, road trips and everything in between, Cotopaxi’s take on a gear box is both deeply convenient and highly tough.

Cotopaxi Allpa 60L Gear Hauler Box full of gear with person reaching inside

By Sean Tirman

Published August 8, 2025

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Updated August 8, 2025

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One of the most frustrating parts of camping (and road trips) is having to figure out how to get all the gear you need from one place to another. A smaller, albeit still aggravating other consideration is what to do with your storage containers when you’re not using them.

Cotopaxi’s Allpa 60L Gear Hauler Box is an answer for both, and, honestly, it’s a pretty brilliant one.

Cotopaxi Allpa 60L Gear Hauler Box — The Allpa Gear Hauler Box comes in either all-black or this pleasing teal with yellow and lighter teal highlights.

Hauling mass

Average duffle bags and backpacks typically range in capacity from 15 liters to 45, give or take. But the Allpa Gear Hauler Box betters the average pretty significantly, boasting a whopping 60 liters of storage space.

Granted, there are duffles that eclipse that size and even far exceed it — Patagonia has a 100L Black Hole Duffle, for example. However, these kinds of bags come with other downsides, like a lack of structure.

There are also cargo storage boxes (including rooftop options), which can hold even more. However, these are extremely rigid and difficult to fill and empty when you get to your campsite, cabin or wherever else (they aren’t really conducive to being carried and moved beyond the confines of your vehicle).

Cotopaxi Allpa 60L Gear Hauler Box full of gear — This is just a small sampling of the massive amounts of gear you can stash in this 60-liter container.

The Allpa Gear Hauler Box is the perfect middle spot. It boasts the same carry convenience as duffles but the rigidity and structure of cargo boxes. It helps, too, that it has a rugged, waterproof exterior made with TPU-coated polyester and ballistic nylon.

It also has tie-down straps on the four corners to keep the lid tight, which is perfect for security in transit and to protect the gear inside when the weather gets bad.

Plus, it has exterior attachment points for auxiliary packs and other bits of gear, and an internal mesh zippered pocket for smaller items. But these aren’t even its coolest feature.

Cotopaxi Allpa 60L Gear Hauler Box back — Along with a handle, the back also has some extra gear attachment points.

Flat as a pancake

Both cargo-friendly duffles and cargo boxes have one major downside: when they’re empty, they’re a pain in the ass to stash away. Most of these bags and boxes still take up a lot of room, even when not being used to store anything.

Therein lies the true beauty of Cotopaxi’s Allpa 60L Gear Hauler Box. While this cargo carrier can haul an impressive amount of supplies, it also flat packs when its empty.

Cotopaxi Allpa 60L Gear Hauler Box flat packed — Yes, this massive box can pack down flat for extremely convenient storage when you’re not using it.

That’s a huge bonus, as it means this bag is super simple to slip into your trunk, closet or even inside another cargo container. The space saving is, truly, a marvel of modern engineering, while also being remarkably simple.

Better still, it can collapse in seconds flat. There’s not some complicated process to transform it from storage mode to box mode and back again. This cargo box could easily be your new camping and road trip secret weapon.