Bellroy Tech Kit and Classic Pouch review – Perfect pouches for traveling

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REVIEW – When you’re a Gadgeteer like all of us, you need pouches to hold your gear when you travel (even it’s just a quick trip to the office). Bellroy has a great selection of well-made gear pouches and today I want to show you their Classic Pouch and Tech Kit. Let’s take a look.

What is it?

The Bellroy Tech Kit and Classic Pouch are small zippered pouches that will help you organize your gear, doo-dads, and thingamabobs for travel.

Bellroy Classic Pouch design and features

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The Bellroy Classic Pouch is made of water-resistant fabric that has been made from 100% recycled PET bottles and has a pebbly texture. It’s available in 4 colors including the Limestone color that we see here. This color is leather-free if that is important to you.

The Classic Pouch has a simple design with a small suede or felt tag with the Bellroy logo that is sewn into the top edge of the bag, and there’s a woven zipper pull that is attached to the metal zipper.

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The Bellroy Classic Pouch is 8.86 x 5.51 x 2.28 inch (225 x 140 x 58mm) and has a half-moon clamshell-style shape with a zipper that wraps around the curved edge.

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Inside the pouch are two stretch mesh pockets in grey that are sewn into one “wall” of the pouch.

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The opposite “wall” of the Classic Pouch has a large pocket with a magnetic tab on the top edge.

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I used the Bellroy Classic Pouch as a journal gear holder for my recent vacation to Shipshewana, Indiana. I used the pouch to carry:

  • 6 Pilot G2 gel pens
  • 1 Field Note notebook
  • 3 Hobonichi stencils
  • Polaroid Hi Print photo printer
  • (not shown) miscellaneous stickers, a glue stick, and a small pair of scissors

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The Bellroy Classic Pouch held this gear perfectly and had room for even more! The stretchy pockets allow you to cram extra items in with ease.

I also want to mention that the zipper has a smooth action. It drives me nuts when I have to fight with a zipper, and I didn’t have that issue with this pouch.

If you’re looking for a small pouch for small items, I really like this pouch.

Price: $49
Where to buy: Bellroy.com and Amazon

Bellroy Tech Kit design and features

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If you want to carry more gear than the Classic Pouch can hold, the Bellroy Tech Kit is a great step up because it’s not too big and it’s not too small. It’s just right!

Like the Classic Pouch, the Tech Kit is available in 6 colors and I was sent a matching Limestone version which is leather-free. There is also a Tech Kit Compact version that is smaller and only available in 4 colors.

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This 5.12 x 9.06 x 2.83 inch (130 x 230 x 72mm) zippered pouch has a rectangular shape and features the same type of sewn-in logo tag, zipper pull, and zipper as the Classic Pouch.

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The Bellroy Tech Kit’s zipper extends around 3 sides of the pouch so that when it’s fully unzipped, the whole pouch lays open like a book.

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Both sides of the Tech Kit have storage areas. One side has a large pocket fold-out pocket that can hold a power bank. It has a strong magnetic closure and an elastic strap that has been divided into 5 sections.

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There’s also an elastic strap in the “spine”/center of the pouch that you can use to hold a pen, pencil, stylus, Apple Pencil, etc.

I used the elastic strap to hold a lip balm, USB charging cable, pocket knife, polishing cloths, and a small flashlight.  In the pocket behind the elastic strap, I put some folded papers with my vacation plans.

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The opposite side of the Bellroy Tech Kit has 2 large stretch mesh pockets that easily hold my Apple Airpods Pro and a USB-C power adapter.

At only $10 more than the Classic Pouch, the Tech Kit (full-size version) is a great pouch for larger bulkier items. I really like that it zips open to lay flat. Another advantage over the Classic Pouch is that the sides of the Tech Kit are thicker and provide a bit more protection for your gear.

Price: $59
Where to buy: Bellroy.com and Amazon

What I like

  • Well made
  • Opens flat for easy access
  • Available in an environment-friendly and leather-free version

What I’d change

  • I can’t think of anything

Final thoughts

You won’t stress about your gear when packing for travel when using zippered pouches like the Bellroy Classic Pouch and Tech Kit. These well-made pouches will let you organize your gear so you’ll know exactly where everything is when you need it.

Price: $49 – $59
Where to buy: Bellroy and Amazon
Source: The sample for this review was provided by Bellroy.

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