Scott Travel Softcase 70 review

Scott’s Travel Softcase 70 is built from a mix of 1000D nylon and 900D reverse PU to create its tough exterior and is built upon an aluminium side frame.

The boxy shape features reinforced sidewalls, which help the bag to hold its shape and protect the contents from the rigours of travel.

There are three grab handles, an extendable pull handle and broadly spaced, large wheels with which you can cart the Travel Softcase about.

Inside, you’ll find a bright red liner and two distinct compartments once the bag is fully opened up.

While one is contained with a zipped mesh lid, the other gets a thicker material partition, which includes a single internal pocket.

Scott Travel Softcase 70 performance

The Travel Softcase 70 is a seriously sleek bit of kit, as you’d hope for the £250 / $260 price.

Its finish is impressive; the pull handle features a rubberised, textured underside and is particularly slick to operate, while the large wheels are held in place by anodised red aluminium brackets.

Inside, you’ll fit a week’s worth of riding kit, along with an MTB helmet, knee pads and spare clothes.

The bag opens up fully, exposing the two halves, which are divided by zipped partitions (one mesh, one a slightly thicker fabric), the thicker of which gets an additional zipped pocket on its rear.

This is handy for stowing gloves or tools and keeping them away from kit inside the main compartments.

It certainly helps that the lining is bright red, making finding kit easier, especially darker-coloured items or smaller bits and pieces.

I’d welcome an additional pocket or divider inside, though, just to have somewhere more isolated to put grubby riding shoes, for example.

Fully packed, the Travel Softcase 70L offers decent protection for everything inside, thanks to the sturdy build and boxy shape that’s maintained even when full.

Should you want to keep the contents as safe as possible, you can lock the double zip together, but you'll need to supply your own padlock.

Thanks to the widely spaced chunky wheels and fully retractable pull handle, dragging the Travel Softcase about is easy.

The wheels aren’t the softest, so produce a bit of noise, but the size and spacing means the bag can easily be pulled over undulating terrain without it too easily twisting or flopping over, which is useful, especially if you’re in a rush.

There’s a chunky grab handle at the top, along with one on the side and one on the bottom, making moving the bag around between vehicles easy enough.

Scott includes a luggage tag, which is tethered to the main grab handle via a steel cable that can be removed.

Ideally, at this price, I’d have preferred an integrated luggage tag, largely to prevent it getting snagged while travelling.

It also can’t be packed flat for storage, so takes up a little more room than alternative options such as duffle bags when not in use.

Scott Travel Softcase 70 bottom line

The Travel Softcase 70 bag from Scott might be pricey, but it’s a quality bit of kit with some lovely design features that make travelling easier.

While the two distinct internal compartments are usefully spacious, an additional pocket or divider wouldn’t go amiss.

Aside from that, it’s a lovely bag that does a good job of protecting your gear while you’re on the road.