Volume1 L
Dimensions18 × 12 × 4 cm
PocketsAngled zip + inside
CarryShoulder, waist, pouch
Topo Designs · Mini Shoulder Bag
One litre, standing tall: over the shoulder, round the waist or as a pouch.
The Mini Shoulder Bag is a small crossbody bag that holds one litre in 17.8 cm of height, barely more than a phone. For a walk or a gig, you wear it across your body: phone inside, cards in the angled zipped pocket. Thread the strap through the two webbing loops on the back and it buckles round your waist like a bum bag; take the strap off and it becomes a storage pouch at the bottom of your travel bag.
City · Walks · Travel
Your phone sideways, a strap that comes off.

To scale
Barely taller than a phone standing upright, far narrower than an A4 sheet.
17.8 cm tall, 12.1 cm wide, 4.4 cm deep: it stays flat against your body.
- Mini Shoulder17.8 × 12.1 × 4.4 cm
- Phone15 × 7 cm
- A4 sheet29.7 × 21 cm
Ways to carry
Crossbody, or buckled round your waist through the loops on the back.


Worn
Crossbody on the hip, or across the chest.
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The details
An angled zipped pocket, a pocket inside, a strap that comes off.



Small crossbody bags
Four bags to wear across the body, from the 4-litre crescent to the flat pouch.

Moonlight Crossbody Bag
4 L · 160 g · 17 × 32 × 8 cm
The crescent in water-repellent ripstop: a zipped pocket on the front, two inside, a hook for your keys.
See the Moonlight
Block Bag 3.5L
3.5 L · 19 × 27 × 6 cm
The small square bag that holds its shape: two zipped pockets on the front, a key clip inside.
See the Block Bag
Mini Shoulder Bag
1 L · 18 × 12 × 4 cm
The smallest: over the shoulder, round the waist through the loops on the back, or as a pouch without its strap.
This bag

All Adventure Accessory Bag
0.85 L · 18 × 25 × 2 cm
The slim pouch that opens in two onto its mesh pockets, with a removable strap.
See the All AdventurePhotos to the same scale, by the longest dimension: 31.8, 26.7, 17.8 and 25.4 cm.
Topo Designs
A sewing machine in a Fort Collins basement, in 2008.
Jedd Rose buys a sewing machine and sews the first bags in his basement in Fort Collins, Colorado; Mark Hansen asks around for people who can make them.
The two founders wanted gear like the kit they grew up with: tough, practical, classic, the opposite of throwaway and overcomplicated. The same bag goes from the city to the trail.
Topo Designs guarantees its bags against defects in materials and workmanship for a reasonable lifetime, excluding normal wear, accidents and lack of care, and would rather repair than replace. For a bag bought from Eiken, the claim goes through us.
Eiken's take
- Why we chose it
- One litre, an angled zipped pocket and a strap that comes off or threads through the loops on the back: three ways to keep the essentials on you.
- Worth knowing
- 1 litre: your phone, keys and a few cards. For a notebook as well, the Block Bag takes 3.5 litres.
- Who it's for
- Anyone who goes out with the bare minimum and changes how they carry it with the day: over the shoulder in the evening, round the waist on a walk.
Baptiste, Eiken
Specifications
- Volume1 L
- Dimensions17.8 × 12.1 × 4.4 cm (height × width × depth)
- Storagemain compartment with inside pocket, angled zipped pocket on the front
- Attachmentsloop for a bike light, two webbing loops on the back
- Carryadjustable, removable strap: crossbody, round the waist (strap threaded through the loops on the back) or as a pouch
- Fabricrecycled 1000D nylon; recycled 210D nylon lining
- Made inVietnam, WRAP and Fair Wear certified production
- Topo Designs guaranteedefects in materials and workmanship, for a reasonable lifetime
- Topo Designs reference932424 (Spruce: 932424465)
Specifications and dimensions: Topo Designs data (topodesigns.com and topodesigns.eu, October 2026); dimensions converted from inches.
Questions
What are the dimensions of the Mini Shoulder Bag?
17.8 × 12.1 × 4.4 cm (height, width, depth), for 1 litre.
Can I wear it round my waist?
Yes: thread the strap through the two webbing loops on the back and it buckles round your waist like a bum bag.
Is the Mini Shoulder Bag waterproof?
No, it isn't made for rain: in steady rain, water eventually soaks through its recycled nylon fabric. Put your phone in a pouch.
Does the strap come off?
Yes: without it, the Mini Shoulder Bag becomes a storage pouch to slip into a bigger bag.
Mini Shoulder Bag or Mini Quick Pack?
The Mini Shoulder Bag, 1 litre, stands tall (17.8 × 12.1 cm) and is mostly worn crossbody. The Mini Quick Pack, 1.7 litres, is a flat, wide bum bag (14 × 24.1 cm), to buckle round your waist or wear across your chest.











