The Ultimate Tote Bag. | A Continuous Lean.

The Ultimate Tote Bag.

Mar 6th, 2008 | Categories: Americana, Made in the USA, New York City | by Michael Williams

I recently started noticing these super-strength Consolidated Edison bags all over the city. I did some research (read the name off the bag – then I googled it) and found that the industrial-totes called “Monstabag” are made by the Ace Canvas & Tent Corp in Ronkonkoma, NY. The material is really cool and it is obviously strong since they are designed to hold hundreds of pounds of dirt and concrete. I emailed Ace Canvas & Tent to see if they will make me a small version.

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UPDATE – No go on the small version. Hopefully someone will do a collaboration with them soon.

Comments: 3

3 Comments to “The Ultimate Tote Bag.”

  1. Courtney
    on Mar 6th, 2008
    @ 11:35 PM: 

    Oh, I want one as well. What a great bag!

  2. Jay Loughran
    on Apr 9th, 2008
    @ 10:26 AM: 

    Wow those are cool, have you seen any of them recently?

  3. Made in the United States of America. « A Continuous Lean.
    on Jun 5th, 2008
    @ 6:41 PM: 

    [...] Southwick sent me this great looking tote bag yesterday. My bag obsessions have been detailed here before — so no need to go there. The design is fairly innocuous until you flip it over and you see the [...]





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