Forgetting your tote stops here.
It folds into a leather-look pouch small enough to ride on your keyring, and opens into a 38 × 28 cm ripstop tote that takes a full grocery run. Clip it on, forget about it, and stop paying for plastic at the till.
Open size 38 × 28 × 7 cm. Water-resistant ripstop nylon body, leather-look pouch trim, tarnish-resistant gold-tone metal clip, drawstring buckle closure, adjustable shoulder strap. Carries up to 50 lb.
Spot clean with a damp cloth and a little mild soap, then air dry. Skip the washing machine and tumble dryer — the pouch trim and hardware last far longer that way.
Processed in 1–3 business days from our warehouse, with standard delivery in 5–10 business days once shipped. Covered by our 30-day guarantee — if it is not earning its place on your keyring, email hello@getvela.us and we will make it right.
Endless uses
Clip it to your gym bag for the wet kit. Keep one in the car for the boot run. Take it to the beach, the market, the airport — anywhere you end up carrying more than you left with.
Built to last
A gold-tone clip that does not shed its finish, a leather-look pouch that still looks good after a year on your keys, and reinforced seams at every stress point.
The quieter choice
A tote only helps if you have it on you. Keeping this one on your keys is what turns good intentions into hundreds of plastic bags you never take home.
I stopped buying plastic bags at the till. It is on my keys, so I always have it.
Bought one, went back for two more within the month. One lives in the car now.
It looks like a charm on my bag, not like gym kit. That is the whole reason I actually use it.
I have a drawer full of tote bags I never remember. This one lives on my keys, so it is always there. Used it three times in the first week.
Did a full shop with it — two bottles of wine, a melon, the lot. No sagging, no straps digging in. It rolled back into the pouch in about five seconds.
The gold clip and the pouch make it look like an accessory rather than a shopping bag, which is why I keep it on my handbag. Took a week to get here.
I commute and never know when I will stop for something on the way home. This has saved me from a carrier bag at least a dozen times.
Gave two away as gifts and immediately regretted not ordering more. The burgundy is a much richer colour in person than on screen.
Clipped to my keys for a month and I barely notice the weight. Opens in one flick, which is the bit I did not believe until it arrived.
Two lunchboxes, a PE kit and a wet umbrella, and it did not sag once. It lives on the pram handle now so I stopped forgetting it in the boot.
I nearly went for black and I am glad I did not. The olive reads almost grey in some light and the gold clip sits really well against it.
Used it as my day bag, my market bag and my extra hand luggage on the way home. Still looks new after being stuffed under an aeroplane seat.
I kept checking it was still on my keys because I could not feel the weight. It has never come loose. My only note is the pouch shows fingerprints early on.
That is the whole review really. It looks like something you chose rather than something you were handed at a checkout.
I had a pile by the door that I never remembered. This one is on my keys so the pile has gone. Three weeks in and I have not bought a single carrier.
That was my worry with something this thin. Loaded up with tins and the weight spread across my shoulder fine. No red marks, no stretching at the seams.
Rolled up it is about the size of a glasses case. I keep one in my coat through winter and forget it is there until I need it.
Great for kit and a towel. For a full trolley I still reach for something structured, though that is more about how I shop than any fault with the bag.
The first one never leaves my keys so the car never had one. Solved that. The coffee brown hides scuffs better than I expected.
I used to juggle paper bags that split before I got to the car. This takes a whole market haul including a melon and still clips back onto my keys after.
Small enough to wrap, useful enough that nobody quietly rehomed theirs. Two people have since asked me where to buy their own.
Clips to my backpack strap so I never think about it. Picked up shopping on the way home twice last week without planning to.
Walked fifteen minutes in proper rain with bread and a paperback inside. Beaded straight off. I would not swim with it but it handles weather.
A tomato went rogue and left a mark. It came out with a damp cloth and mild soap but it took a few goes. Worth knowing you cannot just machine wash it.
Not that washed out blue you often get. It reads almost black indoors and shows its colour properly in daylight. The gold clip works nicely with it.
Keep it clipped inside my carry on. When the bag gets weighed at the gate I move the heavy bits into this and carry it separately. Has saved me twice.
Ball, treats, spare lead, water bottle. Rinses out easily and dries fast on a radiator. Not glamorous but it earns its place.
Carries a lunchbox, a flask and trainers without looking like I am moving house. Folds into my desk drawer for the rest of the day.
She has arthritis and struggles with clasps and zips. One shake and this opens, which is exactly why I bought it for her. She uses it daily.
The others frayed at the strap join within a month. The seams here are doubled where it matters and the pouch has not gone floppy.
It goes in, though there is no padding and no structure, so I only do it for a short walk. That is fair for what this is meant to be.
Beach test passed. Shook it out at the car and it was clean. No damp smell the next morning either, which surprised me.
Six in different colours instead of the usual trinket nobody keeps. Every one of them has messaged me a photo of it in use since.
That was the whole point of buying it and it actually worked. Being on my keys is the difference. The pile of forgotten totes at home never was.
I was sceptical about a gold finish on something that lives on keys. No flaking, no dulling. It gets knocked about daily and still looks smart.
It sits on my bag in the sun most days and after a summer the colour has softened a little. Not dramatic and it still looks good, just being honest.
Started with black, ended up with four. Coffee brown is my favourite. My partner keeps stealing the olive one so a fifth is probably coming.
That is on me for not checking the measurements properly. It holds a decent shop but I expected something closer to a big beach bag. Quality is not the issue.
Saw one clipped to a woman's bag on the train and looked it up that evening. Two weeks in and someone has already asked me the same question.
38 × 28 × 7 cm — a proper grocery tote, not a token one. It carries up to 50 lb.
Roll it toward the pouch and snap it shut. It takes about five seconds and there is no folding diagram to memorise.
Spot clean with a damp cloth and a little mild soap, then air dry. Skip the machine and the tumble dryer so the pouch trim and hardware last.
No. Pick a different colour for every bag in your set — you choose each one before you add the bundle to your bag.
Return it within 30 days for a full refund. If it is not earning its place on your keyring, we would rather have it back.