The ultimate Stealth, Mission Capable, Adaptable, Convertible Tote RETURNS!

The Ancoats Black Ops Tote is back. And still Hand Made, to order, in England, from the best materials and components available, with the most fastidious attention to detail.

So what is it?

• 4-Way Convertible

• Fully Loaded interior functions

• Black X51 exterior

• VX21 X-Pac interior

• Fidlocks

• YKK Aquaguard Zips

• Special Ops Spec Rear Accessory Webbing

• Velcro Patch positions x2

Almost identical in spec to the Domestic Ops Tote that preceded it, but with even tougher fabric, and all webbing is seatbelt style weave. And it’s Black. Black everything. (Except when you get inside…)

It’s an Ancoats 4-way Tote, made from Cordura faced Dimension Polyant X-Pac X51 Black material. Thats the (NOW) best and most durable material I have ever used in an Ancoats Tote. The Cordura face is 1000d x 500d, so takes things up a notch from the Domestic Ops MCB X50 fabric. Once again, a technical laminate, with that super hard wearing Cordura face makes it ready for anything. The BlackOpsTote builds on the Domestic Ops strengths but takes things stealth. If you weren’t ready for Camouflage, then this is your wake up call Bodie. These “Special Operations” Totes come specced up and ready to implement unconventional Tote operations by air, land, or sea during combat (school run) or peacetime (the BMX park) as members of elite teams, or when you’re backed into a corner on your onesy.

The Ancoats Tote really is an incredible Urban carry piece. It takes care of most of your everyday carry requirements, whilst also converting between 4 methods of carry, to best assist you through your day.

This version takes it further with additional accessory mount points, via two strips of accessory webbing, incorporating a patch field, creating a secondary grab handle, as well as utilising the lower strip as a pass through for you Roller Trolley handle at the airport. Those accessory webbing additions allow you to hook accessories on, or find alternative ways to piggy back the Tote to other bags, or other bags to the Tote! It’s really down to how hard you’re willing to explore and test.

To further enhance your experience, I have also added a pair of Fidlock Magnetic buckled 20mm Accessory straps to the store inventory, which have Ally T bars at each end, and work together with the PALS style accessory webbing strips. (Sold separately - see last image) Please check out the pictures. I’ve used these for securing a skateboard to the tote, as well as for additional stability when securing the Tote to a backpack, and even a kids bike to the Tote(!). The potential use case scenarios are limited only by your imagination and propensity for discovery. Get amongst it…there are only 10 sets available!

The Black Ops tote comes with ALL seatbelt style webbing in Black. Hardware is to the already high standard as used on other Ancoats Totes, predominantly Aircraft grade aluminium and some of the best looking hardware bar none. The exception being, you guessed it, an upgrade: Fidlock Magnetic strap hardware as standard.

There are two patch fields on the Tote, one is on the front in place of the usual Ancoats Label. An additional Ancoats fly out label is used here, but it allows for personal customisation with a patch of your choosing. There is a second patch field semi hidden on the reverse of the bag.

Inside: the bag is specced with a fully loaded interior, using White VX21 X-Pac laminate Nylon. This is light weight, which counters the exterior fabric weight to keep things in check. The white lining means you open the Tote up and have no problem finding your stuff, and also gives that bright hit. You’ve got a laptop divider panel with twin zipped 15cm deep drop pockets, an Organiser panel on the front wall and the back of the bag is padded with 3mm EVA to take the edge off whilst offering some additional protection and structure.

The front Tote strap on the Black Ops Tote is dual adjustable. It’s not easily extracted from the fittings, so this does not mean that the strap is interchangeable, but replacement or modification to an alternative strap is possible without damage to the bag (would require cut and sew). Plus, you know, it’s just cool.

This Tote is effectively another no-holds-barred, super spec version of the 4-way tote. Unlike the other Totes, this one is not customisable. This is like a pre-drop. There is only one decision: Standard or Large. Everything else is decided for you. All drop downs were set to HARDCORE BLACK OPS .

Standard: 39cm (width at top) x 40cm (height) x 7cm (depth at base) x 33cm (width at base)
Large: 42cm (width at top) x 44cm (height) x 9cm (depth at base) x 35cm (width at base)

Please Note: These are limited availability due to my fabric and trims stock.