VENO 8 Pack Extra Large Heavy Duty Moving Bags Review
I packed my house up for new hardwood floors using these VENO extra large moving bags. They hold a ton, fold flat, and have one quirk.
The VENO 8 Pack Extra Large Heavy Duty Moving Bags are worth buying if you need reusable storage that folds flat between uses. I packed one past the top with cardboard review boxes, zipped it shut, and lifted it one-handed. Skip them if you want a bag whose lid stays open on its own.
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How this review was made: written from my own video review of this product. Every opinion here is my own, from using it myself.
Quick Verdict
I stuffed one bag past the top with cardboard review boxes, got both zippers to meet in the middle, and lifted the whole thing one-handed. Those boxes were nowhere near the weight limit. The lid won’t stay open on its own, and that’s the only thing that bugged me.
Buy if you:
- Are emptying rooms for flooring work and need everything out fast
- Keep product boxes or seasonal stuff in a storage unit
- Hate that cardboard goes soft and only survives a couple of moves
- Want storage that folds flat and takes up no space the other 11 months
Skip if you:
- Want a lid that props itself open while you load, this one flops back down the second you let go
- Need rigid sides that stack square like a box, these slump when full
- Only have one move ahead of you and already have free boxes
| Material | PP woven |
|---|---|
| Quantity | 8 pack |
| Opening | Wide, 3-sided zippers |
| Handles | Reinforced, lid and bottom |
| Storage | Folds flat when empty |
We Had Carpet. Now We Have Bare Subfloor.
The reason I own these at all is hardwood floors. We had carpet, it’s being pulled out, hardwood is going in, and that means every single thing in those rooms had to come out of here first. I bought these VENO 8 Pack Extra Large Heavy Duty Moving Bags because I knew a lot of it was going into storage and I didn’t want cardboard. You know, cardboard eventually goes bad, and you can only reuse it so many times. I just wanted something a lot more user friendly.
The thing I keep most of is review boxes. I do a lot of reviews, I keep the boxes until I’m ready to resell, donate, or give something away, and those boxes pile up fast. So that’s what went in the first bag. A lot of them. Not everything, I’ve got more bags, but a lot.
Folding Them Away Is the Whole Point
A cardboard box this size either squats assembled in the corner for months, or you break it down and watch it turn into a floppy parallelogram by the third fold. These collapse to maybe two inches thick and slide onto a shelf between uses, that’s the whole value proposition when you’re not moving, which is most of the year.
Ownership cost after the purchase is basically nothing. There’s no consumable, no tape, no replacement part. It’s PP woven fabric with handles and zippers, so the only things that can realistically fail are the zippers and the stitching at the handles, and VENO reinforced those handles specifically for heavy loads. I’ve got 8 of them and I’m not buying anything else to go with them. Compare that to taping and re-taping boxes every move.
Where Extra Large Sits Against the Other Options
Extra large is the size you want for bulk, not for weight. These come in a bunch of different sizes and colors, and the extra large heavy duty version is the one that swallows bedding, clothes, pillows, and in my case a tower of cardboard. If you fill one of these with books you’re going to regret it, because the volume gets away from you before the weight does.
Plenty of brands sell cheap moving totes, usually thin single-zipper things with a narrow opening. The difference here is the material and the 3-sided wide opening. One interesting signal on this one: Amazon currently ranks it around #34,960 in Home & Kitchen, which is down from a 90 day average near #19,623. It’s selling less than it was, not because anything changed about the bag, but because moving supplies are seasonal. Price has been sitting at about its normal level for the past three months too, so there’s no reason to sit around waiting on it. Current pricing is on the product page.
Unfolding One and Loading It
You’re loading within seconds of opening the box, there’s no frame to snap in, no cardboard insert to wrestle flat. I unfolded one, stood it up, and it was ready before I’d finished clearing a path to the storage room. That sounds minor until you’re in the middle of pulling carpet and every errand needs to move fast.
The lid sits at the back when it’s open. I got the boxes in, stacked them up, and here’s where the wide opening earns it: you can fill one of these a little bit past the top, like I did, as long as it’s not really tight. There’s not a lot of slack between the two zippers, but as long as there’s some play in the middle, you’ll definitely be able to close it. I had to push the boxes back and let them settle, and at one point I thought I’d have to pull one out. I didn’t. It got zipped up. Very tight on one side, some slack on the other, mostly closed and holding fine.
The zippers have a little pull attachment on them, which matters more than it sounds like when you’re yanking a zipper around a packed bag with both hands. And there are two handles. One on the lid, one on the front near the bottom. So when you carry it by the handles, the lid ends up on the side rather than on top. Took me a second to figure out that’s intentional.
The Lid Won’t Stay Open
Let go of the lid and it falls right back in. That’s the one thing to keep in mind. It gave me enough time to start putting boxes in and get loading, so it never stopped me, but if you’re working alone and need both hands for something awkward, that lid is coming back down on you.
The other thing is that overfilling is a judgment call. There’s not much slack between the two zippers, so past a certain point you’re fighting it instead of packing it.
Would I Buy These Again for the Next Move
Yes, and I’d buy the extra large size again specifically. Definitely a very strong bag. I don’t know what the weight limit is, but my boxes were nowhere near it and I lifted that whole packed bag with no problem whatsoever.
What sold me wasn’t one dramatic test, it was the math of owning them. Cardboard taping costs me something every move, time, tape, the box itself when it finally gives out. These cost me nothing after the purchase: no tape, no replacements, and when the floor project is done they fold flat onto a shelf instead of taking up corner space until I throw them out. Cardboard can’t survive the third move; these are built to.
Pros
- Holds a large load, I got a pile of cardboard boxes into one
- Folds flat to nothing when you’re not using it
- Two zippers with pull attachments, so you can close it even slightly overfilled
- Strong enough that a full bag lifted one-handed without complaint
- Comes in a bunch of sizes and colors
Cons
- The lid falls closed the moment you let go of it
- Not much slack between the two zippers, so overfilling has a hard ceiling
- No stated weight limit anywhere I could find
What we’d improve
Two easy fixes for the next version:
- The lid has no way to stay open, a small stiffener along the lid edge, or a strip of hook-and-loop to tack it back against the bag while loading, would solve it for pennies.
- No printed weight rating, put the load limit on the handle tag so people packing books know where the line is.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can these be stored in a garage or unheated storage unit?
Yes, that’s exactly where mine went. PP woven fabric doesn’t absorb humidity and go soft the way cardboard does in a garage, which was the whole reason I stopped using boxes for long-term storage.
How do you clean them?
Wipe them down. Woven polypropylene takes a damp cloth and mild soap fine, and it doesn’t soak through. Let it dry fully open before you fold it away so nothing gets musty against the zipper.
Do they stack in a moving truck?
Not like boxes do. These have no rigid frame, so a packed one slumps and the top isn’t flat enough to build a reliable column on. Line them up along the walls of the truck instead and stack boxes separately.
Is 8 bags too many if I’m just doing a dorm room?
Probably not, since extra large fills faster than you’d think with bedding and clothes. And the spares fold flat, so unused ones cost you no space at all. VENO also sells smaller sizes if the extra large is overkill for your room.
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