Is there no such thing as a roomy full dress sporran?

[OC Richard]

Good gracious me how much sundry kit do you need for a formal event?

Your point is well taken, but with my Nichol Bros Bankfoot Evening sporran I have plenty of room for wallet, keys, phone (ringer always off), and camera.

With my goathair thing I have loads of room, and when out at a Highland Games I can carry all of that stuff plus a bottle of water, small purchases, and so forth.

For yucks I just checked and I can put a fullsize 750ml bottle of wine in my goathair sporran; just the top of the bottle shows.

[English Bloke]

Might I suggest that if we are off to a formal function where assortments of "Scottish Wine" and other such "wreck the hoose juice" beverages are to be imbibed, we might consider leaving our car keys at home.

Edit: OC, I love that goat sporran of yours.

[unixken]

Perhaps it all boils down to the fact that with a hard flat rear panel, a hard flat front panel, and a gusset that seems only an inch deep at times, there's no way to comfortably get a hand in the sporran, sort through whatever is in there, grab the desired item, and remove it from the sporran (think monkey with his hand in the apple jar.) If I cant get my hand in, make a fist around my cell phone, and remove it without feeling like I've reached through the crack at the bottom of a closed door, then my perception is that the sporran is too small, regardless of whether a single key was at the bottom, and that's what I had to reach deep down to retrieve.

[Llama]

it's just that there's no way to comfortably get a hand in the sporran

Agreed! The problem for me isn't of carrying thing, it's of being able to get them out of the sporran without too much jiggery-pokery.