Tell me about your luggage and travel gear

dmitchell

My shit packs nicely into a Delsey Fusion Light 2.0 carry-on. Light but durable, highly maneuverable. With patience you can pack this thing for weeks of travel. Don't really use any other gear apart from a plastic bag for wet stuff, and of course my smart phone and charger. Tell me about your luggage and travel accessories.
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BoneKracker · Veteran Joined: 14 Mar 2006 Posts: 1271 Location: U.S.A.

I have something similar I use to trips of a week or less if I'm not wearing suits (or if I need only one). It's a cheap brand I got at a department store ("Ascot" or something). If you travel a lot, luggage gets beat up fast, and you're better off getting rugged but second-tier stuff. When I'm wearing suits, I'll use a folding garment bag that also has room for the rest of my stuff. I'll typically bring 3 suits for 5 days, 4 for 7, etc., with enough shirts and ties for every day up to a week. A light colored shirt or two makes it less obvious you're wearing the same suit, although nobody really cares.

For longer, I have a big hard-shelled suitcase that travels well internationally and can hold phenomenal amounts of stuff. I have lived out of that thing for months at a time. I've learned it can be cheaper to buy new socks and underwear than to send them out for laundry. Also, if you're going home for the weekend, drop your laundry off before going home, and pick up when you come back (rather than wasting your weekend running errands).

Other than one of those three bags, I carry a pretty run-of-the-mill laptop bag. The size of that got out of control at one point, a few years back, and decided to minimize. The biggest hazard is accumulating documents. Next, carrying redundant electronics.
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drizek · Posted: Thu Feb 02, 2012 4:27 am Post subject:

http://www.amazon.com/Kensington-62238-Contour-Backpack/dp/B0000AZK27/ref=sr_1_1?s=apparel&ie=UTF8&qid=1328156681&sr=1-1

Got this for $40 in 2005, got a free replacement last year under their lifetime warranty. I've taken it all over the world. I can stuff it full of tons of stuff and it provides great protection for my electronics. It can be a tad bit too thick for stowing under your seat or for overhead bins, but a bit of squeezing does the trick.
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mcgruff · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 28 Dec 2004 Posts: 128

75l rucsac with telescoping lid. Big enough to take about ten days worth of food and gear, even in winter. Either that or a full set of cycle panniers, front and rear.

Planes and trains are for cissies. Real men walk, cycle, paddle, and ski (cross-country not that pansy-assed downhill stuff). The only places worth visiting, the only places offering adequately challenging, muscular, adventure, are off the grid.
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notageek · Posted: Thu Feb 02, 2012 4:28 am Post subject:

Why do you ask? Going somewhere?

You won't need luggage in Somalia.
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Prenj · n00b Joined: 20 Nov 2011 Posts: 4 Location: Mostar, BiH

Carry-on:

Osprey Porter 65: http://www.rei.com/product/803308/osprey-porter-65-travel-pack

Pretty damn awesome, light-weight, can use it as backpack, fits exactly in that frame they use on airports to check dimensions.

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Prenj · n00b Joined: 20 Nov 2011 Posts: 4 Location: Mostar, BiH

cach0rr0 · Posted: Thu Feb 02, 2012 7:36 pm Post subject:

For work trips, a laptop bag stuffed with extras, a pillow stuffed with soft extras, and this http://ln-s.net/9aLi

Been able to get enough in there to last me on trips > 4 weeks.

Most hotels have laundry services - tuck your stuff into a bag, have it clean the next day. Easy stuff.

Even without that, first NZ trip I lasted 3 weeks staying at a friend's house whose washing machine was broken.

checking baggage is for suckers.

For outdoor excursions I have an old alice pack - imperfect, but it does the job.

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drizek · Posted: Thu Feb 02, 2012 11:25 pm Post subject:

sink-washable boxers

They dry easily overnight.
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BoneKracker · Veteran Joined: 14 Mar 2006 Posts: 1271 Location: U.S.A.

Do they have any that don't press your balls up against your body so tight?
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dmitchell · Posted: Fri Feb 03, 2012 2:28 am Post subject:

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notageek · Posted: Fri Feb 03, 2012 4:20 am Post subject:

NO!

Saves me money.
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