OneBag: The Art and Science of Travelling Light

Post by Lio » Wed, Jan 05, 2022, 9:58 PM UTC

ghaff wrote: post #35

ubermonkey wrote: post #26

I've seen this site before. It's, um, zealous. I travel light. I have since the 90s. I never ever ever checked a bag before 9/11, but since then I've often done so for two reasons: - Absurd restrictions on liquids in the cabin; and - Equally absurd restrictions on carrying my Swiss Army Knife. Once you check a bag, you need another bag to carry some essentials aboard the plane. Even on a short weekend trip, though, i…

I'm not a OneBag purist (and, in fact, always have a fairly full carryon backpack and a small shoulder bag). But I don't much care for rollaboards in part because I don't like them myself and partly because they're a big cause of overfull carryon compartments. I can live with those restrictions fine for city travel, though they're a pain. The bigger annoyance is that there's a decent chance I'll get a hiking pole con…

Post by Thlom » Wed, Jan 05, 2022, 10:05 PM UTC

uoaei wrote: post #136

polishdude20 wrote: post #40

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I think things like this are very boring. Functional, frugal, practical, efficient but boring. Which is a good thing. But people like to romantecise over the most mundane things that it soon becomes a fad or a statement and a community. Soon, the sellers swoop in and turn it into a brand and a lifestyle to get you to buy the expensive stuff.

Seeing this right now also in the "bikepacking"/"gravel" community. Sure, custom bike bags and nice performance wear are comfort-increasing costs, but very quickly things skyrocket away from functional/utilitarian toward things like brand fealty, collective hype, etc. If you drill down, you will usually not be able to justify an expensive part vs a cheaper alternative (esp. used!), except for things like electronic d…

Post by i_am_proteus » Wed, Jan 05, 2022, 10:08 PM UTC

ajmurmann wrote: post #96

anonporridge wrote: post #34

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The absurd restrictions on knives really needs to go. A blade is a necessary tool for a lot of people in everyday life. It's time to get over the unfounded fear and face reality like adults. It's especially ridiculous because of how ineffective it is, https://onemileatatime.com/tsa-fails-tests-95-percent/ . This is a worthless waste of resources that only serves to inconvenience regular people and give the masses som…

It's so inconsistent too. I cannot bring my safety razors on board, but it's ok to bring a bunch of razor cartridges that are filled with blades... Even traveling with the safety razor but no blades is inconvenient, since the TSA will frequently do a secondary inspection to confirm that there is really no blade. So you gotta travel with the thing disassembled which means I cannot use my regular case.

Post by twomoonsbysurf » Wed, Jan 05, 2022, 10:11 PM UTC

Post by et-al » Wed, Jan 05, 2022, 10:15 PM UTC

ipsin wrote: post #99

It's interesting to me that GoRuck keeps showing up in the comments. I've seen it show up in several other contexts (geocaching, Ingress, etc.), and ... It seems like a "lifestyle brand", but are they also focused on one-bag ergonomics? Not at all skeptical, just looking for an accessible intro to GoRuck.